Evening star., 1936-11-12
RObbERYSUSPECTS.
IDENTIFIED IN BIG.
POLICE LINEUP
Officials Hope to Solve at
: Least 20 Cases as Re.
suit of Work. a
SO PRISONERS PARADE
BEFORE 1876 RESIDENTS
Two Brothers Reverse Procedure
by Picking Victim Out
of Spectators.

of Spectators.
Police today hoped to solve at least
20 robberies as q result of last nights
lineup at headquarters, the biggest
ever held here.
Inspector Bernard w. Thompson,
chief of detectives, said nine suspects
were identified by their victims, and
information was obtained In at least q
dozen additional hold-ups and bur-
glaries.
The lineup room at headquarters
was packed to capacity as SO men
netted in q general roundup OF sus-
picious characters were stood In groups
Of eight on a raised platform under
battery Of lights.
The suspects were examined by 135
local residents, mostly victims OF rob-
berries here in the last year. Police
had no means of knowing how many OF
those who turned out were merely
curious. The spectators included one
man in a top hat and formal evening
attire. who departed without identify
ing himself. The tags on his limousine
were listed to high official OF the
State Department.
Brothers Identify Victim.
An amusing incident occurred when
Dr. Richard T. West. 2519 Fourteenth
street, confronted the suspects in an
effort to identify the men who re-
Gently tried to rob him. DR.. West was
unable to point out any suspects,
whereupon one of the prisoners identi-
fled DR.. West.
YES" he said, that's the man I
held up"
YEAH" declared a second prisoner,
a brother of the first, that's the man
we held up!"
The brothers. Johnnie. 81, and Jay
C. Langford. 23. who recently came
here from Union, S. c., pleaded guilty
in Police Court today to charges OF
attempting to rob DR.. West and OF
robbing F. L. Pearson, 2l27 G street.
They were held for the grand jury
under $4,000 bonds each.
Sister Is Held in Bond.
Jointly charged with the brothers in
both cases was their sister, Mrs. Letha
j. Forester, and Jiggs Caudiel. The
latter two pleaded not guilty. but
were held under the same bonds as the
brothers. Police said Caudiel and
Mrs. Forester accompanied the
brothers in an automobile to the hold
up scenes.
DR.. West told Judge Edward M.
Curran he was exercising his dog On
Fourteenth street near his home re-
Gently when mean leaped from
between parked automobiles and
grabbed him about the neck. He said
another man aimed glancing blow
at his jaw. The doctor shouted for
police, and his assailants fed In an
automobile.
Pearson testified that on October IS
he was walking near Twelfth street
and Pennsylvania avenue when two
men closed in on him, explained they
were holding him up and ordered him
to walk on while they searched his
pockets, taking 50. They drove on in
an automobile.
The brothers, Mrs. Forester and
Caudiel were arrested in the 800 block
of H street yesterday by Policeman
]. E. King.
Police Chief Ernest w. Brown has
issued written orders to the force to
pay particular heed to loaded delivery
trucks parked in sections of the city
where thieves have been active. He
also ordered patrolmen to be on the
lookout for suspicious characters
abroad in the small hours Of the
morning.
CoIored Robbers Get SIS.
While the lineup was in progress
two colored robbers slugged a pedes-
trian at Fifth and l. streets and robbed
him Of $13.
The victim, William r. Mccormick,
So, of 1125 New Jersey avenue, was
taken to Casualty Hospital and treated
for injuries about the eyes, nose and
head.
Lee Gong, proprietor of laundry at
705 r street, told police he was
assaulted by colored robber in his
shop last night. The man. Gong said,
beat him with a shoe and escaped with
a dollar from the cash drawer.