The Washington times., 1921-12-23
STOREMEN
RObbEDAT
GUN POINT

Chauffeur Assaulted With Ham
NOR by Passenger-christ-
mas Presents Stolen.
Hold-up men were busy last
night and early today in Washing
ton.
Shortly after Jacob Harris
opened his cigar store in the Con-
Gressional Apartments, corner of
First and East Capitol streets, at
= o'clock this morning, he looked
up from his morning paper and
into the barrels of two revolvers,
which two negroes had leveled on
him.
Obeys Glands Up" Order.
Throw up your hands," one Of the
negroes commanded. Harris obeyed.
While he held his hands in the air,
Harris' pockets were searched. About
$50 in cash was taken.
The holdup men disappeared.
f. Louis Goldberg was preparing to
Gclose his store at Thirteenth and s
streets northwest last night shortly
latter 10 o'clock, when two negroes en-
tered. They asked to purchase some
candy.
As he placed the candy on the coun.
ter. Goldberg was ordered to throw up
lis hands. He was covered by q rc
volver. The other negro covered"
Goldberg's eighteen-year-old son ard
sax-year-old daughter.
The negroes got away with $40.
Passenger Robs Chauffeur.
Struck on the head with a hammer
by q passenger who had engaged him
20 take him in an automobile to Chevy
Chase Arthur beavers, twenty-three
years old, a hacker living at 1919
Maryland avenue northwest, was
robbed Of $50 last night.
Ackley Stearn, twenty-five years
old, of Pittsburgh. has been identi.
fled by beavers as his assailant. Po-
lice of substation T, at Tenleytown.
say that Stearn admits robbing the
hacker. Stearn, they say, told them
he needed the money to get to his
home in Pittsburgh. The hammer, he
said. he purchased from negro for
rs cents.
When beavers recovered conscious.
ness he found the automobile was near
Rockville. Nd, and that the thief
had fled. Sergeant Marks and Police
men Fifield and Brigham, Of the sub
station, arrested Stearn as he stepped
from a Rockville street car near the
station house. He Is locked up on
charges of assault with a dangerous
weapon and robbery.
Two negroes early last night took
b diamond ring worth 1925 from tho
1ewelry store of A. Franconetti, 631
@ street northwest. When they en-
tered the store one of the negroes
asked to see the ring. He looked at
It for q moment and the two vanish
ID with the ring.
Woman FOils Purse-Snatcher.
Mrs. r. w. Woodfield, of the McKin-
ley apartments, Third and e streets
northwest, was walking in Z street,
between Fourth and Fifth streets, last
night, when a negro grabbed her hand |
bag. She held fast to it and screamed.
The negro fled.
Albert II. Sutton. sixteen-year-old |
negro, of IS I street northwest, was
arrested some time later in a basement |
on e street, hearth Fifth. He was
locked up charged with attempted rob- |
berry.
Miss p. M. Oberley, 261s Garfield |
street northwest, reported the loss of |
several Christmas packages, intended |
for presents, from her automobile.
While in a book store on Twelfth |
street northwest, Miss Rosalin B. |
Jones, stopping at the Shoreham Hotel, |
was robbed Of her handbag contain |
ing $50 to $40 yesterday evening.
Thomas F. Kelaher, 3142 Q street |
northwest, reported the loss of his
Christmas turkey from the pantry of