Evening star., 1933-05-04
Pair Truss Up Employees,
Take $3.50 and Leave by p
Rear Door.
SAY THEY WERE AFTER
"c0MPANY MONEY" ONLY
Managers Strategy Fails When
Gun Jab Forces Assistant to
Open Safe.

Proclaiming they wanted only com.
pany money-insured money" a pair
Of two-gun bandits strode into the
western Auto Supply Co. Store at Oil
H street northeast at O'Clock this
morning, trussed up five male employees
with wire, ordered a girl office worker
to sit tight" robbed the safe and cash
register Of about $3.50 and escaped
through a rear door.
The stolen money represents receipts
OF sales made last night and after the
opening of the store at 7:3o o'clock
this morning, and the stores cash re-
serve.
According to H. z. Clark, manager
OF the establishment, the two bandits
walked into the store and asked r.
Crotts, q clerk, for the manager. The
men, one OF whom was about % years
OLD and the other about 20, were di-
rected to the stairway leading to the
balcony on which the ofice Is located
Clark said he Immediately recognized
the older man as the same who visited
the store late yesterday to inquire about
credit on q set Of tires.
Whips Out Two RevoIvers.
We'll, did you get fixed I'D on those
tires?" Clark asked him.
This Is q stick-up!" the man re-.
piled, whipping out two revolvers and
ieVeling them at Clark and his as
sistant manager, r. L. Wastler.
What DO you mean, .stick-up'?"
Wastler asked with a laugh.
Mean business. Get back I'D therei"
the bandit answered with a kick on
Wastler's shin.
Then the other employees Of the store
were rounded up on the balcony, ]
Trent and Joe Miller were lined up
with Crotts. Miller was ordered by the
bandits, each Of whom displayed two
guns by that time. to truss up the en-
ployes. Clark, however, was told to
open the safe. The manager said he
stalled Tor time. pleading he was so
nervous ne was unable to open the safe.
Inc Danolts then released WastIer and
Nneo up clark, ordering Wastler to
know the combination and ClarS re-
cited list Of false numerals Sensing
tne strategy, the older of the bandits
laoDed one OF his pistols into WASHERS
rlns with the crisp order:
Wastler did.
Customers Enter Store.
Meanwhile Mrs. Dorothy E. White of
loO6 Isherwood street northeast Office
clerk, came in. The bandits frst as
sumed she was customer and ordered
one OF the clerks who was not vet
trussed up to talk to her" This took
TOO much time to suit the bandits and
tney ordered the girl to the balcony
and told her to sit tight" Some Gus
TONER'S came in and one Of the bandits.
IN the role Of clerk, told them to come
BACK later. Two customers. however.
w. w. Hazer of 614 Fifteenth street
northeast, and K. Nicoson of Rosslyn.
va, were forced to lie on the floor with
the store employees.
After robbing the safe. one of the
bandits opened the cash register, scooped
up It's contents with the explanation
that they wanted only company money
money that's insured" The bandits
then yanked out the Office telephone
and escaped through the back door into
an alley. They overlooked another
telephone on the first floor and through
tnat the victims Of the hold-up sum-
moned police.
Acting on tip the pair had escaped
rom the city on Washington. Balti-
more d Annapolis Railway train, WASH
ington police asked Baltimore author
tiles to be on the lookout for the men.
Detective Capt. John H. Mintiens of
Baltimore met all w., B. & A. trains
this morning, but had not found the
men shortly after noon. A lookout Is
being kept In that city. however.