Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-29
POLICE TAKE FOUR
!. NLAUREL HOLD-UP
Two Women Arrested in Jew
eIry Robbery-0ne Bandit
Kills Self.
BY a STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

BY staff Correspondent of The Star.
LAUREL, Md, January 99.-Two
men and two women are in custody
of Maryland authorities and a third
man is dead of self-inflicted bullet
wounds as the elimination of a daring
daylight hold-up of the Laurel JewelIy
Co. here shortly before noon yesterday.
All persons involved in the crime are
now believed arrested following the
capture of the third man in a Balti-
more lunch room late last night. The
loot, consisting Of watches and rings,
valued at approximately $500, was
recovered shortly after the robbery.
L. r. Taylor, 80, of Topeka, Kans.,
and formerly of Howard County, Md,
is the dead bandit. He committed
suicide by firing one shot into his breast
over the heart and another in the right
temple when cornered by State Police
man G. E. BopSt on the banks of the
Patuxsnt River few minutes after the
hold-up. Taylor's father is said to be
we'll known in Topeka, where he is said
to conduct a nursery.
Held BY Authorities.
Those held by Maryland authorities
are Thomas A. Phillips. 80, of Indian
apolis, Ind: Paul NJ Taylor of WASH
ington; Alpie Olsen, reputed woman
friend of Phillips, and Mrs. L. r. Tay-
lora wife of the robber who committed
suicide. Phillips and Taylor are
charged with the hold-up and the two
women with investigation in connec-
ton with other allegedly stolen goods
which were found when they were
taken into custody.
Failure of the robbery was laid to
Paul Taylor, no relation of the slain
robber, who has admitted, according to
police, that he drove the small bakery
truck which fled the scene. Taylor, who
police believe has no criminal record,
apparently became alarmed while his
two confederateS were in the store max
ing the hold-up and fed in the truck,
leaving the other two bandits in the
lerch. Paul Taylor's wife is said to
conduct a bakery on Connecticut ave-
nue. near Legation street northwest in
Washington.
Paul Taylor was captured by Corpl
John w. Kreiss of the Laurel Substa-
ton of Maryland State Police in a Bal
timore lunch room late last night
scarcely five minutes after the man is
said to have telephoned his wife in
Washington asking her to meet him
with money and clothing. Washington
police had intercepted the call and
notified Maryland authorities. Corpl.
krelss was accompanied by Policemen
A. w. Plummer and G. E. Bopst when
the arrest was made.
Captured by Deputy Sheriff.
Thomas A. Phillips, 30, who was cap
tured by Deputy Sheriff Thomas H.
Garrison of Prince Georges County
about three hours after the hold-up,
is believed to be the last man alive of
the notorious Whittemore and Reid
gangs of highwaymen. Phillips was
captured at an inn on the Baltimore
Boulevard in Howard County when he
returned to the two women, who were
also arrested. L. E. Dutrow of county
police was with Garrison when the ar
rest was made.
The two women were turned over to
the sheriff of Howard County by Gar
rison, along with other loot, said to
have been in their possession, and are
now in jail at Ellicott City, Md. Phillips
and Taylor are in jail at Upper MARI
boro, Md.
The body of L. r. Taylor, the bandit,
who committed suicide, is at Laurel,
where an inquest is scheduled for
tonight.
w. l.. Armstrong, who operates a
store next to that of the Laurel Jewelry
Co., noticed that something was wrong
shortly after the two men entered the
store yesterday before noon and tele-
phoned the Laurel substation of Mary
land police.
Confederate FIees.
Sol LazerovitZ proprietor of the
iewelry store, told police that L. r.
Taylor and Phillips entered the store