Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-29
Crowd Cries Alarm.

Crowd Cries Alarm.
Suddenly the usual morning com.
motion gave way TO cries of alarm.
With one quick movement the Youth
had reached the cashiers cage and
snatched up the pile of money: an
: other leap took him to the big re.
volving door, and almost before work.
ors and patrons realized what had
happened he was gone with the $3.50
in his clenched hands. Just one per
son took the situation in quickly
, enough to thwart the robbery.
Miss Marion Apple-ate realized in
an instant that only desperate action
could stop the flying thief. Like an
auburn-thatched Amazon she darted
around the revolving door almost on
the heels of the robber and gave close
pursuit on Pennsylvania avenue Then
fate brought unexpectedly into the
drama the figure that few minutes
later was 10 actually end the burglars
fight
Across the street from Childs' stood
Headquarters Detective Alligood. the
same seeker of criminals who chancei
t. be handy when Andrew Beckett
c"lored department store messenger
hurled his body between his employ.
er's money and a hiGhwayman less
than two weeks ago. With a detec-
tive's intuition. -Alligood had watched
the excitement in the resta urant. and
/ when Miss Apple-ate came flying
through the door he kney he was
reeded
Up the alley between the Occidental
Hotel and the building 10 the west ran
the man. and. far dowr the route. he
dived into a cellar entrance into the
/ Willard Hotel
i Watch the front of the building"
shouted Alli-ood TO William a. Good
/ man. a friend. of Chevy Chase. Nd
who happened TO be near him. Alligood
! took the rear.
I Into the rear door went Alligood. He
explored the lower passa ges of the
: Willard Hotel. He finally came to the
mems room on the Pennsylvania ave
nue. side of the basement and there he
found his man. Out came -AlligOod's
gun. Up went the prisoners hands.
3 Alligood took $500 from his pockets
and then. for the second time in two
weeks, he marched his prisoner into
headquarters. where he gave his
name as Frank Tunnel q, of Dallas,
/ Tex.
Had Followed Youth.
Detective Alligood achieved the real
distinction of picking up d prospec-
tive criminal before any overt act on
his part whatever. He had been fol
. lbNlI- | unllelI LOT lHe Greater lbdTl OIL
an hour. on pure intuition. when he
saw him race from Childs' and tear
up an alley just to the west of the
Occidental Hotel
! Next. the seemingly absurd situation
! of an attempted robbery of Childs
. with two score employees and a like
number of patrons therein. took on
more preposterouS shade. when il was
discovered that the attempted hold-up
man was without weapon of any
kind
! The third almost out-of-the-q
J angle Of this adventure is the fact
that Miss AppleSate. not knowing that
detectives were already on the trail,
was the leader of the chase as the
man rushed from the restauran Mt.
The case resembled in several as
poets the attempted robbery on +
street near Twelfth. last Saturday a
week ago. when Alligood captured one
of the three men who attempted to
: hold UP Andrew Beckett. But on that
! occasio Alligood fell into luck. This
time he created his luck. And that
constitutes the background for this re
cital.
. 1t was at about 1915 that Alligood.
going up T. street, in the headquarters
+. car. noticed two men who attracted
his attention. They were doing moth
ing out of the way. simply looking
; over automobiles parked at the curb
ing.
Let me out here. Murray" he said
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