The Washington times., 1921-11-07

Edward z. Thomas, 1877 First street
northwest. head porter at the theater.
said that when he entered the place
on the r street side he found the two
men standing in the foyer. They told
him they lost a pocketboook In the
theater last night and that they had
returned to look for II.
Thomas told them they might look
about the theater for It and they led
him half way down the left aisle. After
looking under several of the seats
they expressed the opinion that Il
must have been found by some ethes
person.
Bandit Pulls Revolver.
They then made their way toward
the smoke room, which is In the base
ment, and when at the door one OF
the men whipped out a large, blue.
steel revolver, and, with an oath, com.
manded Thomas to sit down.
What place is this?" one of them
asked, and when told it was the smoke
room they ordered the porter to de-
scend the stairs.
Arriving in the room the man. who
had the bundle under his arm, un-
wrapped the package and withdrew
several yards of rope from II. Lie
down on that bench" Thomas WIS
ordered, and on compliance he was
Immediately bound.
James Il. Littleton, another porter,
pushed open the door, and he was
Immediately covered with the pistol.
He, too, was bound and was left on
another bench. AS the yeggs were
about to leave three charwomen were
caught one by one az they entered the
doorway and were bound. They were
Mary Overton. 923 Queens court; Tiny
Nelson, $40 Twenty-third street. and
Kathleen Wilkerson, 2217 F street
northwest. y
Diamond Pin Overlooked. -
Confident that their victims Fere
secure, the two men then went y the
office, where they began work on the
safe. A small drawer used by Harry
Howe, assistant manager, was broken
open, but the yeggs got nothing, al
though the drawer contained a ola-
mond and platinum pin worth S3OO.
They had taken the keys leading TO the
office from Thomas.
Although the yeggs must nave
created a loud noise while forcing
the combination from the sSfe, nelth-
er L. A. Swank, carpenter, nor VII.
liam StaDleIO1u, enelnVtii WaS iSuoNN
throughout the whole proceedings.
While the yeggs were at work on
the safe. Littleton managed to squirm
from his place on the bench and drag
Red himself toward the Nelson wom-
an. Placing his feet near her mouth
she managed with her teeth and fing-
ers TO loosen the rope that bound them.
His feet unfettered he moved back.
ward toward Thomas, who managed
in the same way to undo the rope that
tied Littleton's hands. Littleton then
notified the carpenter and engineer,
who hurried to the office, but the
yeggs had disappeared.
Detective headquarters were notified
and inspector clifford l.. Grant dis.
patched several men to the theater,
but all trace OF the men was lost.
Means Of Entrance a Puzzle.
Ell. Stutz, manager, said this morn
ing that one OF the mysteries of the
affair Is how the yeggs entered the
place. II is not believed they re-
mained in the place all night follow.
ing the show, as they probably would
have robbed the place earlier In the
morning No trace Of how they en-
tered cen be found.
1t is believed by the police that the
yeggs are the same men who yester.
day robbed three theater safes in Balti.
more. They only got sl75 for their
trouble.
Inspector Grant said this morning
that he was not notified by the Balti.
more police to be on the lookout for
the men.
"If had been notified" he said, II
would have had all the roads covered
leading from Baltimore, including the
railroad stations"