Evening star., 1933-01-29
RAID NETS $1,000
IN ALLEGED LOOT
II C0Iored Persons Are jailed
and Solution of Scores of
R0bberies Seen.

Raiding a house in the 200 block OF
K street, headquarters detectives yes
terday arrested II colored persons and
recovered allegedly stolen property
valued at from $4,000 to $4,000. The
officers said they believed scores of
burglaries committed during the past
four months might be solved as
result.
The raid followed the arrest Thurs
day of Carl jackson, "a. colored, TOO
block of First street, said by police to
have been responsible for the theft Of
a large portion Of the recovered loot.
Jackson on parole from Lorton Re-
formatory after serving three years OF
a 1O-year sentence for burglary, was
captured as he attempted to break
into vacant house In the 360O plOck
of Garfield street.
The colored prisoners, all OF whom
were in the K street house. include two
alleged fences" who. police said, would
be charged with receiving stolen prop
erty, while the others are being held
for investigation. The alleged fences" p"
police said, are William Francis Diggs,
%, cclored, of the 700 block of First
street, and Mrs. Winnie Darlington, AZ.
colored, of the K street address. The
NOllldIl ID USHlS llClo az ooA-
linger Hospital, having been removed
from a sick-bed in the raid.
Northwest Homes Looted.
The loot, ranging from jewelry and
silverware to expensive fur coats IN
cludes property removed from homes in
various parts of the Northwest section.
Police believe they have recovered hun
dreds of dollars worth Of property
stolen from w. C. Wilmott, 5000 block
Cathedral avenue; DR.. Daniel M. Wass-
man, 100 block of Thomas street: Leon
ard R. Towson, 5000 block Morrison
street: Hugh B. Sampson. 500 block
Concord avenue: Mrs. Frances Hurley,
4oOO block of Tenth street northeast,
and several others.
Besides Diggs and Mrs Darlington,
those arrested in the raid were: Robert
Washington, 81, 100 block Reeves
court: Robert T. Stewart. 26 1000 block
Reeves court; Isaac Smith, 81, Of the
200 block Morgan street: John Ed
wards, 90, of the 200 block Reeves
Court; James Thomas, 26. 100 block P
street: Morris Dates, &C. 900 block
Twenty-seventh street; Staunton Smith,
81. 100 block First street: William
Smith, 28, 100 block Fourth street;
James Bryant, 35 200 block of K street
Katherine Williams. 20, Evelyn Brown,
81, Emily ByerS, %, Alice Washington,
"a. Florence Darlington, Is. and Eliza
beth Carringtcn, IA, all of the 200 block
of K street.
Ho!d-ups and Thefts Reported.
A number CT hold-ups and petty
thefts were reported to police last night.
DR.. Edmund T. Lane, dentist, with
Offices at 1929 Vermont avenue. re-
ported his suite was entered and $50
worth of cash and dental gold stolen.
Cash and jeWelry valued at S1C0 was
reported stolen from Miss Mary Ryder,
1900 block Fifteenth street. The val
uableS were in pocketbook which Miss
Ryder left in desk drawer in down.
town department store. she said.
A colcred man and woman assaulted
and robbed Robert B. Colin, 400 block
Pennsylvania avenue. as he was walk
ing on Virginia avenue southwest. He
was robbed of 81 40.
Alertness of byStsnders resulted in
the capture Of colored man who
snatched a pocketbook from Miss
Blanche Halbert. 1900 block of K
street, as she was walking through
other young woman. The thief was
bccked ct No precinct as George w.
Lucas, %, of the 800 block place
southwest.
Miss Halbert's screams attracted the
attention Of persons nearby one OF
whom gave chase, while another. hear
ing cries tripped the runner and held
him until police arrived.
Grocer Robbed of SIS
Max Rosen, proprietor of grocery
at 72O Barry place, reported he was
robbed of SIS by an armed colored
bandit.
Three colored boys were arrested last
night in connection with the theft OF
$40 combination stop watch from VIII
liam w. Printz, 400 block Of Shepherd
street. The trio, Walter Wilbur Smith,
16. Of the 700 block Park road: Regi-
nald Reynolds, Is, 700 block Morton
street, and Lorenzo Bryant, 10, 1000
block Park road, are b3ing held.
Two cclcred men held up Wesley
Brcughton, a taxi driver, 2100 block of
F. street, as he was parking his car on
Neal place and robbed him of 81 in
cash. Louis G.azer, storekeeper OF
the 200 block of V street, told police he
wa2 held up at the pcint of gun by a
colored man, who took SIS from his cash
register