Evening star., 1936-03-02
-HOLD-UPS
AND BURGLAR|ES
MARK WEEK END
Many Pocketbook Snatch
ina Cases-TWo Bandits
Are Believed Wounded.
OFFICIALS CONFERRING
ON REGISTERING ALIENS
Flying Squad Again Strikes at
Dives Suspected of Harbor.
ing Colored Yeggs.

Police continued their drive against
suspected criminals today after week
end which saw no abatement in the
wave of petty hold-ups and burglaries
despite the arrest of nearly 300 men
and women. Only II Of these were
still being held today.
Police Supt. Ernest w. Brown will
meet today with the Commissioners
and Corporation Counsel E. Barrett
Prettyman to discuss plans for regis
tering alien lawbreakers.
Under this plan police would arrest
all persons suspected of having served
Jail terms. The suspects would then
be photographed and f1ngerprinted.
Police say this would discourage un-
derWorld characters from coming to
Washington and would enable them to
keep tabs on those who do come here.
Giving up their Sunday rest, head
quarters detectives yesterday and l9't
night continued their roundup. st *
ing at clubs, disorderly houses ard
other places suspected of harboring
colored criminals. The total of a.
rests. however, was small compared
to that Of Saturday night, when mcs1
of the suspects were taken into Gu :
tody.
Hotel Manager Battles Bandits.
As the police took stock of the wei:
ends toll of criminal depredations, thu
case of Edward A. Eaton stood out a5
one in which the tables were turned
on would-be robbers.
Eaton, night manager of the Mid
City Hotel. 634 N street. was alone in
the establishment when two colo:ed
men entered and attacked him. Fight
ing back, Eaton got to his pistol, whic
he kept In a drawer. and opened fire. p
He said both men were wounded
Police later arrested Joseph Sher.
herd, 81, colored, 6O6 M street, who
was held at the second precinct as
suspect.
Telling an incoherent story of hav-
ing been attacked and beaten in an
attempted robbery. Cornelius Mono
han, so, of 467 l. street southeast, was
treated for skull injuries at Mount
Alto Hospital and then removed to
Gallinger. Police later charged hin!
with being drunk.
Purse Snatched on Street.
Mrs. Edna Gardener, 46, Of 1927 c
street reported her pocketbook wa
snatched by man who stopped her
on the street and offered to sell her
some chickens for 10 cents . pound.
She said she was first approached BY.
q woman who asked for dollar. A.
they walked along, she said. the'
man approached and grabbed hcs-
purse, which contained about s6.
Morris Ailin. 40. proprietor of a
liquor store at 1887 Eleventh stree.
said two colored men, both armed
with pistols, entered his store and
took SIS from the cash register.
The theft of S72 was reported by
Theodore Coffey. 26, of $3.50 Con-
necticut avenue. who said two colored
men armed with knives held him up
at Seventeenth and De Sales streets
about am. yesterday.
Ray Quarantille, 1918 Bay street
southeast, said her purse was snatched
by colored man as she was walking
east on D street near Eighteenth. The
purse contained only small amount
of cash.
Other Thefts Reported.
A similar theft was reported by Vir-
ginia jacob, 56l8 Nevada avenue. who
said white man grabbed her pocket
book in the 5000 block of Quesada
street. 1t contained nothing but her
eyeglasses and some papers.
Peter Blahas, 1922 Eighteenth street.
reported the theft of a SIS watch
from the pocket of his coat, which
was hanging in the rear room of his
restaurant.
Ormes E. Swain, sol Twelfth street
northeast. told police STAT was stolen
from trunk near an open window of
her home. She said the money be-
longed to the High Ice Cream Co.
Theft of radio, valued at $40, was
reported by Edward Grayson. 1915
street, who said his house was entered
with duplicate key.
Sophia Roth, AIT K street. said q
$40 watch was stolen by sneak thief
who entered her home through a rear
door. while Charlotte Garnet, 1907
California street, reported the loss Of
$50 Treasury check in a similar
robbery.
Clothing Is Stolen.
James G. Farrell. 1443 p street, said
clothing worth SIT was stolen from
his home. Loss of cigars, cigarettes
and 20 pounds of ham was reported
by Harry Poison, 401 K street, who
said q thief entered his store through
q transom.
Smashing show window, thieves
stole clothing and $40 in cash from
a store operated by Harry M Apple.
stein at 429 Eighth street southeast.
The manager Of Sanitary grocery
store at 10l Seventh street southeast
reported the theft of groceries and
cigarettes from his establishment.
Clothing valued at S25 was stolen
from John s. Haymons, 327 East Capt.
tol street.
A suspected bandit was arrested
after James Reed, colored, 2133 First
street. reported he had been dragged
into an alley, beaten and robbed Of
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