Evening star., 1925-12-05
YOUTHFUL COUPLES
HELD IN BURGLARY
Three Men. Two Women and
Girl, II, Arrested-Room-
full of Loot Recovered.

a SenSatlOnal roundup OF TWO
young married couples. third man
and a 12-year-old girl, coupled with
the recovery of roomful of al
| legged stolen property, early today, led
police of the fourth precinct to the
belief that a dozen housebreakincs
and thefts from groceries and small
stores. reported during the last six
weeks would he solved.
An anonymous phone call shortly
after 3 O'Clock this morning informed
, the fourht precinct station that store
at Four-and-a "a half and II street south
west was being burglarized mad started
Lieut.. Holmes, Acting Lieut. Lee and
Policemen Burke, Schenck, Ogle and
Allen in two automobiles to the scene.
This call led to the arrests and the
recovery of the alleged stolen prop
erty.
Oldest Prisoner Only 90.
Those arrested were:
James Robert Mothershead. Il years
old. 1928 Rosedale street northeast
and his wife Emily. II: Clinton Walter
Ward -, OF 2S08 Douglas street
northeast; John Henry Burkley. 19. of
1928 Rosedale street northeast, and
his wife Madeline, Is. and 12-year-old
Agnes Fowler, 1l8 Sixteenth street
northeast, sister of Mrs. Burkley.
When the tip arrived at the
fourth precinct the police, in two
automobiles, sped for the store, at
Four-anda-half and II streets.
Arriving there, they found a piece
of glass had been taken from the win
dow in the front door. and the door
ha lI-t,j ,jcI ,oIf
it. AS the police jumped from their
automobiles, the figure of man rae
ing up the street was espied.
Policemen Schenck and Ogle chased
this man into an alley, while others
surrounded the block to check other
fuSitives. Schenck came out on G
street, went through a house and in
the back yard found Ward. it is al.
legged. lying on the ground
"Sshh, Here's 81 to let me co.
Schenck alleges he was told. He set
up a cry that he had the man, and
other police came to the scene.
Near the man, under some carpet
Policemen Burke and Ogle found four
pistols-one loaded-an overcoat and
two handfuls of small chnage
Learning the Rosedalc street adj
dress from him shortly afterward. the
police piled into automobiles again
and went to the house
Burke, Lee and Schenck parked the
machines on a side street and started
down Rosedale street. where they saw
Mothershead standing at a gate. they
allege.
Hides Under Porch.
AS soon as he saw them he ran into
the house. They followed. After a
search Mothershead was found lying
in the mud in the rear of a house
next door-1530 Rosedale street-un-
der a porch, his captors reported.
Inside the house. Burkley is alleged
to have been found by Policeman
Burke upstairs in d back room, hid.
ing.
A search of the house revealed large
supplies of groceries and provisions.
including three 100-pound sacks OF
sugar, approximately 10 dozen eggs.
numerous hams and shoulders, choco-
late, cheese. -four and canned goods
in large quantities. five dozen shoes.
and chickens in the back yard, which
police allege also were stolen
The two wives of the men and the
12-year-old girl were found in the
house. The girl was taken back to
the precinct, because she told police
she did not live there. She is to be
released today
When Ward was brought to police
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