Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-26
Feared to Give Alarm.

Feared to Give Alarm.
Miss Reed and her companion occupy a
room on the second floor of a lodging
house directly across the street from the
main seminary building. When they were
awakened by the glow of the flash lamp
both young women lay still, because they
feared they would be shot if they cried
out They saw the burglar turn his lamp
into the drawers of their bureau and
make a selection Of various pieces of
their jewelry. The marauder did not
notice that the young women were awake
until he was ready to leave the room,
and not until the man was going through
the door did Miss Reed pluck up courage
to say:
What are you doing here?''
The intruders only answer was to take
to his heels, and as he ran both young
women screamed for help. Two teachers
same house, were awakened, and to-
gether with most of the lodgers in the
house they ran into the hallway, but the
burglar had escaped through a window
had forced an entrance TO the house
Police of the second precinct were
notified, and they in turn summoned de-
tectives from headquarters. Detectives
Hewlett and Pratt located Glenn in his
room in boarding house on f street
between 9th and 10th streets late this
morning, and as they entered his room
Glenn made the tacit admission that he
was the man wanted when he said:
We'll. guess the jfgs up. and ! sup
pose some stool-pigeon SQuealed on me-.
Taken to headquarters and searched i'm
mediately, Glenns pockets yielded more
than 500 worth of jewelry, and all of the
pieces were identified by Miss Reed as the
ones stolen from her room earlier in the
morning.
Upon being taken to headquarters Glenn
was given the third degree" and con-
fessed. according to the police. the rob-
berry of Miss Reed and her companion
Scores of pieces of tewelry were found In
Glenn's room. however. and the author
tiles believe that practically all of the big
second-story robberies of recent date have
been committed either by Glenn or his
partner.
One of the largest robberies charged
against Glenn is that of stealing $500
worth of jewelry from the apartment OF
Mrs. Douglas r. Forrest In the Grafton
Hotel. Connecticut avenue and De Sales
street, the evening OF November so last
Entrance was gained to the room from
fire escape while the occupants of the
apartment were at dinner. reward of
500 WAS offered by Maj. Sylvester In this
case. The rolice say that several articles
of jewclry belonging to Mrs. Forrest were
found in Glenn's room.
Other robberies which the police charge
against Glenn are as follows: At the
Logan Hotel. Iowa Circle: Buckingham
Hotel, $50 18th street: apartment Of
Owen Owen, 1.A4 III street northwest. the
residence of Mrs. Chantney, 1909 II street
northwest.
Flashlight Identified.
The electric hashlanp which Glenn
used in Miss Reeds room early this
morning, and which was later found In
hi hoc identified tle
property of Mrs. Chantney.
The jeweIry stolen from Miss Reed in
cluded "A small gold watch. valued at SO:
gold-link chain. valued at $50: silver card
case, valued at SO. small silver-iink purse.
valued at SO: heavy gold bracelet. valued
at so. small gold bracelet. valued at SD;
gold ring, set with pearls. valued at $50:
gold ring. diamond and opal setting. VAL
ued at $50: two breastpins, valued at $40:
signet ring. valued at s.: gold ring. val
ued at So breastpin. valued at s.: plain
| gold hand ring, valued at 81 and four
one-doliar bills.
Admits Grafton Hotel Job.
| This afternoon Detectives Hewlett,
Pratt and Mullen again put Glenn
Through the third degree and they
said afterward that he admitted com
hitting the robbery at the Grafton
Hotel.
| The arrest yesterday OF a man giving
his name as Charles Mccarthy, twenty
nine years of age, a plumber. by De-
tectives Barbee and Vermillion, when
he is said to have attempted to sell
several gold bracelets. il Is declared
by the police, disclosed the fact tha.
McCauley has been disposing OF some
of the jewelry alleged to have been
stolen by Glenn.
The three bracelets which were found in
McCauiey's possession yesterday. II is
stated. have been identified as the prop
erty of Mrs. w. II. Sawyer Of the Buck
| ingham Hotel. from whom they were
stolen.
When Glenn was asked Ii McCauley
| had helped him In the various robberies
| In this city. the police say he told them
| that he did not know McCauley. except
that he had given him money for food on
several occasions
Brought Face to Face.
| While Glenn was being detained at po-
lice headquarters Mccarthy was brought
In from the first precinct station, where
he had been held all night. When the
two men were brought face to face they
disclosed no evidences OF having seen
Continued on Second PaYs.)