Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-10-22
ARREST / SUSPECT
AS PICkP0CkET
Police Believe They Have
Man Who Robbed Henry
/ Crump of $500.
HAS POLICE RECORD.

ia .No"y N''->''5 -
TO Police Rec0rds-Declares Police
Have Framed up Job on Him.
In the arrest by the Alexandria po-
lice last night of Charles Mayer,
alias Thomas Sullivan, alias Frank
Morris, who is suspected of having
been implicated in the robbery of
Charles A. Clements, disbursing Of
ticer of the patent Office, whose pocket
was picked of $1,000 in an elevator
in Washington, a week ago, the po-
lice believe that they have also cap
tured one of the men who stole
$500 from Henry Crump, runner of
tie First National Bank of this city,
about five years ago The description
of Mayer was identical with that OF
one of the men who were near Crump
when the latter was robbed and the
bank runner called at the Police STA
ton this morning to see if he could
identify the prisoner. Mayer had
been taken to Washington by petec-
tive Burlingame and Crump went
there to see if he could identify the
man
Crump was robbed on street car
in Washington. He had gone from
here on business connected with the
First National Bank when his pocket
was picked.
- Mayer was arrested last night at
II o'clock in the lobby of the Hotel
Rammel by Policeman Kern Early
--:;nst r-------s--r LIi-.-L:-,~A-
police intercepted q telegram
from man named Eagan
addressed to Mayer in Rich
r,"nd asking him to come to Alexan-
slria yesterday and bring $500 to
bail out a man held in Jail in Wash
ington accused of having robbed Pay
master Clements.
The Washington authorities sent
to arrest Mayer when he appeared
The Washington detectives spent the
afternoon here but went home last
night. maving given information to
William Rammel, one of the proprie-
tors of the hotel, of their reasons for
being i'll the city. Shortly before
eleven o'clock Mayer appeared on the
scene and asked Mr.. Rammei if
there had been any one inquiring for
him. Rammel asked him his name
AID he was tolG that he expected to
meet Il Mr.. Eran. The Alexandria
police headquarters were notified that
the man was ut the hotel, and Officer
Kern was sent to make the arrest.
The policeman was in plain clothes,
and when he called Mayer aside the
latter thought that he had been sent
by. Egan and followed him from the
hotel When on the sidewalk he
placed the man under arrest and al
though Mayer MADE vehement pro-
tcstations of his innocence and angry
threats of reprisals he was locked up
in police station. He refused to make
any statement but gave his name as
Thomas Sullivan. He was extremely
we'll dressed, wearing clothes of the
latest cut and brown velous hat.
Detective Burlingame came from
Washington this morning and carried
tie priSoner'to that city.
In spite of the fact that he de-
clined to tell anything about himself.
except to say that his arrest was a
"frame-up," the police had little
trouble in finding his picture and rec
ord in the criminal Identification bu-
reau. Confronted with picture of
himself taken in Baltimore in 1907,
under the name of Thomas Ryan, Sui
livan admitted it was his photograph,
but claimed he was acquitted of the
charge on which he was arrested in
Baltimore. The records do not show
the disposition of the case.
The records show that Sullivan is
known as Ryan, Stone and Maher
and has been arrested in Baltimore
Yonkers, N. Y; New York City;
Omaha, Brooklyn, N. "; Providence
r. l.: and st. Louis.
The records show that Mason wa:
arrested in Omaha in August, 1909
as :; pickpocket, and wars sentenced t
eighteen months in the NebraskG
State penitentfary. In St. Louis h
was arrested in 1907tundar the name
Of Sullivan aud was fined $500.