Evening star., 1922-11-06
LOOTS 3 PULLMAN CARS
AS PASSENGERS SLEEP
Lone Thief Frightened From, Fourth Car
Slunbering Porter Among Victims.
Losses Reported Heavy.

know what had become OF their
trousers.
The perplexed porter was vigorous
ly protesting that he did not know
when other passengers, some of them
nalf clad. leaped from their berths
with announcements of money. jew
elry and clothing being missing. Sim
lIar scenes were going on in all three
cars-the Stretheon. Estavan and
Prosser. In the Estavan. when an
what became of his grip. Charles
Moore. colored, of 1913 1st street
northwest. porter of the car, an
swered:
Deed, boss. I'd like to know whats S
become of my $40 watch and dat
$l936 I had bout an hour ago"
The thief had caught Charles sound
asleep on the lounge Of the smoking
compartment. After relieving him Of
his watch the burglar proceeded to
roll the unconscious Charles over on
the other side. and lifted every last
cent he had. Berths of passengers in
the Prosser were all searched. but
nothing was removed. the burglar
concentrating only on money and
)e~elry, except in one or two cases.
Driven From Car.
Walking down the tracks of the
yard. the robber stopped where the
private car of the Atlantic Coast Line
railway was parked, several blocks
out Of the station. 1t was occupied
by Raymond Delano. executive vice
president of the road. who is on his
way to an important business meet
ing in New York. The man attempt
ed to gain entrance by chipping out of
the plate glass in the door a hole suf-
ficfently large to admit his hand En-
ployes heard him at work, however.
and drove him away before he could
enter.
Running between a number Of other
cars. the thief eluded pursuit and next
centered his attention upon a vacant
Pullman car. There he carefully
sorted out his booty and departed,
with only the most valuable Of what
he had stolen. He left in the car a
satchel. evidently stolen to facilitate
him in CARRYING the load of stolen
articles. and several unimportant
articles. Unfortunately for their
former owners. however. he failed to
discard the trousers he had taken.
Detectives ODay. Fowler and Fla
hcrty were hurried to the scene to
assist members of the terminal police
force in their hunt for the criminal. /.
Police of the sixth precinct were also
detailed to the case. but the authori-
ties are handicapped by lack of a
good description of the man. Two or
three descriptions were given BY
various persons.
List OF Victims.
Those who reported losses to the rail-
road company we're:
F. G. 10th Of waynesboro, Va, cloth
ing, 1ewelry and money, to the value Of
$500: Charles Moore, 1919 1st street
northwest. this city. jewelry and cash
valued at $95; w. H. Scissor, Connells-
vile, Pa. $3.50; C. S. Black, Philadel-
phia, $116 and jewelry: N. C. TAYLOR.
Staunton, Va, jewelry and cash valued
at 800: R. F. Miller of Baltimore. S25 ::
G. P. Eckels. Wyncote, Pa, trousers
containing $3.50; P. E. Hughes, Phila-
delphia, trousers containing $40.
Some Of the passengers had been 40
thoroughly robbed that they did not
have left even enough money with
which to buy their breakfasts and
were fed in the station dining room
as guests of the Pullman company.
The question Of liability probably
will involve legal technicalities. It
could not be determined today
whether the Pullman company, in
whose car the passengers slept: the
Pennsylvania railroad, who sold them
their tickets, or the Washington Ter
minal Company, In whose station the
robbery occurred. should Compensate
the sleepers for their losses.