Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-12
APARTMENT THEFTS.
STIR POLICE DRIVE.
Nine More Places Robbed in
Last ~ Hours for Total of
$3.50 Loot.

Aroused by series of apartment
house burglares, which have totaled
more than 20 since Monday, police
officials today issued special orders to
patrolmen to make every effort to catch
the marauderS The situation is re-
garded as acute, following the looting
of nine additional apartments In the
past "a hours and the theft of ieWelry
valued at $1,000 from four of them.
All nine apartments were broken into
by Jimmy" and the thief is said to
have left clues which the police are
confident will lead to an early arrest.
The biggest haul was made in the
apartment Of Mrs. Helen G. Barbour,
the Woodley Apartments. Columbia road
and Mintwood place, where the burglar
obtained iewelry valued at $4,305, but
overlooked other pieces of jewelry
valued at $4,000,
Another Haul S2.O30.
From the apartment of Thomas j.
Keefe, 2l09 + street, jcwelry and money
valued at $20S0 were stolen, and in the
apartment Of Tilden McCourty. in the
same building, q $50 watch and new
straw hat valued at SIS were taken. Mrs,
Lillian White. 1922 Fifteenth street, this
morning reported the theft from her
apartment yesterday of $205 in money
and jewelry.
Mrs. Barbour told Headquarters De-
tective l.. M Wilson that the burglary
occurred between 1890 and $50 yes
terday afternoon while she and her
mother, Mrs, Helen M. Cooke, were shop
ping, The loot consisted Of a diamond
horseshoe breastpin valued at $1,000, a
81. 900 diamond and emerald ring, an $500
diamond and emerald ring. a diamond
and sapphire bracelet valued at $1,000.
diamond and onyx bracelet valued at
$500 and a SIS gold piece set in a gold
frame.
In addition to four pieces of jewelry
that he overlooked. the thief made no
effort to take any Of the thousands of
dollars worth of silverware that was
iii plain sight in the apartment
Seven apartments at 2109 F. street
we're entered, but only two of them
were robbed. Keefe. who lives in apart
ment 306, reported the theft of 5000
in bills: a diamond bracelet worth
$500, three pearl necklaces valued at
$525, platinum wrist watch worth
$200, four rings worth 500, two bar
pins worth 500, pair of earrings
worth SIS. two pairs Of gold cuff links
totaling $50 in value and one pair of
Gun LINKS WOTtn S0u.
Leaves Old Hat.
From Tilden's apartment, No 800,
the thief took a $50 wrist watch and
exchanged his old straw hat for new
one that he found there Although
police have the old hat, they found no
marks of Identification in IT,
Other apartments in the building
that were entered were those of Miss
Marie Steiner, apartment sos; Miss
Rosetta Rick, apartment 307; M. r.
Bretherton, apartment 404 Fred G.
Farrell apartment 400, and Rupert A,
Emmons. apartment 4l0. He also en-
tered apartment 405, which Is vacant.
From Mrs Whites apartment the
thief stole coin bank containing IS
silver dollars and wrist watch worth
$50. Several other pieces which were
taken were not valued by the owner in.
her report.
In this apartment the thief, who
seems to have penehant for discard
ing things, left q lady'S cigarette case
on which were. engraved the initials
'"F. T. s." Police feel that this may
prove to be clue OF value. They also
have what was described as an excel
lent description OF the rtian. which was
furnished by resident of one of the
apartment houses entered
Mrs Felicia Lambert. who lives In
apartment 200, at the + street address.
told police that her little dog barked
so much yesterday that she spanked"
1t to keep 1t quiet, She now believes
that the animal was aware of the ac-
tivities of the thief No effort was
made to enter Mrs. Lambert's apart
ment.
Leaves Room; Rings Gone,
Mrs Jessie Leverton. 1910 Park road
reported two diamond rings valued at
$3.50 each, which she left in her kitch
en-, were stolen last night by thief
who entered when she left the room for
short time.
Arthur Stone of Camp Humphreys
Va, reported that he was robbed OF
500 and two $5 bills, while In Gray's
court southwest. Stone Is stopping here
at DOT Pennsylvania avenue.
The theft Of Photographic supplies
valued at $1,000 was reported by Capt,
Alonzo p. Fox of Washington Barracks,
He furnished police with the name Of
suspect.
Leon S. Gavin, 1881 Fourteenth street.
discovered the theft of bag contain
ing $50 in the rear of the cash regis
ter In his store Miss Nina Il. Brown.
1886 Sixteenth street, lost $40 bill.
Samuel Feifer, 1856 Harvard street, lost
SGT and Isaac Horton, asia Seventeenth
street, reported the loss from the base
ment of the apartment in which h
lives Of mahogany floor lamp worth
$50.