Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-04
Robbers, in Car Bearing D. c.
Tags, Flee Virginia Town
Toward Washington.
BOY is TIED AND CASHIER
AND GIRL PUT IN VAULT
Both Ordered to Face Wall and
Hold Hands in Air as One
Stands Guard by Them.

Walking into the Bank of Del Ray
at Del Ray, Va, shortly after it had
opened this morning, six armed bandits
forced the cashier and stenographer
into the bank vault, tied 12-year- -old
boy to stool with telephone wire rip
ped from the wall, scooped up $4,000 in
currency and fed toward Washington
in large sedan bearing District Of Co.
lumbia license tags.
The six men, all of whom are
described as being foreigners" parked
their automobile across the street from
the bank, pointed toward Washington.
At about five minutes after 10 o'clock
they walked into the bank.
Two Confront Cashier.
Two of them, with drawn guns. con-
fronted the cashier, Charles E. Jones,
who was in his cage. Another forced
Miss Mary Ford of Alexandria. the
stenographer, to go into the bank vault,
where she was ordered to face the wall
and hold her hands in the air.
A moment Letter, she was joined by
Jones, who was given the same inStruc-
tions. One of the bandits stood behind
them while the other flve went to the
front of the bank.
The doors were locked and one man
left on guard. Two others grabbed 12
year old Roy Thomas of Mount Ida,
wrapped a handkerchief around his
mouth and tied him to stool with the
telephone wire cut from phones which
they had ripped from the walls and
tables.
Boy Told to Keep Savings.
One of the men found $40 in small
bills in the boys pockets. What is
this?" he asked. The boy told him 1t
was money which he had saved and
come to the bank to deposit. Keep it
then" the bandit replied; We don't
want your savings"
Three of the men removed $4,000 in
bills from the vault. stufing the money
into q small Satchel one of them car
ried. They hesitated over $500 in silver
and then left without it, apparently de-
Gliding it was too heavy to carry.
-a Two Of the men walked up behind
Miss Ford and Jones, who had been
standing against the wall. A revolver
was pressed against each of them and
they we're told not to leave the bank
for five minutes.
Bidding goodbye to the boy they had
tied to the chair, the men put their
walked leisurely from the bank, lock-
ing the front door behind them. A
moment later the three in the bank
heard the roar of motor as the bandits
sped in the direction of Washington.
Roads Are Guarded.
Jones ran from the bank and called
Mayor w. B. Fulton of Del Ray, and
found Sergt. A. F. Driscoll. The two
officials Immediately called police in
Washington, Alexandria and neighbor-
ing small towns. All roads leading out
of Del Ray were blockaded, and Arling-
ton County police stationed at various
strategic points throughout the county.
but the Gordon was unsuccessful.
One county policeman pursued large
sedan into Alexandria, where he lost
the trail in traffic filled street. He
said he first sighted the machine travel
ing toward Washington at a high rate
of speed.
Gang May Have Separated.
Taking it to be a "Speeder" or a
drunken driver, the officer started in
pursuit AS soon as the two occupants
of the car saw they were being fol-
lowed, they turned to the right and
headed back toward Alexandria along
the main highway.
Mai. Fulton believed the bandits may
have separated after leaving Del Ray
and that the two men chased by the
officers were, in all probability, members
of the gang trying to escape into
Washington.
The six bandits wore gray gloves, blue
suits and gray caps. None was masked.