The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-03
TWO COUPLES HELD
UNDER Mann LAW
ARRESTED JUST AS THEY FINISH
SUPPER AT BROAD STREET
RESTAURANT.
MAY BE BURGLARS
MEN ARE SUSPECTED OF. HACH
AND REEVES ROBBERf-wO.
MEN ACCEPT THEIR ARREST
WITH NoNCHALANCE.

JhSN GtttA lAty lGA iAiiiSitG0 sup
per and walked out on Broad street
to take little airing before return
ing to their lodging house. John NJ.
Berger, twenty-four years, old; Ed
ward Randell, twenty years old. and
Catherine Hartford, and Helen Park
er. both nineteen years old. were ar
rested shortly after o'clock last
night by Detective Sergeants Bailey
and Wiltshire, the men being suspect
ed of iovlating the Mann act. With
the two women they were also charged
with being suspected of unlawfully
living together as man and wife.
The detectives waited for the two
couples just outside the door, and
watched them contentedly eating their
supper. AS they came out Sergeant
Bailey got hold of Berger. the larger
of the two and. passing his hands
over his hip pockets, whispered that
he wanted to see him moment
around the corner. Sergeant wiltshire
got hold Of Randell, and the two girls
apparently aware of what was trans
piring, followed.
One Seemed Nervous.
hedILElHS mat lney were III the
hands of detectives, the men went
without hesltancy. though Berger
seemed at first to he very nervous
| He collected himself in a moment
however, and laughingly assured Ser
geant Bailey that he was not a sec.
ondstory man,
! At the corner of Eighth and Mar.
shall streets the detectives and their
prisoners stopped When accused OF
not being married to the women they
were living with the men promptly
said they were married and could
prove ii by all the telegraph wires ir
the country. With the hravado borr
of life in the cast side Of New York
they tried to stall the detectives. but
the latter. too, We're wise to the game
Come on" said Sergeant Bailey
| ITS two years on the island in New
York, but it's not so bad here" Ber
4 ger Immediately asked what the pun
Iishment for unlawful living together
was in this State, and when informed
that it was not severe immediately
admitted his guilt. The two womer
showed but little less brayado, takinl
their arrest as joke,
Find Detective Badges.
Sergeant Bailey took the men II
headquarters for a little sweating.
while Sergeant Wiltshire went to the
boarding house on East Marshal
street with the girls. There sergean
Wiltshire found private detectiv,
badges two revolvers and two black
jacks belonging to the men, a photo
graph of them taken together and o
Berger in a sailors uniform and
photograph of the girls. They hat
no trunks, having Brought their eff
fects in suitcases. They had uuantitie
of clothes. but were without jewelry
When searched Berger had SIS an,
that was. all the money among them
AT headquarters the men refused I,
give any direct information ahou
themselves They said that they wer,
New Workers and that they came her,
week ago, AT the station they CAV,
their occupation as hospital orderlie
and actors. They met the women II
New York and came with them here
Catherine Hartford said that he
home was in Indiana, and Helen Par
ker said that her home was In Chi
cago, where her father Is now living
They said that they had been train
ing in Bellevue hospital, but, accord
ing to the detectives, are not of tn
type who would take UP nursing as
vocation.
May Be Wanted Elsewhere.
The men are suspected of beini
wanted IN New York or in Missouri
} Since coming to Richmond they hav
: been acting mysteriously, rarely re
! turning 10 their rooms before earl,
morning. The detectives strongl,
suspect them of being the two me,
who broke into and robbed the stor,
of Hach and Reeves, 81 West Broat
street. a few nights ago Two mel
entered the store to make a pur
chase on the afternoon of the da.
before the robbery. but went ava,
without buying ANYTHING. A few day
after the robbery Berger went to Bal
timore. returning the next day will
. large supply Of money, the finance
of the four having just become ex
hausted.
The girls were searched in the sta
ton by the police matron, Mrs. Collie
Both were without funds. One Of tbs
girls had a ring. which she was al
lowed to keep Both took their pre-
dicament with the utmost non
chalance. and RECALLED each othe
other with jokes before retiring. Thu
. men, too, seemed IN no wise disturb
ed, though Berger asked for ciga
rettes and a meal, which were pro
vided him out of his own funds. The,
were not aware that the second ant
more serious charge-violation OF TIL,
Mann a'ct--had been preferred agains
them.
Sergeant Bailey and Sergeant wilt
shire will ask Justice Crutchfield thi
morning to hold tAe men for ten days
so that they may have time In which
to learn something more about tn,
suspects. The federal authorities will
be notified or the arrest of the mer
and the charge against them TODAY