Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-12
ARMED ROBBER BESTS
CLERK IN LOCAL STORE
Colored Man Pockets Cash From Till
After Struggle With A. P.
Wyhe.
Policeman Buckley Falls Into Mud
Hole While Pursuing Chicken
Thief.

W lille arranging stock in III, store
OF Clarence Nohe. 500 q street north
west. last night about $50 o'clock Ar
| lington 4. WNlic. brother-iu-law of the
/ owner. WAS surprised by the sudden
appearance Of I colored man armed
, with Il pistol. The intruder WAS after
money. ana = struggle ensued. during
which the cash register WAS Knocked
from the counter and between SIS and
S25 became the robbers loot.
Wyiie did not see the color.d man
when he entered the store the JinS-
Inns of the hell OF the cash register
being the first thing to advise him Of
IL Turning ia the direction OF the
register, Wylie found himself face To
face with the robber. who displayed :,
revolver. lie grabbed the hand III
which the coiored man held the pistol
but was unable to wrest the weapon
.-froni him.
! During the struggle between Will.
and the intruder the contents OF TIL.
cash register fell to the floor. Both
tried TO get possession of it. The robber
succeeded in grabbing between SIS and
SO and left the store
! Clerk Summons Help.
| Wylie shouted for help when he
/ reached the front door. and attracted
the attention of Policemen Mont gom-
fery and Quial2i4, VINO We're at 9Th and
u streets. ana Crossing Policeman w
L. DAVIS. who was on duty at the inter
section Of 9Th and G streets.
The policemen followed the robi,er
through an alley running north from
~ street, almost opposite the scene OF
the robbery. and through Washington
street INTO Washington court Cross
ing Policeman DAVIS was in the lead
OF the three officers when the entrance,
10 Washington court was reached, and
tne fobber nred two shots at him. Tn
able TO get his pistol from his pocket
IN time, Davis did not fire a shot
t2pt- Rather, Lieut.. Duvall. Detective
harry Evans and several other mem
herS OF the sixth precinct command
and detectives Grant and Bcckley par
.tcipated IN Il search that lasted una.
morning. but no further trace of tn
robber Was found.
y hat dropped by the fleeing free
oooter was picked up and turned oX..,
10 the police. 1t is a black derby. ana
bears the advert iscmcut of Tate a
Sulnlail, New London, Conn. The polio,
| thlnk the hat may serve as n cine 40
ithe identity of the perpetrator of me
| robbery. I'M
fohceman Pursues Chicken Thief.
! Policeman Buckley Of the sixth pre-
cinct had an uncomfortable experience
last night while in pursuit of a coIorea
man who had number of stolen chick
ems in his possession. The policeman
| was crossing the old site of the Balti-
more and Ohio depot at New Jersey
avenue and c street northwest about
O'Clock when he saw a colored man
! in STOPPING position some distance
from the path.
What's doing here" the policeman
asked as he approached the colored
man.
Without waiting long enough to re-
! spond to the question, the colored man
| Strengthened out and started on a run
across the square. Policeman Buckley
| started In pursuit. but depression in
the earth caused him to lose his foot
| ing and fall headlong into a mud hole.
! Returning to the spot from where
the chase started. Buckley found seven
big fat hens. Their necks mad been
twisted and they were dead, although
the warmth of their bodies made il
. plain that they had been only few
seconds off the roost.
! The fowls had been stolen from
| coop in front of the store OF J. T.. Staub,
| I'd and { streets northwest. Tn.
! grocer claimed the fowls and mad them
picked. Search for the robbcr WAS
| resumed today.
Work of Housebreakers.
Mrs. Anna Nossbure, PIG 1Ilh street
northwest, has reported to the police
| a burglary committed at her house be
| tween ) O'Clock yesterday afternoon
| and o'clock ut night. Entrance Was
/ gained by climbing through lin. bath
room window. the police were told, aud
the bureau drawers ransacked. The
burglars obtained s. for their trouble
Mrs. G. !. Van poren, Ct. East Capt
! toll street. reports the loss OF "A coat
/ stated. taken from her houSe
Monday morning by an unidentified
colored woman. Entrance WAS gained
with a key that Mrs. Van Doren had
left in the vestibul,'.