Evening star., 1938-01-20
Hold.Up
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petit. 20, and his brother Ellis, II, who
were captured just q week ago to-
night as the drunken bandits" who
had terrorized Washington storekeep-
ers in a series of hold-ups the night
before.
The three white youths were seized
by Seventh Precinct Policemen Frank
M. Watt, former major league base
ball player, and R. S. Evans shortly
after 4 am. as they left filing sta
ton at Thirtieth and M streets NV,
which they were accused of robbing
of SIG.
Held at the seventh precinct on
open charges pending further investi-
cation. the three youths gave their
names as Ralph E. Crown, 20, OF the
4loO block of Brandywine street NV;
John L. Hurst, Is, of the 2600 block
of L street NV, and Earl E. CONN,
ID. OF Bethesda. Md.
Ofncer Watt, pitcher for the
Phlllies for two seasons before Joining
the police force in 1892, said he and
Evans in scout car drew up in
front OF a suspicious-appearing auto
mobile parked near Thirtieth and M
streets NV. just as Hurst and CONN
were leaving the filling station. Crown
was waiting at the wheel of the car.
he said.
Offer No Resistance.
Both policemen drew their guns and
the youths offered no resistance to
arrest, Officer Watt said. None of
them was armed Hurst and Cof-
ms upper lips were smeared with
burnt cork or grease to give a crude
resemblance of black mustache the
policeman said.
Kay E. wilkins. Arlington, Va, at
tendant at the filling station, told the
officers the two disguised youths had
Just robbed him of SIG. holding their
hands in their overcoat pockets as if
they had pistols.
Officers Watt and Evans promptly
took the prisoners to a filling sta
ton at Wisconsin avenue and Thirty
seventh street, where, they said.
Gordon E. White, the attendant,
identified them as the falsely
mustached bandits who had robbed
him of $50 in the same manner a few
minutes earlier.
Later, Charles Link, attendant at the
Cherrydale garage. on the Lee High
way, in Arlington County, identified
them as the two men who had held
their hands in their overcoat pockets as
If pointing concealed pistols at him
while they took $25 from the cash
register The bandits found nothing
in the pockets of Mr.. Link and Buck
Rollins of Great Falls, Va, a by
stander, who also was forced to put
up his hands. Mr.. Link said.
Acting United States Attorney David
A. Pine ordered prosecution of the
Tippett brothers speeded up in order
to SET an example for swift action
that might prove deterrent to others,
he said. The youths were held for
the grand jury in Police Court only
yesterday.
Prosecutors hurried witnesses be-
fore the grand jury this morning and
arranged for a special report to JUS
tice Jesse c. Adkins, before whom
the Tippett brothers will be arraigned
tomorrow.
The indictments against them
charged six robberies, two cases of
assault with intent to commit robbery
and 0pn on ocso,,1t u,;f1, ;ntar< - lin
One of the alleged robberies occurred
on Monday, January 10, and the others
within half an hour on the night of
Wednesday. January II.
The brothers were captured in .
Woodbridge, Va. inn last Thursday
night. With them was Margaret
O'Brien, 14-year-old schoolgirl, who
said she and Ellis had planned to be
married. No charges were placed
against her All three are from Ard
more, Nd. Prince Georges County
village.
Assailant Is Hunted.
Police were seeking a colored man
who struck George F. Orlowsky, 63l
Pennsylvania avenue, on the head with
a hammer and robbed him of So tn
cash and an overcoat and q ring
valued at $11 last night Mr.. Or
loWsky. who had hired the man for
part-time work, furnished police with
his name and address.
With the police force, which OH
cials contend needs many more men
to police the city properly, working
overtime in the war on crime, q
virtual curfew was enforced to keep
suspicious characters OF the streets
at night.
Headquarters detectives arrested 10