The Washington times., 1915-02-16
Police Sound General Alarm for
Female Associates Of Men
Under Suspicion.
FOUR APPREHENDED IN CASE
Two Suspects Arrested in
House In D st. Northwest.
Clue on River Bank.

A general alarm for the apprehen-
sion OF two girls. associates of men
suspected Of being the car barn rob-
|bers." who held up the clerks in the
least barn" Of the Washington Rail-
way and Electric Company and made
away with $4,000 yesterday morning.
was sounded by the police today.
Four suspects against whom no
charges have been filed are being held
in connection with the robbery at the
Ninth precinct station.
In the room of a house in D street
northwest, near Sixth street. where
two Of the suspects were arrested.
the police declare they found a blood
worn by one of the car barn robbers"
black wig. a pair Of black gloves
and a pistol. One Of the men who
committed the car barn robbery wore
black gloves. Another interesting
thing found among the effects Of the
men arrested in tho d street house Is
a Norfolk Jacket with a slit in the
back. In describing the robbers Jere-
miah Hagerty. one Of the clerks held
up in the car barn office. said that
Que uf the men wore an old coat with
a SPLIT ir the back.
Phone Message Gives Tip.
The arrest of the prisoners at the
d street place was brought about
through a telephone message to the
Ninth precinct. The persons at the
"other end uf the wire" informed the
police that he thought the men at tho
y street house "actcd suspiciously."
This led the police to make an In
vestigation at the house and the ar
rest CT two men who live there en-
sued.
Further than the telephone mes
sage and the discovery Of the wig.
hanl lkerchief. pistol and other effects
at the house, the police have nothing
to warrant the holding of the prls-
oners. This they confessed this after
neon.
In the meantime an exhaustive hunt
is being made for the missing money.
the authorities hoping to locate 1t
hidden about the d street place or
about the rendezvous Of the other
Hardly had the detectives assigned to
the case started their investigation Of
the several clues obtained today when
the alarm for the appre rehcnsion Of the
< irls thought to be associates OF two OF
the men under arrest was sounded.
Clue On River Bank.
Policemen were stationed at all places
which the girls are known to frequent.
but hours Of waiting failed to lead to
their arrest. Continued absence OF the
girls from their accustomed haunts
the belief among the au-
thoritics as the time went by that they
are on the right track. In fact. some
Of the police were not averse to making
declarations that the money would be
recovered before nightfall and the rob-
bers arrested.
Another clue being followed out Is
on the banks of the Eastern branch late
empty and tailed In description with
that which the robbers used to carry
away the loot stolen from the cash
drawers and safe Of the car barn office.
Information given the police that Two
men were seen rowing up the river in
the direction Of Benn!ng early yesterday
morning caused tho authorities to make
an investigation at all lighthouses and
other places along the river today. At
each boathouse 1t was said that no one
that no boat was missing along the
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