Evening star., 1932-04-01
HUNT FOR GUNMAN
WHO SHOT GROCER
IN STORE HOLD-UP
Escapes After Terrific Battle
With Aeneas Lane at
Seventh and Upshur.
TWO OTHER PLACES
ROBBED BY BANDITS
Attempt to Rifle Mans Pockets on
Thirteenth Street Frustrated
by Approach of Pedestrian.

Every section of the Capital is being
searched today for the gunman who
wounded Aeneas Lane. proprietor of a
grocery at Seventh and Upshur streets,
in one of the four hold-ups staged last
night
Although the Storekeeper's assailant
used tactics somewhat similar to those
employed by the shoot-and-run gunman
who killed one man and wounded three
other persons about two months ago,
the police do not believe the latest
shooting has any connection with the
earlier ones. Nor do they think the
other robberies reported last night. to-
gether with what is thought to have
been an attempted hold-up, we're per-
petrated by the bandit who wounded
Lane.
Shot Four Times.
The grocer, shot four times during a
battle in which six shots we're fired by
wounds in his arm, abdomen, ear and
side. None of the wounds is consid-
cred serious.
Meanwhile, efforts are being made to
link Roy Holt, 26, with the series of
shootings in which Paul Riedel. As
year-old baker, was slain and three
other persons, including two high school
girls. were wounded. Holt, arrested
early Wednesday after a furious strug-
gle with Detective Sergt. Howard Ogle,
was viewed last night by six witnesses
in the earlier Shootings, but they failed
to identify him.
Lane was alone when the gunman
entered his store. The bandit, described
as shabbily dressed and in need of a
shave, asked for package of cigarettes.
When the grocer turned to get the
cigarettes, the robber drew 25 caliber
automatic and demanded money
Get it yourself" Lane retorted, point
ing to the cash drawer.
The gunman responded by firing at
Lane, the bullet passing through the
storekeeper's right arm. Walking slowly
toward the till, the bandit fired again
This shot clipped off the top of Lanes
right ear.
Leaps at Bandit.
The grocer leaped headforemost over
the counter and the robber let loose
another bullet, this one grazing the
wounded mans abdomen.
rushed at his assailant, attempting to
wrest the gun from him. Back and
forth they struggled, upsetting chairs
and scattering bottles, cans and pack
ages. During the fight, the gunman
hred two more shots, one of which
grazed the storekeeper's right side.
The bandit finally managed to free
himself, and ran from the store
However, he paused in the doorway
long enough to fire one parting shot,
but it missed its mark. The grocer
followed the robber to the street,
where ne collapsed. He was taken
to Garfield Hospital, where physicians
dressed his wounds and sent him home.
A short time after the storekeeper
was shot, Clarence M. Richards, an
orderly at tuberculosis Hospital. was
held up at Thirteenth and Upshur
streets while walking to work. The
bandit, who was armed with revolver.
started to rifle his pockets, Richards
said, but fed when another pedestrian
approached.
At about the same time, Miss Sarah
Duffy was nearly knocked down by q
man who ran into her in front OF her
home at 4128 Seventh street, less than
block from Lanes store. Miss Duffy,
Government worker, was about to
enter her house, she said, when the man
ran down the street, coming from the
direction of Lanes grocery, and grasped
her She broke away and ran into her
home, she added, and the man fed
disappearing around the corner OF
Taylor street.
Two Other Hold-ups.
The two other hold-ups were staged
by a pair of colored robbers who OBJ
tanned a total of $55. Their first victim
was Herman Weisblatt, 80 proprietor
of a notion store at 654 Nineteenth
street northeast. They took $40 in cash
and Government check for $12 from
his cash register.
A few moments later they walked
into the store of Max Friedman. 1901
Kraemer street northeast and covering
him and his wife with a revolver OBJ
tanned SO from the cash drawer.
The gunman who shot Lane was de-
scribed as about 25 years old, feet 8
inches tall and las pounds in weight.
He was dark compleXioned wore a soil
ed-looking dark suit, dark Slouch hat
and no overcoat
The bandit who attempted to rob
Richards, on the other hand, was
about 3S, S feet inches, and weighed
100 pounds. He, too, was dark COM
plexioned, but wore neat light suit
and light hat. Miss Duffy was able to
give only a vague description of the
man who grasped her, but she said
he was very tall and weighed about