The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-04-24


GLIDING aliases. previous sentences
etc.
A few months ago a burglar lay
dying on a cot in the Emergency
Hospital. He had been shot below
the heart with a rifle bullet by De-
tective Frank Alligood, while trying
to, recover $4,000 worth of silver
plate he had stolen from the home
of Charles c. Glover, jr. Washing
ton broker and son of the president
of the Riggs National Banh
whats your name?" asked the de-
tective as the burglar WAS strug-
Cling with death.
Find out. damn you! 81 hope
meet your soul in hell" The rob-
Der then passed away, unidentified
The shooting of the robber was
under sensational circumstances
After looting the Glover homo at
Orchard Hill, Massachusetts, avenue
extended. the robber carried the sif-
verplate mile away and hid it In
a cache in the woodlands. His shoe
prints were traced from The Glover
home to the buried loot. At ordeN
of Inspector Clifford l.. Grant, chief
of detectives, the silver was not
disturbed and Alligood and other
headquarters men were assigned to
secret themselves near the cache.
At 2 o'clock in the morning the
burglar, with the aid of small
flashlight found his way through the
underbrush and shrubbery to the
spot. A moment later Detective ALI
good had flashed a powerful electric
torch and. as the robber raised his
automatic revolver to fire, Alligood
shot him.
Although the records showed him
to be Joe Doe" for several days,
Sandberg went to the District morgue
and took the prints from the tips Of the
burglars fingers. Sanberg's records at
police headquarters did not reveal the
identity of the robber. There were no
similar classification Of fngerprints on
file in the experts office.
FINALLY IDENTIFIED.
Certain that the burglar was an
tldtimer. a professional. Sandberg
sent copies of his fngerprints to
the police of Baltimore, PHILADELPHIA.
New York. and other cities, as we'll
as to the Federal prisons and other
renal institutions
week later, Warden Frederick
Zerbst, of the Federal prison at At
lanta, identified the burglar. He
had a long prison record and had
served ten years in the Federal in
stitution. Discovery of the mans
anne led to the finding of his relar
tives who came to Washington and
claimed the body which had been
buried in Potter's field.
Confronted with photographs Of
fingerprints which correspond with
his own, william Yancy Mills, a ne
gro. confessed that he was the slayer
OF two Italians in Chicago, October
IL, 1919. He was hanged for the
crime April last.
Chicago detectives got hngerprints
from a lead pipe used by the negro
in shaving the two Italians. Photo
graphs of the prints were sent out
broadcast. q.
OPERATED IN WASHINGTON.
On November 1, 1919, copies of the
fingerprints found on the iron pipe
were received by the Washington
police. A few days later. a negro
giving the name OF Oscar Richardson,
was arrested in Philadelphia on a
ousebIeaking charge. His finger
prints were sent to the Washington
police and when they were being clas-
sified it was discovered that they tai
lied with the fngerprints taken from
the Lead pipe used in the staying of
he Chicago Italians.
Richardson confessed that his right
name was William Yancy Mills and
that he was the much sought slayer.
II was further admitted by the negro
that he had been concerned in a num-
Der of daring hold-up jobs not only
in Chicago, but in other cities, in
Guiding Washington.
The most recent fnger-print identi-
fcation in Washington followed the
robbery of the home of Mrs. p. c.
Souder, 933 X street northwest
On June Is the home of Mrs. Souder
lad been reprinted. That night a
Lorch climber got into her home and
sole more than $1,000 worth of gems.
detective Sergeant Arthur r. Scriv-
ener and Lieutenant Sandberg, of the
bureau of Identification, were detailed
to clean up the case"
PRINTS ON PAINT.
scrivener noticed that finger prints
in red were daubed on the fresh coat
ing of white paint. The bricks OF the
front wall had been painted, and the
regro in climbing the porch had first
placed his hand on the bricks. then
climbed the porch.
Photographs OF the finger prints
were taken 10 Police Headquarters
and were identified as those OF Will
liam Smith. negro who had been ar
rested in the Capital six years before.
ordered to search for Smith. He was
arrested the next day and confessed
to the burglary. He is now awaiting
trial.
A cavalryman OF Fort Myer is being
sought by the police and Government
agents. on a charge OF burglarizing a
tailor shop and storeroom of the Gov
eminent reservation.
Following the robbery. Detective.
Sandberg and Burlingame went to the
scene and found a brace used by the
thief. On the highly polished steel
surface they found fingerprints. which
were photographed. t.
The detectives obtained the names
of all the men on leave" on the night
OF the robbery. They also obtained
the hngerprints from the War Depart
ment of the men at the Government
'cservation. IT was found that the
'ints taken from the brace were