Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-07
.EMBREy JOK|NGLY
POINTS OUT HOMES
He ROBBED IN D. c.
Tells Police He RifIed 30
Houses Here and Is
in Arlington County.
OBTAINED $4,000 WORTH
OF LOOT IN 3 MONTHS
Weakness for Girls Is Blamed for
Youths Operations and
Capture.

Paul Calvin Embrey. 2O-year-old
self-styled "gangster chieftain," with
fair for humor, arrested yesterday and
charged with the daring hold-up Of
Mount Vernon aavings Bank runner
Saturday, is taking what he terms as a
little joyride" through the northwest
section today, laughingly pointing out
to detectives the various homes he
plundered.
While on his tour through the North
west section today young Embrey point
ed out the home of Clark G. Griffith,
president of the Washington Base Ball
club, 1920 Sixteenth street, as one OF
the homes he robbed in recent months.
Embrey said he got 5000 in cash, sew
eral articles of jewelry and some house
hold effects from the place. The rob-
berry was reported to police in May.
The debonair self-admitted leader of
the bandit trio who held UP the bank
messenger and escaped with $4,000 told
headquarters detectives this morning he
could point out more than 40 homes he
has robbed during the past three
months. Joking with his captors. young
Embrey said he would show them at
least IS more homes he victimized II
they would but continue the "joyride"
into Arlington County.
A weakness for the weaker sex ended
Embrey's career of crime He was
taken into custody at Tennessee avenue
and c street northeast with girl
seated next to him In the flashy
roadster he bought with his spoils. And
it was to clothe his girls in f1nery that
he robbed the homes here and In
Arlington County, he told police. It is
estimated that Embrey's visits to the
various homes netted him more than
$4,000 worth Of loot.
Says Robbing Was Easy.
Leaning back in a police squad room
chair with his feet propped up in the
seat of 1t yesterday, the boy who
wanted to be like a movie bandit"
freely told of his activities during the
past several months.
This robbing Of homes was all so
easy" the youth told the detectives;
my girls didn't even have to send their
clothes to the laundry. They wore
Eat one place In Virginia" he said
laughing loudly, II got IL pairs OF silk
stockings and 90 suits of underwear
and say, Mr.. Murphy, they just mt my
girl"
The youth directed most of his re-
marks at Detective Dennis Murphy,
who, after receiving box of salt water
taffy from the boy from Atlantic City
while police were staging hunt Tor
him, made up his mind to bring the
boy into custody. And yesterday, with
gun in hand, he leaped to the running
board of the boys car and carried out
his threat.
"You were not the only one that
got some taffy." Embrey retorted when
Murphy wanted to know what the
big idea was In being so funny" No,
sir, Mr.. Murphy, I sent candy to every
body knew in town."
Well Known to Murphy.
Embrey is much more than well
known to Murphy. 1t was Murphy
who, seven years back, when ne was
patrollin ga beat In the Northeast Sec
ton, gave young Embrey his first taste
of a police chase. And those chases
continued intermittently and became
more serious in nature through the
passing years until the climax yester-
day.
Meanwhile the two other members
of the trio, Carl Davis and Morris
Beck, the former charged with house.
breaking and robbery and the latter
with robbery, are being held at the
first precinct pending their arraignment
in Police Court Saturday morning.
Il was figuring on coming back here
for one more big haul" Embrey told
his questioners-that's why I sent that
candy to you Mr.. Murphy sort OF
hoped you fellows would come up there
and give me free path here
And you want to know why didn't
keep that date with you guys in front
of the Earle Theater that day-well.
you don't think I'm goofy do you'll
had no intention of meeting Carl and
Morris anyway was going to have
a big time on that $4,000 all by my
lonesome" the boy laughingly asserted.
The youth told the detectives every
thing about his trip to Philadelphia
and Atlantic City. Related to them
Just "how it felt to be rich for couple
of days" He told Of buying 1ewelry
for two girls he picked up in Philadel-
phia.
Buys Girls Jewelry.
IT bought one of them $215 brace
let and the other $75 ring-and
rode them around in more taxicabs
than you could line up and down Penn
sylvania avenue" he declared.
Embrey told his method OF robbing
the various homes.
II would stand on a street corner
reading a newspaper until ] saw an
occupant of one of the houses leave
and then I would Jimmy window or
a door. wrap up my loot in the news
paper and take 1t home to the girls"
Listen. Mr.. Murphy-don't be too
hard on Morris. He didn't have any
thing to do with the stick-up. In fact
he didn't know anything about it-he
just sat in the rumble seat until 1t was
all over" the boy said.
And another thing-do me one
favor, will you, Mr.. Murphy? Tell me
who the dirty egg was that tipped you
of that was in town."
Murphy refused this request and
questioned him as to who the young
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