The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-02-24

Expressing the hope that he would
meet in hell the man who shot him,
an unidentified burglar died early
today at Emergency Hospital He
was shot with a Winchester rifle
while attempting to take silverware
valued at more than $4,000 from a
cache in the woods in Orchard Hill,
between Massachusetts and Nebraska
avenues northwest
Taken From Glover Home.
The plate had been stolen from the
home Of Charles c. Glover, jr. son of
|C. c. Glover, president of the Riggs
National Bank.
Having located the burglars cache.
ADetsctiye ,Alligood and other head
quarters men lay in wait for him.
standing in slush and ice UP to their
knees for hours, hidden by brush,
within a few yards OF the robbers
treasure trove.
The burglar made his appearance
at 1 80 o'clock. The detectives who
sprang from their ambush. leveling
revolvers and rifles at him and fash
ing a big searchlight in his face.
Burglar Was Prepared.
But the burglar was prepared. He
also had a flashlight in one hand and
an automatic pistol in the other. At
the command, Hold up your hands"
the burglar leveled his weapon at AL
ligood. who had placed the rife to his
shoulder. A second later a shot rang
out and the burglar fell with a cry
of agony. a bullet through his stom-
ach.
In a moment the detectives, aided
in the darkness by the powerful flash
light, pounced upon the wounded
man, who struggled to recover his re-
volver which had fallen from his
hand.
This would not have happened
had 1 had a pal with me-" said the
burglar, coolly, although suffering
intensely from the bullet wound in
his stomach. He then made his COM
ment on his destination for the here
after and expressed his hope thaS
the man who shot him would follow
him.
Think He Was Notorious Criminal.
Hurried to Emergency HospitalStho
man was found to be dying. DR..
Ward Mankin, resident surgeon. at
tempted to learn his identity.
ooh, just put me down as John
Doe. You'll never find out who
am" the dying man answered. He
refused to comment on the robbery
or the fact that he was going to
die. other than to repeat over AMI
over again that he knew he was So
ing to hell.
berg. Bertillon expert here, is conf
dent he will be able to identity the
burglar through the fingerprints and
photograph his body taken at ths
Morgue this morning. These. with
minute description of the man, viii
be sent to police departments OF ev-
cry large city.
other clues that the police are
working on in an effort to clear up
the identity OF the man are laundry
marks on his shirt collar band and
Handkerchief. On the collar band
were found as F-J-e." and on the
Detectives Visit Lnundriss.
Every laundry in the District Is be-
ing visited by detectives to learn
whether the shirt and handkerchief
mad been marked by any OF them. or
to obtain tip as to what out-of-
town laundry may have done so.
There were no other marks OF iden-
tihcation found in the mans clothing.
lie carried no letters or cards.
That the burglar, armed and pre-
pared for any emergency. might have
been captured when he was robbing
the Glover home detectives say de-
yeloped when Mr.. Glover stated that
at 1880 o'clock yesterday morning his
dog, Rover, barked for moro than a
half hour. apparently trying to scare
of the robber or attract the atten.
tion Of MIR. clover,
Hearing tho barking, Mr.. Glover
raised window and shouted TO the
dog to be quiet, but the faithful
animal failed to do so. A little later.