The Washington times., 1932-11-26
HOLDUPS
SWELL LIST
Of GRIMES
BurgIaries Include Visit to
Senator Moses Apartment;
. $4,000 Necklace Sought

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Seven persons, including three
taxicab drivers and a store owner,
were held up last night.
Among other activities Of thieves
re Sorted to the police in the past
"a hours we're the burglary of
apartments of a United States
Senator and an attache of the Ru-
manian Legation and the theft Of
$500 of Community Chest funds.
Ramon Minetree. l400 block
Newton st. N. W., taXicab
driver, routed a white hold-up man
with a tire iron after the robber
sought to get his money last night
in the 2400 block of BenningS Rd.
N. E.
Other Taximen Robbed
Minetree said he was hailed at
Ninth Street and New York Ave.
nue. Northwest, to go to Ben.
ming Road address ard his fare
pulled a knife from his pocket.
After Subduing him, he turned
him over to police.
The man gave the name of
Robert Wesley Carr, "a, of the
HOO block of Eleventh st. S. E.
He was treated at Casualty Hos
pital for a cut on the lip re-
ceived when Minetree hit him
with the iron and then he was
held at the Ninth precinct.
Other taxicab drivers WHO said
they were held up by men hail
ing their cabs are George w.
Allen, 300 block South Capitol
St., and Edward Thomas, 200
block G st. N. E. Both said
colored men committed the rob
berries. The former lost Is cents
and the latter $1.85.
George Cate was held up last
night in his delicatessen. TOO
block Eleventh st. S. E.. and
robbed of 81 at pistol point by
three young white men.
Moses Home Ransacked
Police are investigating re-
port by Sadie Schooler, a maid
at the apartment of Senator
George H. Moses, of New Hamp-
shire, that the apartment in
the 1900 block of Wyoming Ave.
N. w. was found ransacked wheh
she went there to prepare il
for the return of Senator Moses
and his wife.
They have been away since
August Is. The maid said it
will be impossible to check for
possible losses pending the
Senator's return to Washington
within few days.
EraSto Villa, an attache of the
Argentine Legation, said his
apartment in the 1900 block of
Nineteenth st. n. w. was entered
by iimmying the front door.
Clothing valued at $l21 was
stolen.
In the same building, the
apartment of Miss Ella Margulies
was entered but nothing was
taken, the thieves overlooking
5000 in a bureau drawer.
$4,000 Gem Loss
An insurance company yester'
day reported to police that Mrs.
Eva S. Shaffer lost or had stolen.
while on a Southern Railway
train last Wednesday, necklace
valued at $4,000.
Detectives at Union Station
said Mrs. Shaffer boarded train
here Tuesday and at that time it
was noticed she was wearing the
necklace. She was en- route to
Aiken, s. C. She is said to be
a former Washington resident.
Miss Jane Hanna, 1900 block
Belmont st. N. w., said a col
ored boy jumped on the running
board. of her automobile when
she stopped for a traffic light in
the 1900 block of @ st. N. w.
yesterday and robbed her of her
purse, containing $40, her drivers
permit and registration card.
Henry Griffin, colored, 100
block Seventh st. N. E., was held
up with knife by two other col
ored men in the TOO block of M
st. N. w. and robbed Of $18 last
night.
Beatrice Green, colored, 800
block Forty-fourth st. N. E.. was
held up near her home by a col.
ored man who took nine car
tokens from her. she said