The Washington times., 1919-01-28
MADMAN
Is FAKE SALESMAN
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alley back OF 1887 L street, he said
they were OF -32-calibre,, and were
fired from the same weapon.
Miss Geagan was so much improved
that she was able to be removed u
her home from Emergency Hospital.
Elsie Coleman, colored, eighteen
years old, Of $3.50 Ninth street north
west, told the police that while walk
ing north on Ninth street near Barry
Place northwest, last night, she was
grabbed by the arm by white man
Her screams caused the man to run.
She described the man as feet 10.
inches tall, medium build and wear
ing a three-qusrter length overcoat.
Nearly Captured BY Soldier.
Chased to the Fairmopt apartments,
Fourth street and New York avenue,
the man was all but captured by Corp.
Z. n Lemke, Of the. motor transport
corps.
Corporal Lemke saw the man enter
the apartment house through q win
dow and was preparing to go in after
him when the mailman suddenly re-
appeared at the window and Lemke
looked down the barrel OF S2-calibre
revolver.
what do you want?" the stranger
asked Corporal emke.
That's what I want TO know; what
are you after?" the soldier replied.
az am the janitor." the stranger
said and made a threatening move
ment with his gun.
Il didn't even stop to say good
by" Lemke said.
Police Toe. LATE.
In the meantime, Winton Levy, who
had seen Bemke give chase 70 the
madn-sn, he'd called the pslice from
Precinct so. .. The eorDoTsi met
them AID they rsfurned 70 the apart /
nasnt houe1 ib0t no trace ef 5hs nam
couldss oend
tauitcr was questioned. He
sald he had seen no one except twol
policemen. who were sitting in the |
hallway when he awoke today.
Corporal Lemke and Levy were |
calling on the Misses Wagner at 435 |
~ street northwest, and were taking /
their departure when they noted the
stranger trying 20 open doors at sew
eral houses across the street.
HE went up and down the street /
trying to force an entrance" Miss 1
Erlamond Wagner told The Times to-
day. "He finally got into the house
at 1854 III street, and made con-
siderable noise in doing 50.
Thought Him BOardeF.
ave thought he was a boarder
who had been to Baltimore, and
started joking about it. suggesting
that he was probably the mailman
Of the northwest
Pretty soon, we saw q light from
a flashlight moving around in the +
front room, and the man suddenly
threw up q window and leaped out
sI wanted the boys to go around
80 No 2 Police StatiOn-it is only two
blocks away-and report it. bus they
insisted on going after the man.
They followed and saw him enter
an apartment house on Fourth street
4Finton Levy went 20 No. 4 Truck
House and telephone for the police"
The police today, in searching the
rooms visited By the stranger, learned
that the occupants OF the M street
room were Master Signal Electrician
Eugene b Powelson and Sergeant
Walter e Olin. Of Detachment 1, air
craft production
They said the first they knew Of the
affair was when they were awakened
at 5 o'clock this morning by flash
lights thrown on them by the police.
Outside their window were found
footprints made by the man seen to
leap from their window.
So far as they have been able to
learn they were not robbed. Their
were all found intact this
morning. II
The house is just two blocks from
the home Of Mrs. Lucille Kraus, who
on Saturday night was checked and
81 In hnwnn a I
street northwest, by an unidentified
white man. Il is within two blocks
Of the Second Precinct Police Sta
ton.
CORPORAL LemIte resides at 80
Quincy Place northwest He is on
duty in Baltimore for the Ordnance
In relating his expert
ences today to The Times he said:
Lemke's Story.
Levy and 1 had returned home
with the Misses Wagner, and about {
! rs this morning we saw a man try {
several houses across the street. We
were standing on the doorstep Of $50 !
n street II
ssTIe then walked down the street |
and came back to 1881. This door
happened TO be open, and he walked 4
IN. He acted like a half-drunken
man, and we thought he was
who was having a hard time
finding his home.
The girls started Joking about him
being the mailman. Pretty soon we
saw a fiashlight at work in the front
room of the house Then the man
opened the window and jumped out
in q big hurry. He made lot OF |
noise doing II.
Carried n Handbag.
The man was dressed pretty rough.
He had on q checkered cap, gray
fhree-Quarter overcoaJ. and was
He carried q small |
in his hand.
Levy and I followed him and he ]
went in the FairmOnt apartment 1
house at Fourth and New York ave- {
nue.. I sent Levy to No. 4 truck house, !