Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-10
CHARGE OF RoBBING ROOMS
DETECTIVES MAKE ARRESTS RE-
aARDED AS IMPORTANT.
Thieves Ransacked Rooms in q Local
Hotel-Defendants Taken From
Railroad Train.

| Detectives Hartigan, Evans and Mullen
! last night made two arrests regarded as
| important the prisoners it is charged, hav-
| ing robbed five rooms in the Riggs House.
| Several other rooms were ransacked, but
| nothing was taken from them. One pris-
| oner gave his name as Frank A. Adams,
| his age as twenty years. and said he was
| window trimmer. He mentioned his ad-
dress as 564 East street. Camden, N. ]. The
| other man said his name is Henry Atwood;
| that he is twenty-one years of age; that he
| had been working as waiter, and that his
| home address is 217 West 3Sth street, New
| York city The men had only about IS
| cents in cash and two railroad tickets, enti-
| thing them to transportation to Baltimore,
| in their pockets when they were arrested
| The prisoners were taken from the TAO
| o'clock train at the Baltimore and Potomac
| depot just after two suit cases that had
! been taken from the hotel had been handed
| them by colored porter. the cases having
\ been in the check room at the depot over
night.
On reaching police headquarters the pris-
! oners positively declined to make any
statement about their possession of the
stolen property They were locked up at
| different police stations over night, and
| this morning were measured and photo
graphed for the gallery. Photographs of the
| two men taken in the west were removed
| from lHelr suit CASES. LIE ndIueS VI INC
makers of the clothing they wore had been
cut from the garments and the detectives
| were unable to find letter or other writ
! ing on either of them to indicate anything
| regarding their identity. The detectives
learned that Atwood had recently register
ed at a local hotel under the name of w.
H. Davis, and he was given that alias.
Report to Police.
| The robberies were committed last
Wednesday night and report of two Of them
was made to the police yesterday morning.
| 1t was while the detectives were investigat-
| ing the reports that they learned of the
other rooms having been visited. Those
| from whose rooms valuables were taken
| are: DR.. Charles E. Lane, 80 Mill street.
| Poughkeepsie, N Y; siTven B. Bemis, 517
! Main street, JAMESTOWN, N. Y; DR.. l.. W.
| Rose, Rochester; Charles c.. Leavens,
| cashier in the hotel, and Miss Fannie J.
| Williams, the latters sister-in-law. whose
! home is at Cameron, N. Y. The room OF
Miss Ida H. Pehler of Winona. Mimi. was
| ransacked, but nothing was taken. Other
moved. Detectives Hartigan. Evans and
Mullen, the latter being detailed at the
depot, We're assigned to make an investiga-
ton.
The three officers were at the railroad
station last night when the two men called
| and boarded the train for the purpose OF
going to Baltimore. The detectives waited
until the suit cases of DIR. Lane and Mr..
Bemis were turned over to them and then
placed them under arrest. The cap had
been broken off the lock of the case of DR..
Lane, and the missing piece was found in
the pocket of one of the prisoners. An
effort was made by the detectives to obtain
a statement from the prisoners this morn
ing but they would say nothing about
themselves. Through the national bureau
of Identification, the police say, they
learned something of the career of the
prisoner who gave his name as Henry At
wood. H..
Record of Atwood.
According to the information furnished
by Supt Van Buskirk, who has charge or
the bureau, Atwood was first arrested in
Milwaukee, Wis, when he was a mere
boy In 1893 he was arrested for THEFT
committed in a store in Milwaukee and
fined So Four years later he was arrested
and ordered to leave the city. In jan
uary 1905, the record shows, he was again
arrested in Milwaukee and permitted to go
under a promise that he would leave the
city. He had served in the reform school
and house of correction, his last appear
ance in police circles in Milwaukee being
in January 1906, when he was arrested for
vagrancy and sentenced to three months
IMPRISONMENT in the house of correction.
His name appears upon the Milwaukee rec
ords as Allison Earl alias Earl Allison. II
Is likely that the prisoners will be arralgn-
ed in the Police Court tomorrow morning.
Copies of their photographs and requests
for information respecting their Identity
have Already been sent to the police de-
partments of many cities.