Evening star., 1938-02-14
3 GUNS STOLEN
AS THIEVES RAID
DOWNTOWN STORE
Ammunition Also Is Taken,
but Loot Includes No
High Powered Weapons.
Man IN CAR Beaten
BY WOULD-BE BANDIT
Former and Companion, However,
Finally Succeed in Routing
Their Assailant.

Thieves stole fresh supply Of guns
and ammunition from 8 downtown
sporting goods store over the week
end as police continued working over
time to combat an outbreak Of hold
ups and petty crime.
An assortment Of 80 guns, ranging
from .22-caliber revolvers to .45-cal-
iber automatics, and an undetermined
quantity of ammunition were re-
ported stolen from the Atlas store at
927 D street NV. early yesterday.
The loot was valued at $3.50.
Inspector Bernard W. Thompson,
chief of detectives, said he doubted If
the raid was staged by an organized
gang to obtain new weapons, because
no high-powered rifles or shotguns
were taken. He recalled such heavy
armament was stolen from the same
store by the notorious red head"
gang about year ago.
Rear Door Forced.
The thieves entered the store yes
terday by jimmying the rear door
with an ice pick, which was left be-
hind.
Charles A. Phillips, SO. Of 134s JET
ferson street NV, was beaten on the
head when he and q woman COM
panion fought off a young colored
man who attempted to hold them up
with a toy pistol last night.
Mr.. Phillips and Mrs. Viola Brown,
1920 Sixth street NE, were sitting
in his automobile parked on Franklin
street between Fourth street and Lin
coin road NE, when the bandit opened
the rear door, stepped into the car
and ordered them to put up their
hands.
Mrs. Brown turned and hit him in
the face with her fist. II was plenty
scared, not knowing then that It was
a toy pistol pointing at U.s." Mrs.
Brown said. 'but I felt we had to do
something"
Colored Man FleeA
Mr.. Phillips took up the fight,
scrambling over the rear seat as he
struggled with the bandit, who struck
him repeatedly on the head with some
blunt instrument. The colered man
finally ran of. leaving his toy gun
behind. Mr.. Phillips was treated at
Sibley Hospital for scalp cuts.
Another colored man snatched two
or three 81 bills from the cash regis
ter at Highs ice cream store in the
1900 block of North Capitol street
when she opened it to ring up his
payment for an order, Elsie Fitz-
patrick, 2l2 Seventh street NE, clerk,
reported yesterday afternoon.
David G. Lassitor, 405 Seward square
Sc, night manager of a filing sta
ton at Twenty-second and P streets
NV, said he was held up and robbed
of a small amount of change by a
colored man early yesterday. He said
he shot twice at a green automobile
In which the bandit fed with another
man.
"Cat" Burglar Active.
A "cat burglar" believed to be the
same man who ransacked bedrooms in
several Takoma Park (Md) homes
recently without awakening his VIC
tins, forced Mrs. Lucy Lee Maurning,
7409 Twelfth street NV, to give him
muf and purse containing SO early
today. She said she awoke about 4
am. to see the man standing over her
bed. In high-pitched voice, he de-
manded her money. He had entered
by breaking the glass In basement
window.
Lester Pratt, certified public &C.
countant, reported his office in the
National Savings & Trust Building
was ransacked for the fourth time
yesterday, apparently by the same
thief who last had appeared about
a year ago. The thief climbed through
a transom over the hallway door,
stole S23 and escaped unseen. Mr..
Pratt said the thief had entered on
previous visits by removing a glass
panel from the door, but was forced
to take to the transom yesterday
because the glass had been replaced
by wooden door.
Nurse Is Robbed.
Miss Ann M. Preisenger, 1907 N
street NV, Walter Reed Hospital
nurse, told police she was attacked
by q coEored man and robbed Of an
overnight bag containing clothing
valued at $40 in the 1900 block of
Park road NV. early yesterday. She
said the man alighted from an auto
mobile and lifted her from the ground.
but dropped her and ran with her
bag when she screamed.
A colored man who attempted to as
sault May Holman, 38, Of 725 Harvard
street NV. in the 3100 block of Geor-
gia avenue NV. early today was driven
away by a man living nearby. who re-
sponded to her screams for help. She
said the attacker dragged her to the
rear porch of a vacant house after
she had told him she had no money.
Her screams attracted Harvey Keanas,
3118 Georgia avenue NV, who chased
the attacker, but failed to catch him.
Two cab drivers were held up over
the week end. Malcolm F. Crochet,
120 Third street Sc, said he was
robbed Of $10.40 early yesterday, and
Arthur Green, colored, 104 Fifty-third
street NE, reported q hold-up man
took $1.35 and q wrist watch from him.