Evening star., 1920-04-30
SUSPECTS CLEARED
.0F BANK ROBBERY;
| new CLUES FOUND
Detectives Start for West
! Virginia and New York
Today.

MemDeTS OF tn6 several iHNeSti-
eative forces working to solve the
robbery Of the First National Bank
of Sandy Spring. Nd. and murder
of Francis M. Halloweil. member OF
the board Of directors. this after
noon took up clues which may lead
to other states. Secrecy regarding
their movements was maintained, but
1t was limited that new clues may
lead them to West Virginia and New
York.
1t was said by persons connected
with the investigation that no con-
nection between the several suspects
arrested in Maryland and the crime
has been shown, and that they Will
have to look elsewhere for the Grim :
inais. Inspector Clifford L. Grant,
chief Of detectives. again assured the
Maryland ofiicials that his men VIII
continue their efforts.
Finding of distinct finger print
on the tin cup picked up near Full
ton, Md. may be of assistance in the
Investigation. The finger print was
found by Detective Frederick Sand
berg. Bertillon expert Of the police
department.
Detectives this afternoon were not
willing to say at what point the flee
ing bandits were last seen. w. T.
Disney. automobile accessory dealer
at Highland. who saw them a few
minutes after they left the scene OF
the murder and robbery, was positive
in his statement that the big Hudson
car tuF1sA north at Highland. That
much Of their journey Is definitely
known and efforts are being made to
trail them from that point.
The broken safe deposit boxes hsh-
ed from Patuxent river. near
Smell bridge, only few miles from
Sandy Spring, and the automobile in
struction book. that dropped or vas
thrown from the alleged death car,
are being carefully guarded.
dents Of the Sandy Spring neighhor-
hood fssl confident that the crime will
be solved sooner or later. The fact
that so large a number Of men par
ticipated in the hold-up and murder.
and some of them expressed dissatis-
with the offer of . reward exceeding
$31. .000. makes interested persons feel
sanguine that success will intimately
crown the efforts of the detectives.
Unable to Identify TAen.
Asa Stabler, member Of the board of
directors of the First National Bank
OF Sandy Spring and president Of the
savings institution, one of the sew
eral persons who figured In the epi-
sode in the bank Monday afternoon.
saw four prisoners at police head
quarters this afternoon, but was un-
able to identify any one of them as
being a member Of the bandit gang.
One Of the men, he said. was . 'close
1T; the type Of one OF the men." but
he would not say he was one of the
bandits.
Other persons connected with the
hank saw the men last night ana
made similar statements as to their
identity. Two of the men under ar
rest were Frank SAVAGE and Joseph
Savage, his brother, residents OF near
ssph was arrested on his fathers
farm yesterday afternoon by Balti.
mare and Washington detectives and
NontgomeFy county officers. and his
brother was arrested about mtdnignt
by J. s. GingeM. chisa deputy sheriff.
Detectives O'Brfen. Kelly, 6crivener
ana Thompson. who participated in
the investigation and arrest OF the
hrothers, frankly stated that their In
vestigation had failed to throw the
slightest suspicion on either brother.
Both. young men discussed their
whereabouts freely and, Il 10 stated.
the detectives learned their state
ments were true.
Detectives Bradley and Deugherty
Of Baltimore returned home last
night. Today they went to Bel Air,
Md, to question number OF stran-
gers stopping there. one woman being
member Of the party. Deputy
sheriff Gingeli this afternoon is in
vestigating a report that q Hudson
and Buick car were stolen from this
city last Friday or Saturday, his in
formant suggesting that persons who
took the larger car may have been
implicated in the bank robbery.
Francis Miller. assistant cashier Of
the First National Bank of Sandy
Spring. last night went to Baltimore
and saw the four young Baltimoreans
under arrest as suspects. He was
unable to identity them and they were
released.