The Washington herald., 1921-01-25
Roundup of Bandits
Starts to End Activities
In District.
SCHNURR'S MURDER
LEADS TO ACTION
Shady Characters GriIIed
But Names Kept Off
Station Blotter.

| determined 10 check the recent
activities Of hoId-ur men and motor
bandits which reached a peak last
Saturday night with the cold blood
ed murder Of Frederick schnurr, S.
year-old barber, headquarters de-
1 tectives under the leadership ~
Lieut. Guy Burlingame last night
instituted a city-wide roundup of
suspicious characters.
/ Penetrating districts and houses
known as past or present rendcz-
vous OF the lawIess 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
Iingame and his squads refused TO
give out their names
Police Cars Busy.
"If We make public their idsutI-
tics" the night detective chief said.
1T will Illustrate our efforts to
make this roundup a success" He
declined to indicate the extent n
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-
veIopment which might point to =
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 Schnurrs 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
draEnet has been spread for the
quintet
This car. the police have learned.
was a Cadillac coupe The car OBJ
served by Mrs. SChudr0th. who wit
messed the shooting from a second
story window Of her home and who
thought II was her brother that was
being attacked, wss a Ford or 4
machine Of like small dimensions
Hold Funeral Tomorrow.
Funeral services for SChnurr will
be held tomorrow morning from 81.
Mary's Catholic Church Fifth street
near II street northwest Schnurr
was a member OF the Holy Name
/ Society OF the church as well as q
member OF the Windthorst Club.
Coroner hewitt will hold an in
quest at the morguc this afternoon
'lt is probable that several wit
ncss,s will be heard and that the
inquest will he continued until
later date i'm order 10 allow tho p0-
lice more time on their invcsugS-
] tion before the coroner's jury re-
turns a verdict.
UnsOIved HOId-Ups.
( The following hoId-ups remain
unsolved.
P. l. Morris. Of sos Third street
| northwest a driver for the Holmes
Bakery Company, held up al Thtr-
tieth and Brandyw streets.
( Georgetown, on the night OF Jan
uary 10, and robbed Of s.. A negro
was the hold-up man.
Facing a pistol while in front OF
/ his home about 10 o'clock OF the
evening Of January l3. Miss Flor
ence Lacy, OF 2lO9 + street fought
! OF one negro who attempted 20
grasp her pockedbook and screamed
| for assistance. The attempting at
tackers fed.
Three in January.
Three were staged on January Is
when Jesse E. Baker, OF SOC Ninth
street: Samuel N. Kiplinger. OF 72s
| Eighth street southeast. and Harry
A. Mervis, Of Apartment ZOE. 1889
T street, were robbed OF their pos
sessions. A nominal sum was tax
en- from Baker, who fought OF his
assailants, but Kiplinger was vic
I timized 70 the extent Of $500 and
Mervis lost jewelry valued at SIS
and 81 in a pocketbook.
Hing Lee, a Chinese lGUndrymsn,
OF 1929 Eighteenth street, was held
up at the points OF three pistols BY
| three white men on January 2I,
when they entered his shop and de-
parted with $40. On the same night
| Louis Goldberg. OF ZS6 Z street
northeast, was robbed OF $40 when
/ four white men entered his grocery
and ridad thu cash rRgFEfoF .eT.r