The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-09
MATCH REDOUBLED
FOR HOLD-UP MEN
Robbery of Mrs. Xanten
Spells Theory of
Police.
fMajor Sylvester Deplores
False Reports Of
Attacks.

Despite the absolute Identification of
! John H. MARROW by four witnesses, as
the man who held up Miss J. c. Kelly
of the Arlington Hotel. on January II,
and the subsequent action Of Judge
+ IZimbaI in holding him under a 5000
bond to await the action OF the grand
Jury. Inspector Boardman has not re-
Taxed his vigilance.
The finding of a number OF purses
and small articles Of jewelry in the
rooms of NARROW Immediately after his
arrest, and the significance Of the re
tsemblance between him and the men
whose descriptions were given to tho
iof1cials by victims. led the police to
ldraW the conclusion that in NARROW
they have the man who is guilty OF a
large majority Of the crimes written on
the police blotters Of almost every sta
t1ionhOuse in the city. These facts added
TO the sudden stopping OF the hOld-ups
following AIarlOw's Incarceration led the
fpOlice TO lean more and more to the
theory that the entire number could
be laid to the door Of one man.
I Loot Found in Room.
Z A wedding invitation found in Mar
i1ow's possession and addressed to Mrs.
! Hickman was a thread by which tho
ipolice connected the man with the as
sault on Mrs. Robert d. Hickman six
or eight weeks ago. \ rosary was
tidentihed by a husband OF one of the
victims as having belonged to his wife,
= who had It snatched from her hand at
= The Lincoln apartment house on the
= ga OF August. being found among the
same mans effects. they took as evil
4 dence that this crime, too. was OF his
JEoing.
Vigilance Redoubled.
= However. when the hold-up Of Mrs.
Santen came on the eve OF MaFlow's
trial yesterday. it quickly dispelled these
theories. and leaves the police almost
as much in the dark as before.
= They believe they have an almost per-
feet case against MARROW on one charge
that OF Miss Kelly. but the Xanten rob
berry has made the authorities redouble
their activities as is evidenced by the
fact that practically every headquarters
detective IN washington is spending al
least a part Of his time on the hold-uI
cases
There Is one other side TO the matter
that has made the task hard At Ieas.
- one OF the reported Fobberies was pure
" and simply a hoax, invented by tn,
supposed victim solely for the purpos,
Of giving an excuse for the loss Of hi,
funds In speaking Of this phase o.
the case last night, Major Sylvester
said:
Fake Robberies Reported.
" "A case has come to my attention
where IL was reported that a burglar
knocked at the bedroom door before en-
teriHg TO carry or money and vaIuables
There was another instance Of a prorni
nent official Of the Government who
while experiencing wild horrors in hi
sleep, jumped out of bed and Tough
the bedpost. imagining that he was at
tackled by burglars. The exhaustion
which followed his midnight defense wa
a. great as II he had actually encoun
tered marauders.
The greatest imposition is that whicl
occurs a great many times in a year
when persons who cannot. or do no
want to pay their just debts, repor
that they have been robbed Of sums 0
money. They will prearrange to civ
color TO the truth Of their report, bu
are generally found out in the end"