The Washington times., 1915-02-15
EAST BARN RA|DED
BY MASKED BANDITS
Clerks Held at Bay by RevoIvers
as Pair Steal $4,000 From
sate.
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and was lust about to make a remark to
his assistant at the counter near by
when he heard footsteps. He had start
ed to walk in tho direction of Brady.
Threatened To Shoot.
'Sit down, d-n you, or I'll kill you."
came a sharp command from the rear
Of the two clerks about this time. An
oath followed. from two men, masked.
and standing just inside the door with
drawn revolvers.
Hagerty sat down. and he and Brady
held their hands over their heads. One
of the robbers disliked Hagerty's sit
ting in the chair and ordered him to
stand on It,
Then, apparently satisfied with the
setting for the crime. one Of the men,
who wore q black mask which com
pletely hid his face. and gloves which
made the leaving Of finger prints i'm
possible. ran to the line of drawers in
which the cash turned in by the con-
ductors during the day Is kept. Into a
sack which he carried he emptied cop
pers. nickels, dimes. quarters. car
Don't move. d---n you." he kept
cautioning Brady. covering him inter-
mittently with his revolver. The other
burglar covered Hagerty and Brady
After rifiing all the cash drawers the
man with the black mask went to the
safe. which was open. He pulled out
several drawers from the safe, emptied
animation about the office. and. still
muttering Don't move. d--n you"
backed to the side Of his compan niOn.
who wore 4 handkerchief with blood
spots to conceal his face.
Backed Out Of Office.
The robber with the loot backed out
OF the office first and had gotten well
started down Fourteenth street when
his companion. who had still kept Hag-
erty and Brady covered. turned and
fled.
While Brady ran out of the office to
watch the fleeing robbers. HaEerty tele-
phoned for the police. After summoning
the authorities Hasertv Investigated
and discovered that the robbers had
overlooked large quantity Of paper
money and silver In several cash draw
era.
Bicycle Policeman German Of the
Ninth precinct. was the first officer
to arrive. Central office detectives took
up the hunt a short time later and be-
fore daybreak practically every detec
tive In the city was trying to solve
the mystery.
All learned OF the men so far is that
Robber No. was five feet five inches
III IclsHl anu ol blenUef uulIQ. lie wore
an old gray suit. the coat OF which was
split In the back. and an old gray cap.
He II was who wore the blood stained
handkerchief as q mask.
Robber No. 2, whose face was fully
covered with q black mask. was five
feet seven inches in height. and OF me-
dunn build. He wore dark suit Of
clothes and an old slouch hat.
One Known To Be White.
While no one saw enough OF the man
with the black mask to ascertain
whether or not he was white. his COM
panion IL known to be q white man.
Flom the tone OF his commands to
liaserty and Brady. it is presumed that
the other also WAS white.
But one theory has been put forth
as to the robbers and that il that they
are not professionals. This Is based on
the fact that the man who rined the
cash drawers and safe went to the
trouble Of raking into his sack as
many car tickets as possible.
Detectives explain that this phase OF
the robbery leads them to believe that
the men are former employees of some
Washington street car company and
that they live In this city proba bly,
not far distant from the scene of the
robbery.