The Washington times., 1920-04-29
HOLD FOURAS
BANKROBBERS
Baltimore Police Arrest Quartet
Of Chauffeurs As Sandy
Spring Suspects.
MEN PROTEST INNOCENCE
Washington Drivers to Come Up
In Court Monday In Connec-
tion With Case.
MEN PROTEST INNOCENCE

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Suspected Of having looted the
First National Bank at Sandy
Springs, Montgomery county, Mary
land. at which time Francis M. Hal
lowell, one of the directors OF the
bank. was shot and killed. four men,
all chauffeurs. were arrested early
today In Baltimore.
Men Protest Innocence.
Although the men protest inno-
cence OF any connection with the
killing and robbery. the Baltimore
police declare they have evidence
which warrants their being held and
Investigated.
One Of the men. Arthur Kohler.
thirty years old, Is said by the police
to have made a number OF conflicting
statements and is said to have spent
great amount of money since Mon
day.
Beside Kohler, the men under ar
rest are Emil Berger. twenty-nine
years old. Herbert Shatzer. thirty
two years old. and Lawrence Red
mond. thirty years old.
All of the quartet are said to be
well known to the police and since
the killing and robbery in the Mary
land village have been under sus-
picion.
At the northwestern police station,
where the four men are held, they arc
charged on the docket as being "sus-
pected of fshaylnE-lQptsd-t Eirst Ma
tionaf Bank OF Sandy Spring"
Claim ConflictinE Statements.
Arrest of the four men followed in
formation received by the Baltimore
police that they knew something of
the killing Of Director Hollowell and
the looting of the bank. Following
the arrest of Berger. Shatzer and Red
mond. the police went to the home OF
Kohler at 4 o'clock this morning and
took him from his bed.
The police say that Kohler never
spent much money. but that since
Monday he has been lavish in his ex-
penditures.
The police further say that Kohler
has made a number of conflicting
statements which indicate that he is
trying to conceal his movements on
last Monday.
Herbert Parks and George Masters.
also known as George Ashton, the
two Washington chauffeurs. arrested
by the Maryland authorities in con-
nection with the case, will be tried in
police court in Baltimore today.
offer An AIibL
Both OF the Washington men pro-
test their innocence Of completely in
the staying and robbery, declaring
that they had been employed in
Washington on Monday by Charles
Roschi and Charles V. Henkel. OF
New York, to drive two automobiles
from Baltimore to New York. Roschi
and Henkel who also are being held,
are being Investigated. the Baltimore
police endeavoring to ascertain wheth-
er the automobiles they had were
stolen.
Roschi and Henkel declare they
bought in Norfolk the two automo-
biles they were driving when arrested
with the Washington chauffeurs at
Elkton. Descriptions OF the two cars
tally in many respects with automo-
biles seen Monday morning in the
vicinity of Ellicott City.
The four men deny having been
with the automobiles in Ellicott City.
declaring they left Washington on a
car OF the Washington, Baltimore
and Annapolis railroad at IL o'clock
Monday morning for Baltimore and
took the cars from the wharf OF the
Chesapeake Steamship Company at
$3.50 o'clock and were driving from
the Monumental City to New York
when arrested at Elkton.
Clues src. Lacking.
On Tuesday Washington detectives
found several tin containers in the
woods near Ellicott City, and II was
thought fngerprints could be found
on them and help in the Identification
OF the bandits.
Detective Sergeant Fred A. Sand
berg. of the Washington Police De-
partment, examined the tins. but to-
day announced that he was unable to
get any f1ngerprints, and expressed
the theory that he did not believe
that the tins had been left in the
woods by the bandits.
1t is believed that the two wash
ington chauffeurs will be released
this afternoon, they being able to
convince the court OF their innocence.