Evening star., 1932-11-30
$1,000 HAUL MADE
BY SAFE CRACKERS
Weldon Office on K Street
Entered-S2O, 900 Secur-
tiles Are Overlooked.

About 5000 in cash. jewelry valued at
around $1,000 and real estate papers
representing nearly that much were
stolen last night from the office of the
j. c. Weldon Co., 1927 K street, by
safe-crackers who forced open two safes
and vault after entering the building
through rear window.
Securities and stocks. valued at
around $4,000 or $4,000 were left
They were all registered in the name
Of the Weldon company. however, and
the thieves would have been unable tc
negotiate them without detection, it was
pointed out.
The jewelry was the property of men,
bers of the Weldon family.
Two strong boxes each weighing more
than 300 pounds, were removed from
one of the safes and carried of. Nc
trace could be found of them save the
marks where they had been dragged tc
the rear door and apparently loaded
into an automobile The strong boxes
| contained a number of securities ano
first mortgage notes, which according
to j. c. Weldon, jr., a member OF the
real estate firm, were not negotiable.
Third Safe Left Unlocked.
A third safe. in the outer Office, had
been left unlocked and apparently hac
been examined by the robbers, but MOTH
ing was missing, Mr.. Weldon said.
The theft was discovered by a colorec
ianitor, Walter Fowler of 1918 Church
street, when he reported for work at
am. He said he locked the building
securely when he left at Z pm. yes
terday.
Police today were holding a colored
man and youth on a total Of seven
charges of robbery in connection with
recent hold-ups. They are Robert Will
liams, 30, Of the 700 block Of Fairmont
street, and Andrew Cecil Matthews, l9
also of the Fairmont street address
Williams was captured late Saturday
night by Detective Sergts. Tom Sweeney
and M. j. Mahaney of the second pre-
cinct. Immediately after he was sup
posed to have participated in robbery
He was brought to halt after Mahaney
had fired four shots at him. More thar
81, which Williams was said to have
taken from a taxi driver, was recov-
cred at the time. A total of four rob-
berry charges were placed against Will
liams and three against Matthews.
Police of the third precinct today
had under arrest for investigation in
| connection with numerous robberie:
/ Leroy Dorsey, 81, TOO block of Eighth
| street, who was captured yesterday
after lengthy automobile chase which
/ eliminated in a foot race. He was
| finally overhauled near Sixteenth anc
S streets. Police we're investigating the
finding of jewelry said to have beer
in the mans possession.
Two Taxi Drivers Robbed.
Two taxicab drivers were held-ur
and robbed early today, while severa
other robberies and housebreaking!
were reported to police in the last q
hours
One Of the taxi drivers was Troy Bol.
| ing of the first block of New York ave-
nue., who was robbed of S6 and his cat
by a fare while at Sixth and G streets
/ The other driver robbed was Willie
Brown of the 2100 block of Fourth
tol point by three colored passenger,
shortly before daylight this morning.
For the second time this month col
ored bandit yesterday afternoon entered
the Sanitary grocery store at III,
Fourth street northeast and robbed tn,
manager, Virgil Atwood, of $40 in cash
| Atwood told police the robber was th'
same who early this month robbed th'
place of about $50. Entering the store
the robber brandished pistol ans
ordered Atwood to hand over the re
ceipts from the cash register Afte
the manager had complied the man de
parted from the scene in taXicah
The methods used by the bandit wer'
exactly the same as those employed OF
his first visit, police were told.
Fred Stroud, manager of the Western
Auto Supply Co.. 900 block of H street
reported to police that $l06.95 in casl
was stclen from safe on the secont
floor of the establishment yesterday
Various amounts of loot. in most case
ranging under $50, were obtained b
several housebreakings during the night