Evening star., 1932-04-11
Total of S49.85 Taken During
Night From Washington
Cab Drivers.
TWO SUSPECTS ADMIT
SLASHING ONE VICTIM
Inspector Burke Renews Drive as
Weeks Robberies Mount
to Thirty.

Despite the watchfulness of 5O do
tectiVeS, working in cooperation with
police OF all precincts. taxicab bandits
continued their activities last night OBJ
tanning total of S49.85 in eight hold
ups. At the same time, two other men
were robbed of $40, the thieves taking
S2S from one of them and S12 from the
other.
AS the taxicab bandits continued
their activities, bringing the number of
Such hold-ups to more than 80 for the
IaSt week, police working under the di-
rectlon OF Inspector Frank S. w. Burke.
chlet OF detectives, were preparing to
renew their efforts to capture them.
Inc drive against the robbers will be
puShed with greater zeal than ever to-
night. Inspector Burke declared, and
addltlonal squads of detectives will be
assigned to the sections in which most
OF the hold-ups have occurred.
Two Men Questioned.
Meanwhile, two colored men who
were said to have admitted one Of
Saturday nights taxicab hold-ups were
being held for questioning in connec-
S@SAA "AbAA oNN~A al Ol4lCl IODDCIlGS OF JDe
same type.
The pair under arrest identified them
selves as Cornelius Gross, 81, and VIII
liam johnson, also 81, both of the I400
block Of Tenth street
They were captured by Traffic Police
men w. H. HinSon and w NJ. Sanford.
who saw them hail taxi at Seventh
and P streets and, following a hunch.
decided to trail them.
The Of6narc fol
wood where the fares" ordered the
driver to turn around. The policemen
had planned to trail the cab so as to
be close by in the event of a hold-up.
but when they saw the taxi heading
toward them, they decided to stop il.
AS the taxi came to a halt johnson
leaped out and fed. but Gross was cap
tured before he could get away. john
son was arrested at his home a short
time later, however.
Admits SIashing Driver.
According to the police, the men ad-
mltted planning to rob the driver,
James Robinson, 200 block of Eighth
street. They also were said to have
acknowledged robbing another cab driv-
er, Rely BrymaS, and slaShing him with
knife Saturday night. Brymas, cut
about the head and face, was treated at
Casualty Hospital.
The victims of last nights hold-ups
were:
Paul P. Dwyer, I'll Fifth street. rob-
bed of S12; Jack Talon, BIS M street,
Sl2; Alfred Audrey, colored. 1912 r
street, SO; Joseph Bergagni. 2705 North
Capitol street, $8.1O: william A. Miles,
629 H street, So: Obey williams, coll
ored, 1902 Seventh street, $6.25; Robert
Moore, colored 1881 Twelfth street. So,
and Phillip Kline, 915 New Hampshire
avenue, $3.50.
Hired in Business Area.
Though the hold-ups occurred in wide
iy separated sections. most of the drivers
were hired in the downtown area. Near
ly all the robberies were staged by COL
ored bandits.
The other robberies were reported by
James c. Tyson, 2027 Allison street,
and Henry Proctor colored, 1107 Fifth
street southeast.
Tyson said he halted at "stop" sign
at Twentieth street and Kalorama road
and a man stepped on the running
board Of his automobile, reached into a
side pocket and removed a wallet con-
tanning $28 belonging to George A.
Brennan, also of the Allison street ad-
dress. The thief emptied the wallet
and threw it back into the car, Tyson
said.
Proctor said he yas standing in front
of his home when man graSped his
arm and forced him to hand over S12.
Proctor gave the police the name of
the robber.