Evening star., 1932-10-13
Picture Is Partly Identified
as That of One in $4,000
HoId-up Yesterday.
IDENTITY OF SUSPECT
is WITHHELD BY BURKE
Only Meager Leads Are Found by
Detective Squad Probing Wood
ridge e-Langdon Case.

Photographs of a known criminal
nave been partially identified as those
OF one Of the young bandits who yes
terday robbed the Woodridge-Langdo
Savings & Commercial Bank of $40 900,
Assistant Supt. Frank S. w. Burke,
chief of detectives. announced today.
The veteran inspector declined to re-
veal the identity of the criminal, other
than to say he was an out-of town man.
Only Meager Clues.
So carefully planned and we'll exc
cuted was the robbery that only meager
clues have yet been developed by a
squad Of detectives assigned to the case
by Inspector Burke Chief among
these are the descriptions of the two
men who broke into the bank through
a rear basement window late Tuesday
night or early yesterday morning and
waited for E. L. Norris, vice president
and cashier. to open the vault before
conSummatlng their daring plans.
FIVE men who were picked up by de-
tectlves shortly after the robbery were
released at O'Clock this afternoon. As
slstant Chief of Detectives Bernard w.
thompson announced they had no con-
nection with the case The men, who
said they were picture statesmen from
New York, were arrested as they rode
past the bank in a large automobile
bearing New York license plates and
were seen to laugh.
Lookout Broadcast.
Police broadcast a lookout TODAY for
a green-body,- expensive-make sedan.
bearing Illinois license No. 1l4-175. 1t
was the second lookout asking police to
watch for an automobile. The first,
broadcast yesterday shortly after the
hold-up, carried description of a tour
ing car. stolen from in front of a
house in the 2800 block Mills avenue
northeast, only few blocks away from
the bank.
Whether the man, who has been par
Tally identified by Miss Alice Richmond,
bookkeeper, and other of the five en-
ployes who were imprisoned in a base
ment storage vault while the bandits
-obbed the bank, is one Of a gang known
to have planned TO hold up the institu-
ton last Summer is not known by po-
lice.
In disclosing that he had received
information last June that a daylight
hold-up would be staged. Inspector
Burke announced he had kept a squad
of men armed with rifles and shotguns
stationed across the street from the
bank for six weeks.
No Attempt Made.
No attempt ever was made to carry
out the hcld-up. however, and police
officials are convinced the conspirators
learned of the elaborate precautions
taken to prevent the crime. The guard.
gradually reduced from six to two men,
finally was removed after serving from
June % until nearly the middle of
August. The "tip-off" on the proposed
robbery came shortly after the Georgia
Avenue branch of the Washington
Mechanics Savings Bank had lost near
ly $4,000 to five hold-up men.
Employees of the bank-Charles Wee
kerly. 22-year-old teller. 2617 Brent
wood road northeast; Norman Bell, "a,
bookkeeper, 1109 Mount Olivet road
northeast; Waverly Newell janitor,
1907 Evarts street northeast, and Nor
ris and Miss Richman-Were shown
other rogues' gallery photographs to-
day in an effort to obtain further
Identification of the bandits, one of
whom was described as between 25 and
80 and the other about 35 years old.
One wore a handkerchief for a mask
and the other shaded his eyes with
dark goggles.