Evening star., 1937-12-04
Bandits
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vestigating the previous hold-ups IN
the series.
Offcer Kaskeski led the police chase
after the bandit car, said to be a
large sedan with Maryland license
tags. down New Jersey avenue.
Doubling back. the fleeing desperadoes
were almost trapped at one time be-
tween the police motorcycle and
squard car officers Onicer Kaskeski
was racing about 100 yards behind the
bandit car when, at Dupont Circle, it
put out a smokescreen which caused
him to lose sight of it.
Tracing 1T further, Ofncer Roger
Randall found that the careening fugi-
tive machine had almost smashed
head-on into an automobile driven by
Miss McReynolds. forcing her car into
collision with taxicab operated by
Judson Ramdett OF Takoma Park, Md,
in the 1900 block of Massachusetts
avenue NV
The bandit car last was traced by
police racing out Wisconsin avenue
toward the Maryland line.
Police said Mr.. Mccarthy reported
he had fixed up the gun-trap for
emergencies after being held up and
robbed several times previously. His
son sat behind the partition, peering
through slit about a foot wide and
2 inches high, during busy hours at
night.
Mr.. Chesivori was sitting on a stool
in the store when the bandits entered.
One pointed gun at Mr.. Mccarthy,
another went to the cash register and
another searched Mr.. Chesivori before
the shooting started.
Hail Of Bullets Follows.
At the first shot from behind the
partition, police said, the bandit who
was covering the elder Mr. Mccarthy
wheeled and fired one shot through
Mr.. Chesivoris chest. Then they
raced out Of the store in hail of
bullets from the McCarthys. They
took with them 81 from the cash reg
lister.
Stores robbed in other hold-ups in
the half-hour preceding the battle
at McCarthy's. in which at least two
of the bandits answered to the same
descriptions. were:
A grocery store at 1901 T street
NV, operated by Abraham Kauf-
man. -Four colored men entered his
store, took $65 from his pockets, S92
from the cash register and fed in an
automobile in which the driver was
waiting. The four men helped them
selves to cigars and candy while in
the store.
A grocery operated by Sidney Field
stein at 1919 fifteenth street NV.
There three men entered and took
$s6 from Mr.. Feldsten and $40 from
the cash register.
A store at 800 New York avenue
NV. where four men took approx
mately s1oo from the proprietor, Harry
Greenburg. Z
A liquor store at 1000 Seventh street
NV, where they took $75 from Ben
jamin Wolson, manager.
A grocery and liquor store at 1439
Eleventh street NV, where they took
$l25 from the pockets of Milton wer-
Der, manager, and $50 from the cash
register.
Clerk Drops $40.
Arthur Harris, clerk, dropped $50
in change under the counter when
one Of the bandits drew q gun on him.
Apparently thinking he was reaching
for pistol, the bandit jerked him
across the counter and knocked him
to one side. He was not injured,
however.
Mr.. Werber said five men had come
in a few minutes before and looked
over his store suspiciously, and that
four Of them came back for the hold
up.
Victims of the bandits were able to
furnish police full descriptions of only
two of them. One was said to be
about 80 years old, feet tall, weigh
ing ITO pounds and wearing a black
overcoat and dark hat. The other
was described as about "a years old.
S feet 6 inches tall, weighing about
140 pounds and wearing brown suit
And brown felt hat.