Evening star., 1926-09-01
THREE BOYS TAKEN
IN HOLD-UP SERIES
Trio With Revenue Badge
and Gun Nabbed-Motor-
lists Were Victims.

The bravado Of three youths. who
were identified as bandits who held
TN at least two automobile parties
and are suspected Of having terroriZed
other motorists in Southeast Wash
ington and bordering Maryland. wilted
completely when the trio gazed into
The cold. blue barrel of Policeman g.
F. Newton's automatic pistol after n
short chase down Good Hope road
last night.
Confronted by the lone policeman.
the youths quickly surrendered and
were taken 10 the eleventh precinct
station There they gave fictitious
addresses, but are said by the authori-
ties 10 have been identified as stephen
Johnson, 10 years old. of 623 F street;
Joseph Murphy. is. 1899 A street
southeast. and Carleton Williams, p.
1882 V street southeast,
The complaints that came into the
eleventh precinct in rapid-f1re order
last night stated that the bandits who
held UP the motorists posed as rev.
enue agents and displayed a badge and
a pistol A revenue agents badge.
bearing the designation Richmond.
Va and n .32-caliber revolver were
found on the prisoners.
Officer Gives Chase.
Policeman Newton Of the motor
cvCle squad was notified thar bandits
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Plata. Newton went to the top Of
bearing three youths appeared. The
driver refused TO stop and Newton got
on his motor cycle and gave chase
down the long hill. Passing the car
Newton wheeled in front, crowding 1t
to g. stop. Drawing his pistol, he
cowed the youths and with drawn gun
he rode alongside the machine to the
station.
Police say that Heskie Bryant. 134s
l. street and Charles Brown, 934
French street, both colored, and Ralph
CookSey, a member of No. % Engine
Company, identified the trio as the
boys who had held up their cars. Bry-
ant and Brown declared they were
stopped on Naylor road near Good
Hope road and robbed of S31 and a
watch.
Fireman Cooksey said bandits stop
ped his car near T b, Md, telling
him they were revenue agents and
had a lookout for a car like his.
The boys are being held while the
police look into the complaints Of sew
en- other persons who declared they
were held up by highwaymen in south
ern Maryland and Southeast Washing
ton last night. In each instance, the
victims said. the bandits were three
young men,"
Bandits Rob Others.
Three other instances of banditry
were reported to the police today.
Thomas Hammil, an engineer. OF 1851
Oates street northeast. and James
Simpson. colored, OF 1912 Montello
avenue northeast, said they were rob
bed at Ivy City, near the Washington
Terminal Co.'S property, shortly be
fore midnight. Two negro bandits
were cited In each instance.
Simpson was robbed of $50 and
gold watch. The robbers mumbled
something about a pay roll, evidently
having expected more loot. Sending
Simpson on his way, they waited for
Hammil and got another gold watch
and $3.50. then disappeared.
About the same time Isadore Isen-
berg, 1867 Eleventh street, was facing
q pistol in the hands Of a negro bandit
III his grocery store. Although the
weapon was sQuarely against his face.
Isenberg let loose a series Of shouts
for help that frightened the robber so
badly he fed. A policeman. hearing
the shouts. chased the negro several
blocks, but lost him in the darkness.