Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-22
trio HELD 11WRY
.QNcHARGE OF PLOT
/ TO ROB FSHQPPE
Woman and Men Under Ar.
rest in Mrs, JayneS' Death
Deny Guilt.
HOMICIDE SQUAD MEMBER
Is PRINCIPAL WITNESS
sergt. Narphy Says Two Admitted,
Discussing Possibility of
Staging Hold-up.

Mys.. Edith NJ. Dodsworth, Thomas
Jordan and Ralph Akin. under arrest
in connection With the Staying Of Mrs.
EIzabeth Jaynes. we're held for the
grand jury BY Judge Robert Z. Mat
tingIy in Police Court today on
cflarges OF conspiracy 10 rob the Gar
den I-Shoppe. where the 51-year old
cashier was SHOT during hpIa.up.
sond Tor Mrs. Dodswprth and Jordan
vas set AZ $1,000 each and Atkins az
$1,000. All three we're committed 10
the District jail
The Three Pleaded Not Guilty.
The principal Witleys against the
trio WAS sergt. Deni,l5 J. Murplry II
the. homicide squad He testified Mrs.
DodSwortf, who IS 80, admitted she
and Jofdan discussed the POSSIBILITY
q hoio1ng up the tra room ~ 1895
Columbia road At that time, the de-
tectlYe said, Mrs, Dodswprth and Jor-
dan were employed in 4 cafe cnrt.
Quoted under the same ovnership "A
the tea shop the woman as waitress
and The man as a dtshwasher.
Tired Of Being Broke
Jordan, Murphy. said Mrs. DodS worth
tod him remarked he was "sired ~
being broke and would like 70 ; rob q
Mrs, Dodsworth. Murphy continued.
suggested that Jordan hofd up the tea
room irstsad, pointing out She had been
employed their for about 4 wear and
knew that money taken Id 1T three
other ests hlishrneuts curducted under
the same management would b. there
Easter Sunday. '
Jordan. the detective said, asked Mrs
Do6sworth II the manager Of the tea
shop had any children, pointing out ne
GIG not Wish 70 make ANYBODY. an
Mrs Dodsworth, Murphy went or.
told Akin. d Woodbridge postn1arf, II
the robbery PLAN When the tea room
was held UP about f1-3O pm Coca
Friday, two days before the dste said
10 have been set IN the tentative
scheme, Akin, according to Murphy.
read OF it IN the next mornings news
papers and assumed Jordan had par-
tictpated IN il, The postnnan made q
special trip TO Mrs, Dodswortn's place
Of, employment, but was convinced
Jordan had not taken part In the rofi-
berry when she declared he mad re-
ported for work the following ftiprn-
As a mater. OF fact, however, Jordan
had quit his jon two days before the
hoid-np. Murphy declared. oet9fe Eae
JORDAN, according 70 the detective,
came 70 Washington last Fehrusry
atter haying served y months. IN the
Moprldsyille W Va pentteuttsry.
Jordan and Akin met. through MRS.
DodswUrth. Murphy said. and saw each
other only a few times thereafter. go
! Deny scheme Was Carried Ont,
Akin, q. former choir singer, had
been seeing Mrs Dodswprth regularly
fer about Two wears, he added. 1ls'5
During the discussion 81. the robbery
Plan MURPHY cortiuusd, Mrs, npds-
worth said she wanted 500 as fser
share Of the loot, Both she and ,3crdan
denied having actually carried out their
scheme, the detective admitted. THE
plan was abandoned, Murphy said, when
Jordan failed to locate 4 former prison
mate whom he had seer, IN Washing
The only other witness. Ellen Yates,
a waitress at the tea room, teytified she
IS 3 u. pc Unable g recognize. the Two
Gauss both were masked and, she was
too excited TO pay much attention To
them anyway Al she knew about
them She. said, was that one was t;asisi
and slender, while the other was com
parativeiy short. The smaller rohher
was armed, she added, hut she did not
actually see him fire the shot which
caused the death Of Mrs Jaynes.
Mrs DodSworth vas represented BY
Irving p. yoclieison ana Theodore
Saks, while Paul J, Sedgwtck appea-sd
for Akin, with whom ne said he sang
in the same choir about six wears ago
Judge Mattingly named Michael .. Coz
bert as Jprdan's attorney Co.
Bail Tor all three was first set az
$4,000, but Sedgwick asked that
Atkins be cut ii half, explaining 49,
sistaTt District Attorney Wilbur Nc
InerneY had apprnYed 81 the reduction.