Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-05
DAIRY ROBBERS
TELL LUR!D TALE,
OF $4,000 THEFT
Plan to Make Full Restitution
and Will Seek to Evade
Trial.
FAMILIES WILL MAKE
UP $930.47, COUNSEL SAYS
Tell Police They Were very
Tight" When They Worked
Safe Combination.

A lurid tale of the circumstances sur
rounding their flight and subsequent
surrender was unfolded to police today
by two men who are accused of en-
gineering the daring $4,000 robbery
Southern Diaries. Inc, Sunday night.
The pair, Roy S. Beall and Frederick
y. Nally, gave themselves up late yes
terday to Leo A. Rover, United States
attorney in the presence of their coun-
sci, F. Joseph Donohue. The men ex-
planned they had decided to return to
Washington and make full restitution If
possible. They added they would seek
to evade trial, pointing out that they
never had been under arrest before
Rover fixed bail at $4,000 for each.
Lieut.. Edward j. Kelly, chief of the
homicide squad, today counted the con-
tents of black satchel brought back
by the fugitives and announced 1t con-
tanned $ll ,069.53, much of 1t in small
coin. He said this represented a short
age of approximately $930.47. Donohue
said this sum had been spent by the
men and would be accounted for by
their families.
Says They Were every Tight"
Beall told police that he and Nally
we're very tight" when they worked
the combination of the dairy safe Sum
day night. He said they left immediate
ly in the automobile of his wife for
New York. On their arrival in that
city the following day. he declared, they
obtained Washington newspapers and
learned police were searching for them
having received information that they
were responsible for the robbery.
by that time" Beall told detectives
eve were sober, and began to realize
the seriousness of the jam We were IN.
So we decided to return to Washing
ton and surrender, giving back the
money. was particularly worried be-
cause I am soon to become father.
So I wired my wife and Nally wired his
sister and we started back on the train"
The pair came as far as Baltimore by
train. They then decided to continue
the trip over the washington. Baltimore
& Annapolis Interurban line. AS
result they evaded detectives who were
awaiting them at Union Station. They
then communicated with Donohue and
arranged to surrender to Mr.. Rover.
Bealrs Mother Near Death.
Beall's mother, Mrs. Mary Beall, Of
i409 Harvard street, was at the point
of death today, physicians said. She
had been Ill for some time and became
weaker on learning police were search
ing for her son. She was told OF Beall's
surrender. Every effort was made to
assure her that he would go free.
ct don't know what made me do 1t, J"
Nally told police. This is the f1rst
time I've ever been in police STATEN,
and it will be the last"
oscar w. Mansfield and Benjamin
H. johnson, headquarters detectives,
who arrested the pair in Rover's offce,
reported both men showed signs OF
protracted intoxication. BeaH was re-
moved to the sixth precinct and Nally
to the first
Both Beall and NaIly were qurs-
toned at length today by detectives.
Meanwhile william ]. Whalan, q
driver for the dairy, remained in jail
on Q charge Of completely in the case.
Police charge he had been paid 500
TO forget he had seen the two men
at the plant Sunday night.