The Washington herald., 1921-01-26
POLICEGATHER
NINEIN EFFORT
TOCLEAN CITY
Roundup of Bandits
Starts to End Activities
&, In District.
SCHNURR'S MURDER
LEADS TO ACTION
Shady Characters Grilled
But Names Kept Off
Station Blotter.

DNNNi AAAllltO u NhtCh the lNNNAN
activities Of hold-up men and motor
bandits which reached a peak last
Saturday night with the cold blood
ed murder Of Frederick SchnUrr. So
year-old barber, headquarters de-
tectives under the leadership Of
Lieut.. Guy Burlingame last night
instituted a city-wide roundup Of
suspicious characters
Penetrating districts and houses
known as past or present rendez-
vous of the lawless, the police at
an early hour this morning had
gathered in nine men, who are be-
ing subjected to close questioning
at the central bureau and in various
precinct stations. These suspects
have not been booked" and Bur
lingame and his squads refused to
give out their names.
Police Cars Busy.
"If we make public their idenri-
ties" the night detective chief said.
1t will Illustrate our efforts to
make this roundup a success" He
declined to indicate the extent OF
the activities, but headquarters cars
made many trips to sections which
always are under the scrutiny OF
the police.
Two men were arrested Yesterday
by detectives investigating the mur-
Ger of Schurr
Last night the Investigators de-
clared they had little belief that
either had any connection with the
mysterious staying. Nevertheless
by order of Inspector Of Detectives
Grant the men were ordered held,
one at the Eighth precinct station
and the other at the Tenth.
The arrests came as the first de-
velopment which might point to a
solution Of the murder. Otherwise
the police. so far as disclosed, are
as much in the dark as when
Schnurr's body was discovered more
than two days ago.
Puzzled Over Auto Party.
Detectives also turned their at
tention to an incident which may
or may not concern the killing. BY
close questioning OF residents in the
vicinity of Third and p streets
where Schnurr's shop was located
they learned that an automobile
was parked nearby at about the
time that the barber closed shop.
10 o'clock. Five men were observed
in and out of the machine and the
drsgnet has been spread for the
quintet.
This car. the police have learned.
was a Cadillac coupe. The car OBJ
served by Mrs. Schildroth. who wit
messed the shooting from a second
story window Of her home and who
thought ii was her brother that was
being attacked. was a Ford or a
machine Of like small Dimensions.
Held Funeral Tomorrow.
Funeral services for SChnurr will
be held tomorrow morning from ST.
Mary's Catholic Church. Fifth street
near H street northwest. SChnurr
was a member of the Holy Name
Society of the church as well as a
member of the WindthUrst club.
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quest at the morgue this afternoon.
1t is probable that several wit
nesses will be heard and that the
inquest will be continued until a
/ later date in order to allow the pO-
| lice more time on their inVestiga-
! tiOn before the corOners jury re-
turns a verdict.
UnsoIved HoId-Ups.
The following hold-ups remain
unsolved:
p. L. Morris. OF sos Third street
northwest. a driver for the Holmes
Bakery Company; held UP at Thir-
/ tieth and Brandywin' streets.
! Georgetown. on the night Of Jan
uary 10, and robbed OF $ A negro
was the hold-up man.
Facing a pistol while u front OF
his home about 10 O'Clock Of the
evening of January -. Mss Flor
ence Lacy. of 2l09 F street. ought
off one negro who attempted to
grasp her pOckedbook and >creamed
for assistance. The attempting at
taCkers fed.
Three Were staged on January Is
when Jesse F. Baker. OF au0 Ninth
! street; Samuel NJ. kiplinE,r OF 72s
Eighth street southeast. and Harry
A. Mervis. of Apartment 100. 1889
T street, were robbed OF their pos
! sessions. A nominal sum WAS TAX
en- from Baker, who fought on his
assailants, but Kiplinger was vic
| timiZed fo ha of 500 and