The Washington times., 1931-11-23
BANDITS FLEE
AS BULLETS
TAKE TOLL
z Washington Women Held, !
Injured; Dead Man
Believed GangSter
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right chest and fired one shot.
Leavitt fell and pandemonlum
Teigned.
More than a score Of shots were
fired as patrons jumped behind
overturned tables and sought
other covering.
Suddenly the shooting stopped
and Leavitt arose from the floor,
dragged himself to a telephone,
and summoned Town Officer
Dayton.
When Dayton arrived he found
the dead man in the kitchen and
the woman and four wounded
persons lying about the establish
ment and the yard.
Police investigating the shoot
Ing discovered four revolvers in
the tea house. Three Of them
were SO caliber and the other
was a As caliber automatic.
It is believed that the men
may be traced through the
weapons. ,N
One man wore handkerchief
mask. while all wore slouch hats
pulled down over their eyes and
had the collars Of their coats
turned up.
2 Men Arrested
Two men we're arrested IN
Philadelphia shortly before noon
today in connection with the
hold-up and murder.
Prince Georges county police
intercepted. a telephone call from
1880 North Fifth ST., Philadel-
phia, to Hyattsville and notified
detectives there.
Capt. Harry Emmanuel and
Sergt. William O'Connor hurried
to the address and arrested
Nicholas Tronso, 33, and Cisberto
Renzelli, %.
The men are we'll known to
Philadelphia police and are now
being grilled by Inspector Will
liam Connolly, head of the Phila-
delphia detectives. They refused
to talk.
Detectives are being dispatched
from Baltimore and HyattsVille
to Philadelphia to aid in the
grilling and to attempt to iden
tify the men who are believed
to have participated in or di
rected the holdup.
10 Under Arrest
Practically all Of the patrons
who had not been wounded were
running about in great excite
Rnent, particularly the women, and
were Immediately placed under
arrest.
Five women and four men are
being held at Hyattsville, while
another woman is being detained
at the Detention Bureau.
Andrew GaSch, BladenSburg
constable, was called to the scene
by Officer Dayton and immedi-
ately took charge of the Situa.
ton.
He summoned Coroner Robert
AltemuS, who had the body Of
the dead man removed to Gasch' S
undertaking establishment at
Hyattsville.
Stories Not Coherent
Coroner Altemus said his death
was almost instantaneous from a
bullet in the pit of the stomach
and two in the back,
So far as could be learned, all
the shots fired came from guns
In the hands of the gang.
The Edwards woman, according
to Officer Dayton, was seeking to
escape from the scene when he
arrived. She was in the company
of o man in an automobile bear
ing Indiana tags. The man was
among those arrested.
Believed Of Baltimore
According to information given
TO Constable Gasch, the five men
drove up to the establishment ir
car bearing Maryland tags and
are all believed to be from Balti
more.
Officers were unable to get a
very coherent story out Of any o1
the persons under arrest
There also was a discrepancy as
to the number Of persons partici
pating in the hold-up, some plac
ing the figure as high as nine
The most conservative estimate
however, is that five men were ir
the party.
Autos Tempered With
That they had planned thu
hold-up well and did not expect tt
get caught was revealed when Off
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