Evening star., 1932-12-01

apartments here, Hundred, who is
known by many aliases, also confessed
being fugitive from prison road gangs
in Kentucky and Georgia. Kentucky
has offered $100 reward for his appre-
hension.
Hundred, whose real name is thought
to be Hylnan Kronick, told Bragg he
already was married when he went
through a wedding ceremony in Mary
land with the young woman who was
arrested with him at the Pennsylvania
Station in New York Tuesday.
The first wife, Mrs. Lillian Kronick,
who lives in the Bronx with their three
children, is a language and music
teacher. She said she married Hundred
years ago. He was the son OF
Springfield, Mass, contractor she de-
clared. He left her years ago.
Escaping from Georgia chain gang
last July, according to his own story,
Hundred came to Washington, wooed
Miss Frances Hodges, dental hygien-
ist here, and married her last August.
Both he and his second wife claimed
she knew nothing of his criminal &C
tivities.
Fingerprints Checked.
Last night Hundreds fingerprints
were checked against those found in an
apartment at 38l7 Thirty-sixth street
after robbery there and were found
to coincide. At that address also was
found suit box stolen by Hundred
from an apartment at 1925 Sixteenth
street, police declared.
Hundred Is being held in New York
for violation Of the Sullivan law, which
prohibits carrying of deadly weapons.
When arrested Tuesday night he at
tempted to draw a revolver, but was
seized by detectives.
Arraigned before Magistrate Adolph
Stern in New York, Hundred and his
bride were held on $4,000 bond each
as fugitives from justice. Hundred will
be arraigned tomorrow on the con-
cealed weapon charge and Bragg thinks
New York authorities can be persuaded
to give him a suspended sentence to
permit his return to Washington Tues
day. He also is wanted in Baltimore on
five charges of housebreakiug.
While admitting more than half Of
the burglaries charged to him, Hundred
was vague about addresses, and no at
tempt was made to get detailed list
Of the cases before his return here.
A quantity of the loot has been dis
posed Of, Hundred declared, while an
other part of it is hidden in this city.
The prisoner refused to tell police the
location of his caches, but said he
would point them out when he reaches
washington.
Hundred, or Kronick, Is known to
police by number of aliases. Under
the name of Joseph Rawlins, he served
three years in the District Reformatory
at Lorton, Va, on a charge of grand
larceny. He was sentenced April ~, 1922
The earliest record Is in Boston,
where he was arrested in 1920 and the
case against him dismissed. February
ID, 1921, he was sentenced to two years
in the State prison at Concord, Mass,
for larceny committed in Boston.
Nothing was heard of him until 1927,
when he was arrested in Mount Vernon,
N. Y, for larceny of an automobile
under the name of Hyman Kronick.
Other Arrests Reported.
In 1929 he was arrested for larceny
in Charleston, S. c., under the name Of
Kenneth Lee. April 81. 1880, he was
arrested in Lexington, KY, for house
breaking and sentenced to eight years
in the State reformatory. In Septem-
Der of the next year he escaped from a
road gang in Kentucky and went to
Georgia. There he was sentenced to
20 years for HOUSEKEEPING. Again, he
broke away from a chain gang and
reached this city.
Hundreds arrest came after his wife
was trailed to New York by Sergt.
Bragg. He was arrested as the couple
greeted each other in the station. At
his New York hotel were 10 suit cases
and l trunk containing articles thought
to have been stolen, ranging from foot
ball charms and fraternity pins to fur
coats and radios.