Evening star., 1921-09-28
CHARGED WITH ROBBING
GEORGIA AVENUE BANK
Phillip r. Greenfield, Arrested in
Savannah, Denies Accusation.
His Alleged Confession.

Phillip Rudolph Greenfield. twenty
years old. native of Savannah. Ga.
but for five months prior to July Is
living at 1905 Crittenden street, where
he lived with his mother, spent last
night at the third precinct police sta
tfon with two charges of robbery
against him-one in the case OF H.
Winter Kendrick, 1925 NJ street. and
the other in the $3.50 daylight hold
up Of Ernest Brown, cashier of the
Georgia avenue branch of the People s
Commercial and Savings Bank, at
Georgia avenue and Otis street
Continually and insistently Green
field denied that he is the man sought
by the police. in either case, the posi-
tive identification made by three per-
sons interested in the two cases only
serving to renew his denials. And his
young wife, only recently recovered
from an operation, who accompanied
him to Washington following arrest in
Savannah Monday. sticks to him, de-
claring to detectives her belief that
he is not the man sought, despite the
circumstantial web woven about his
activities.
The police have learned that Green
field told a woman of this city that he
was in desperate straits and needed
money for medical treatment for his
wife in Savannah at the time Of the
bank robbery. According to the police
tHo WOMAN 10 WnOIn ureeHlelQ Is SdlO
to have made this confession is a re-
spected resident Of her community, and
Greenfield made her confidant of his
troubles. He is also alleged to have told
her that he held up the bank.
The arrest is regarded by the police
as one Of the most noteworthy recently
achieved. Detectives Kelly, Scrivener,
Walsh. Jett and Corners made the in
vestigation which resulted in the arrest
OF Greenfield in Savannah.
After fruitless efforts for two
months to locate the man. who. in
broad daylight, July is, pointed re-
volver at the cashier of the Georgia
hand over that money and make it
snappy," detectives suddenly came
across persons who could throw
light upon phases of both the Ken
drick and bank jobs. Mr.. Kendrick
is in the hardware business at the NJ
the bank hold-up a man walked into
the store shortly before closing time
and asked the vender to load it for
.32 automatic. Mr.. Kendrick show
ed him one. The man examined it
and asked the vendor to load it for
him: Mr.. kendrick loaded 1T. The
prospective purchaser took it. and
murmuring. Hard luck. old fellow"
pointed 1t at Mr.. Kendrick, warning
him about giving an outcry. and dis
appeared up the street. The police
uncovered information that the man
who held up Mr.. Kendrick and the
man who held up the Georgia avenue
bank, making off with $3.50, were the
same. Yesterday Mr.. Kendrick iden-
titled Greenfield as his visitor of more
than two months ago. And when the
detectives took Greenfield into the
Georgia avenue bank in the afternoon
for inspection by Ernest Brown, the
cashier, the latter exclaimed: What!
You here again!
Following the Identification, the po-
lice called in a third man who had
seen the robber after the hold-up of
the Georgia avenue bank. He had
run out of the bank and jumped into
the automobile of Paul Clemmer of
TAB Harvard street, saying This is a
matter of life and death. Take me
to" Mr.. Clemmer identified Green
field as the man who had hoped into
the machine.
Yet with these identifications made.
Mrs. Anna Greenfield maintains that
she still loves her husband, and that
she believes him innocent.
Greenfield, it is said. has admitted to
Detective Kelly that he had several
hundred dollars when he reached
Savannah some time ago, but de-
clared he had won 1t in a craps game
Asked to point out where the game
was held, he was unable to do so
Further Investigation Of the case Is
under way.