Evening star., 1931-04-06
CLUES ARE TRACED
IN CAFE HOLD-UP;;
CASHIER SUCCUMBS
Inquiry Centered on Blurred
FingerprintS on Auto
and Masks.
BANDITS PLACED SECOND
SET OF TAGS ON AUTO
Crime Situation Cancels Detectives
Leave and Puts More
Police in Action.

Furnished only with the meager clues
Of hurriedly obtained description OF
the bandits and blurred flngerprlnts
found on the automobile they useo; tne
homicide SQUAD today was on the NUM-
for the two men who fatally wounoeo
Mrs. Lizzie Jaynes, 57-year-old casnler,
when they held up the Garoeh !
Shoppe. 1885 Columbia road, FRIDAY
night, obtaining about $50.
Mrs. Jaynes, who was shot in the an
doynen. died shortly after o'clock last
night at Garfield Hospital. after an
oneration and blood TRANSMISSION nad
proved futile. Four detectives were
working on the case today.
Hoping for break" detectives were
endeavoring to trace through stores 10
dav the two bathing caps the oanolS
used as masks.
tectiyes Shelby said that, While not
clear. he thought them good enough 10
establish identification in case suspects
were picked up.
TWO sets of tags were found on the
car when it was located near the nome
Of the svyner. Leo v. Finn, 1882 Gram
ercy street, from whom 1t hao peen
stolen while parked at Thirteenth ana
belmont streets. During the hold-up' a
set of tags stolen from q car owned by
Edward Wilson of the Ontario Apart
noents had been placed over Finn's tags
and afterward the plates nao oeen
Meanwhile. stirred by the shooting OF
Mrs, Jaynes and j. H. Lane, street car
nnotorman, killed recently by rooDer,
coupled with more than dozen noio-
Iins here in the past couple OF weeks,
t1oIice authorities have Cancelled the
leaves of all detectives and have also
Y,sit aYtra uOlice into action,
20 Murders This Year.
Discussing the crime situation here this
morning. Shelby said there had been
% murders since January !. and that
IL had been closed. The other three
are the cases Of Mrs. Jaynes, Lane and
Mrs. May E. Baker, shot to death last
week by her husband, Albert &. saker'
who now is being sought. ,oo
In addition, there have been lSO
robberies in the period, Of which 90
have been closed; 70 cases OF assault
with dangerous weapon, Of which %
have been closed. and $50 housebreak-
ing cases. with l22 closed. Most OF the
housebrealing cases have been pet1y'
It was said
the police when Mrs. Jaynes was Snot
was increased last night to $500 When
EElE 0lEus III Gil CAAOAS ~ S~~
for the slayer.
Il is thought the shooting probably
was accidental the gun being dis
charged in the neryeless fingers OF the
bandit who was covering her. while MS
companion was asking Miss Mildred
Colt, also employed at the shop, II there
was any more money than they already
had obtained.
Many Friends Offer Blood.
Mrs. Jaynes was at her home, 1916
New Hampshire avenue, before she real
lied she had been wounded. Taken to
GARFIELD Hospital then, 1t was dtScov-
cred that the bullet had pierced her
abdomen.
The pellet, from .25-caliber weapon,
was removed yesterday after Mrs.
Jaynes had lapsed into unconsciousness.
She continued to sink, a TRANSMISSION
was decided upon.
Many of her friends, including MEM
b-rs of the Jaynes Bible class of young
women, which she taught for % years
1T Mount Vernon Place NJ. E. Church
South. responded. -
Miss Lucy Mary Graves, who rooms
at the Jaynes apartment, was selected
to give her blood, but the TRANSMISSION
failed to save her life.
Mrs. Jaynes had been at the Garden
T Shoppe for about a year. She had
resided in Washington since 1893 and
had taken an active part in the work
at Mount Vernon Place Church. She
had only given up her Bible class there
when she went TO the tea shop.
Funeral Plans Pend.
Mrs. Jaynes was the wife Of w. B.
Jaynes, an attorney, who formerly was
secretary TO Senator Bailey Of Texas.
The other survivors are brothers.
Edwin r. Shapard of Muscogee, Okla.
Sumner S. Shapard of New York and
David Shapard of Fort Smith. Ark.
Funeral arrangements await their ar
rival Meanwhile, the body is at Hines
undertaking parlors.
Shortly after Mrs. Jaynes had died.
two young man entered the Garden T
Shoppe and asked about their case.
Their actions aroused suspicious and
the police were notified and hastened
10 the scene in an effort to pick th.m
UP. They could not be found. Police
think, however, that they were merely
curious and had no connection with
the killing.