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and the others with their coat collars
turned up--strode into the kitchen.
There they found four women and
three men grouped around table play
ing cards. Covering them with revolV-
erS and a Sawed-off shotgun, the ban
dts ordered them to raise their hands
and stand with their faces toward the
wall.
While one Of The gunner kept the
men and women covered. the others
went through the house, corralling
everybody in the kitchen.
Now, who's the boss?" one of the
robbers asked.
Levitt acknowledged he was the pro-
prietor.
The spokesman for the gunner or
dered Levitt to hand over all the money
he had in the place. Levitt went to a
closet in q corner Of the room, opened
the door and produced the money.
After pocketing the cash, the bandit
leader accused Levitt of holding out. "
An argument followed, and one of the
robbers suddenly opened fire. The first
three bullets struck the closet door, but
the fourth entered Levitt's chest. Physi-
clans at Casualty believe it may have
pierced both lungs
oLOrleS are GarDc0.
None of those present was able to
give Prince Georges County police a
coherent account Of what happened
after that, but it is believed the other
gunner became alarmed and, believing
they were in danger Of capture, decided
to shoot their way out.
After the smoke had cleared away, the
dead man was found lying in the kitchen
with two bullet wounds in his back,
while Levitt was just short distance
away. Simone, who Is said to have
1eaped through a window, was found
in the yard.
Five women and four men found in
the house when county policemen and
conStableS arrived were arrested and
held as witnesses. They were:
Mae Dix, Dorothy Jordan, Helen Con-
ley, Marie Wilson and Jean Gordon, all
OF Baltimore, and Raymond Sisler, HOO
block OF Abbey place northeast; Sam
uel Kushnerm, 100 block of G street;
John March, same address, and Arthur
Crockett Of the Abbey place address.
They were locked up in the HyattSville
police station. Miss .Lecklider was
brought to Washington and lodged at
the House Of Detention.
Some OF the gunner drove Off In
their automobile, but two escaped
aIooC. county Policeman William Cltf-
ton and Police Chief H. L. Mccormick
OF Colmar Manor found the pair hiding
IN shed in the yard when they arrived.
Darling from the shed, the men fed
into the bushes surrounding the house
and disappeared. Although Clifton and
Mccormick followed, they were unable
to locate the fugitives. No shots were
fired in the chase.
A short time later, however, Lawrence
Dayton, Bladensburg bailiff, saw two
men trudging along the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad tracks. The pair ran
when they saw Dayton, quickly out
distancing him.
Held on Assault Warrant.
Simone told Investigators he went to
the road house in a taxicab from the
Capital, whittier he had come from
Baltimore. Justice of the Peace Robert
E. Altemus Of Bladensburg issued a
warrant charging him with assault with
intent to kill
The only clues to the identity of the
fugitives are three guns, two Of which
were found in the house and the other
In Edmonston road, a short distance
away. One Of the weapons picked up
IN the house Is a .4S-caliber pistol,
while the others are SO.
Levitt took over the road house 0
short time ago, after It'll had been yaa6ed