Evening star., 1927-11-07
THIEF |SSURPR|SED,
BUT MAKES ESCAPE
Burglar Threatens J. G.
Darby After Looting House.
Hesse Spurs Police.

Awakened by a noise in his room
early this morning, j. Gardner Darby,
S510 Macomb street, assistant cashier
OF bank at Rockville. Md, got out
of bed and followed burglar to the
stairs, only to find himself covered
by a fiashlight from below and warned
that he would be killed if he made
another move.
While the burglar, believed to be
the same man who shot Comdr. Luclus
w. johnson, U. S. n, when surprised
In his home, 330S Thirty-fifth street,
early Friday morning, made good his
escape, Mr.. Darby reached phone
and summoned police from the four
..s=th precinct. The burglar, who Is
believed to have entered the house by
means of a duplicate key used IN
kitchen door, made his way upstairs
TO the room where Mr.. and Mrs.
Darby were sleeping and took SlT
from Mr.. Darbys trousers. When ne
dropped a small purse belonging to
Mrs. Darby her husband was aroused.
Schofield Home Looted.
The Darby burglary came on the
heels of a report to police that an IN
truder had entered home two blocks
away, that of Rear Admiral Frank RI.
Schofield, u. S. N, at 323o Macomb
street, during the absence OF the fam
lily and ransacked the house SATURDAY
night or early yesterday morning.
Helen Morrison, colored maid. who
discovered the robbery when she went
to open the house yesterday morning,
was unable to ascertain what was
missing.
\ third home in the same section
is believed to have. been the objective
of the intruder about 1880 yesterday
morning, when the occupants OF the
house of Frank S. Gardner, 3o0S Ia.
nawha street, heard attempts being
made to gain entrance by tamperlng
with a rear door. A light turned on
in the house frightened the stranger
away.
Aroused by these reports concern
ing the operation Of a burglar to the
north and west of Rock Creek. Maj.
Edwin 3. Hesse, superintendent OF
police, issued this order to police: BE
especially on the alert in the outlying
precincts for the night prowler' now
operating in No. IA precinct. The
capture of this man will be consid-
cred especially creditable and official
recognition will be given the man or
men capturing him."
While police were turning their at
tention to this series of robberies,
other Washingtonians reported the
loss Of articles to the officials.
Apartment Robbed.
M. C. Mckinley, apartment 201, 2501
Calvert street, appealed to the police
to investigate a theft committed in
his apartment between 8 o'clock Sat.
urday night and o'clock Sunday
morning. Jewelry valued at $3.50 was
stolen.
Miss Dorothy Donnelly, 1906 Monroe
street. reported burglary commit.
ted between / and s o'clock yesterday
morning. Entrance to her home was
gained by jimmying the pantry win.
dow, she stated, and three SIS bills and
some small change stolen.
John J. Sheehan, apartment 104, IS
M street, rportd visit from bur.
glars paid his apartment Saturday
night. The intruder stole clothing
valued at $125.
Forcing a rear window. burglars
gained entrance to the Office of the
Saunders System Of automobile hiring,
628 Pennsylvania avenue, late Satur.
day night or early yesterday morning,
and stole $65 from the cash register.
Joseph Scher. 2901 M street. reports
his tailor shop was entered Saturday
night and robbed of clothing valued
at s35.
Lewis Harris, 624 North Capitol
street, was assaulted and robbed by
two unidentified men while in Neal
place near Cross alley northeast. early
last night. His assailants, he reported,
relieved him of $50.
Oscar Klibe, 925 New York avenue,
was relieved of $62 last night while in
a local theater. He suspects an un.
identified man Of having taken the
money from his pocket.