Evening star., 1933-01-11
THRILL ROBbER|ES
LEAD TO ARREST
OF EIGHT YOUTHS.
Police "Baited" for Excite
ment of Chase, Precinct
Commander Told
AUTOS LOOTED In MANNER
LEARNED FROMsMAGAZINE
Sons of Police Sergeant and Former
Naval Officer Among Those
Held in Many Thefts.

Eight youths, one of them the son
OF police sergeant and another the son
Of former naval officer, were under
technical arrest today after admitting,
according to investigators, that they
staged a series of robberies of various
types "just for the thrill of it."
Tales of batting" policemen into
chasing them, so they could have
the "fun" of outspeeding them in the
high-powered automobiles they are said
to have stolen, were told by some OF
the youths, according to Capt. John
Bowers. eighth precinct commander.
The Youths, most of whom were re-
leased in custody of their parents fol-
lowing their arrest, are: Louis Carroll,
l6. of the 5000 block Of Second street,
son of Sergt. R. B. Carroll, second pre-
cinct; Thomas J. Haynes, 10, OF the
24OO block of Observatory circle, son
of former Lieut.. Comdr Gideon M.
Haynes, now a Treasury Department
engineer: Ralph B. Preston, IT, OF the
2700 block of Connecticut avenue; Mar
tin Cough, 18, of the 5000 block OF
Seventeenth street. Robert S. Osborne,
II, Of the $500 block of Wisconsin ave-
nue.; Conrad Wyvell, II, of the 3l00
block of Woodley road; Harvey Hayes,
16, of the 5000 block Of Newark street,
and Albert o. j Edmonston, Is, OF the
1900 block of Upton street.
Haynes and Preston were charged
with grand larceny and held at the
eighth precinct. The other youths, how
for investigation.
License Plate Discovered.
Their arrest in connection with the
robberies followed discovery of set of
spurious license plates on a car used
by three of them. Detective E. D.
Lambert, looking over the machine after
tie trio had been arrested on suspicion
of stealing gasoline from parked auto
mobiles, noticed something funny
about the 1888 on the tags.
Closer examination revealed the
markers, originally issued in 1929. had
been sskillfully altered. the two and the
nine having been changed to pair OF
threes Under questioning, Haynes Is
said to have acknowledged altering the
tags.
A check-up disclosed the car had been
stolen from a naval officer living in the
Kennedy Warren Apartments, and Capt.
Bowers ordered roundup OF the
other youths. Among the articles said
to have been stolen by the youths were
a box of italian lace, valued at about
So 900, taken from the parked machine
of an importer; automobile accessories
and household goods worth approxi-
mately 81 900; four automobiles, a dou-
ble-barreled shotgun, several Christmas
gift packages and several hundred gal
Ions of gasoline. The charges against
HAYNES and Preston cover theft OF
the lace.
Some OF the loot was obtained by
burglary, 1t was said, but most OF 1t
was stolen from parked cars, into which
the youths are said to have broken by
using a piece of iron pipe to wrench
the locks loose. They learned this
method, they told Capt. Bowers, from
description given in a magazine article.
Owners of Articles Sought.
Detective Sergt Oscar Mansfield, as
signed to the case by Inspector Frank
s. w. Burke, chief of detectives, was
deyoting most of today to an investi-
CATION to determine ownership of the
stolen articles not already identified.
The case probably will be taken into
Mansfield said.
In discussing the case. both Mans
field and Bowers emphasized the fact
the youths were seeking thrills" rather
than profits. They sold only one OF the
alleged stolen articles, it was pointed
out, obtaining $3.50 for it. The re-
mainder of the loot was secreted in the
home Of one of the youths.