Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-07
ADAMS IDENTIFIED
. AS BANK ROBBER
President Thomas Says He
Stood Guard at Sandy
Spring.

Joseph Adams. also said to he known
as Clarence Adams and James hahe'
who was arrested III Camden, y. d.
Wednesday afternoon as a suspect IN
the hold-up of officials of the First Ma
tional Bank of Sandy Spring, Md, steal
ing o. money and securities representing
considerably more than S125,0o0 ana Kill
ing Francis NJ. Hallowell, member OF
the board of directors, has been ldenti-
fed as the alleged leader of the bandits
AIvan c. Thomas, president of the
looted bank, picked out the prisoner as
being the bandit who stood guard over
the officials while others looted the safe.
lie further said Adams i: the individual
who protested the shooting of Mr. Hal
lowell by a member Of the hold-up partN.
Joseph NARROW. II blacksmith at Futon
and Robert Williams, resident OF Atfoi-
ton, the latter in Howard county. also
identified the prisoner as being one
of the occupants of the bandit automo-
bile.
Grand Jury Called.
As soon as States Attorney Dawson
1T Rockville learned of the identlnca' ION
Qt the prisoner he conferred with Judge
Edward c. Peter. and the latter issued
a call for a special session OF the grand
jlrv to he held at $50 O'Clock tomor-
row morning. Herbert Claude of Chevy
Chase is foreman of that body Wit
resscs already have been summoned to
appcar.
1t was said ut Rockville today that
tdams probably will be taken to Bal
fimore for safekeeping in event of his
surrender to the Maryland authorities.
and il is deemed reasonably certain that
The case will not be tried in Montgomery
county.
Recovery of the gray automobile in
Baltimore yesterday, it is believed,
will assist the detectives in identify
ing Adams and other members of the
bandit gang. 1t was in such a car
that several men stopped Il short dis
tance from Fulton three days before
the robbery and murder, and lunched.
Adams is believed to have planned
fight against returning to Mary
land. Should an Indictment be re-
turned at Rockville, it is stated. Gov.
Ritchie probably will be asked to
issue requisition papers for Adams
without delay.
Further Evidence Sought.
Detective Bradley was in and about
Frederick. Md. with Frederick l..
Thomas. cashier of the looted bank.
and W. E. Welt. former sheriff.
yesterday searching for additional in
formation relative to the finding of
papers stolen from the bank. The
automobile license tag that had been
taken from the automobile of Mrs.
John Dorsey Washington apartments,
Baltimore, was found in the .Nonoc-
acy river.
Cashier Thomas was given the
hank papers found on the Kolb farm.
three miles from Frederick, and most
of them, it is stated. were not nego-
table. They were chiefly deeds and
mortgages. of no value to the robbers.
and likely to get them in trouble
should they be found in their posses
sion. A further search of the Mo-
nocacy river section in the vicinity
of the kolb farm. where the papers
We're found. failed to disclose the
presence of any additional papers.
Baltimore detectives have about
reached the conclusion that the ban
dts who robbed the bank and muir
dered Mr.. Hallowell were members of
the hand that held up and robbed the
jewelry store of the James r. Armi-
ger Company. in Baltimore, not long
ago. A man in the Baltimore Jail for
alleged participation in the Armiger
robbery is believed to be a pal OF
Adams