Evening star., 1928-10-28
TAXI CLUE SHARES
SUSPECT IN H0LD-UP
AT SILVER SPRING
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time by trying to attract the atten-
ton Of men along the way to the situa-
tion. He said they acted as If they
thought him crazy. -" '.t''' ~ st'.'"'
t5ee AbandOns Taxicab.
The bandit abandoned the cab in
the rear Of the Washington Sanitarium.
AS he left he tossed So in bills to the
driver, shouting Keep the change"
Then he ran into the woods.
c. e. Mcfarland, the driver, i'm
mediately reported to his Office in
washington. His employers sent him
to detective headquarters where he
told his story to Capt. Walter Emer-
son. Police of the thirteenth precinct
were notified and they joined Mont
gomery County policemen in a man
hunt in the woods bordering the Dis
trict line.
Meanwhile Headquarters Detectives
Frank A. Varney and H. E. Brodie,
recalled that Leon B. Dieux, a taxi
driver, came to headquarters a week
ago last night with a story OF man
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borhood of a Takoma Park bank. He
said a week ago last Thursday that a
MIR. williams" approached him at his
taxi stand and asked his name and
home telephone number, saying "he
might need him for a party some
time"
A week ago Saturday evening, Dieux
related, Mr.. Williams" telephoned his
home and requested his wife to tell him
to meet him at the intersection of two
streets in Takoma Park at o'clock. AT
8 o'clock Dieux was there and found
the address given was opposite a bank,
He said he saw Mr.. Williams" walking
up and down in front Of the bank in
a suspicious manner. Dieux said he
locked his car and got out He waited
around for nearly an hour and a half
and then returned home. He later went
to headquarters and told his story.
Driver Is Warned.
When they heard of the robbery,
Brodie and Varney sought out the
driver and warned him.
Some time later a telephone call came
to John Robel, taxi owner at Seventh
and K streets, Washington, Dieux en-
ployer, asking for the latter to take a
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Park, Md, to Baltimore
Dieux notified police. Policemen
Pitts and Broderick of the thirteenth
precinct went to the Columbia avenue
address, accompanied by Sergts. Guy
L. Jones and Earl Burdine of the Mont
gomery County police force.
There Mcdaniel was arrested. Sewed
in his coat were found $1,454 and In
his pockets $126 in currency corre-
spending with the denominations taken
from the bank. Under a pile Of
clothes in the cellar Burdine found a
.38-caliber automatic pistol Lutes and
Mcfarland positively identified Nc
Daniel as the man who had robbed the
bank. Mcdaniel as positively denied
he had had anything to do with the
hold-up
The bandit had taken 81 500 from
the bank. In the packages handed him
by Lutes originally was $4,000, but he
dropped two of them, containing $500
and 500 respectively, on his way to the
cab. These were picked up by citizens
and returned to the bank. Under ques-
tioning he explained the money in
his possession had been earned while
an employe of the Hicks Photo Fin
lshers, Inc, 1925 Georgia avenue, where
he had been employed up until two
weeks ago. He said he kept it on his
person to avoid having 1t attached by
his wife, from whom he says he Is
estranged and who, he said, is seeking
alimony.
LuteS stated that several of the $40
notes taken from Mcdaniel had num- |
oers which corresponded with notes is |
sued to the Silver Spring Bank and |
never put into circulation.