Evening star., 1939-06-02
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guard ran to the road and the car
pulled away.
Mr.. Trittipoe wriggled loose from |
his bonds and made his way, bare |
footed, to a telephone in nearby |
beer tavern. He called police and |
| later was taken to the eleventh !
precinct. His wounds were not |
serious SO police allowed him to tell |
his story before having the cuts and |
| bruises treated.
A police radio lookout was flashed |
for the stolen cab and its armed, |
crime-crazy occupants.
Privates Take Up Pursuit.
A short time later, the wanted
cab was sighted on Livingston road
| by Pvts. C. F.. Fox and D. F. Gould, |
cruising in an 18th precinct scout
car. They pursued the speeding
taxi to the 4OO0 block of Nichols
avenue Sc where the cab forced
! them over an embankment.
! One of the officers fired two shots
at the cab and the driver jumped
out. When he headed at top speed
| for a nearby woods the officers
opened fire Three of the bullets
! brought him down.
The other occupants apparently
! fled from the other side of the cab
! ofto ni,
shot down, Policeman Gould COM
mented today. WE didn't see any
| body else as we were SO anxious to
get the fellow who jumped from the
| drivers seat"
Meanwhile, nine scout cars from
| the four eastern precincts OF the
| city. a Traffic Bureau cruiser, a
headquarters car, four motor cycle
patrolmen and more than 40 cab
drivers had sped to the general area
to aid in the capture Of the men.
Anacostia Posse Forms.
Dozens of Anacostia residents
/ joined in the search.
/ Pvts. Fox and Gould, unable to
drive their scout car from the side
OF the embankment, placed the in
Jured man in the hunted taxicab
and drove at 70-mile- -an-hour pace
toward Casualty Hospital
Detective Sergts. Robert Bryant
and Howard Ogle, who had joined
in the search, began trailing the
speeding cab-their pistols drawn
ignorant that two officers were in
the machine
The cab careened into the Cas-
ualty Hospital driveway and the
pursuing detectives drove in the op-
posite side to block the exit. They
were walking toward the cab with
their flnegsr on their pistol triggers
when the policemen got out with the
shooting victim.
Patients Condition Critical.
Registered at the hospital as Muir
dock Oliver Royal, "a, of the 100
block of E street NV. he was in a
critical condition with gunshoc
wounds in both legs, his back. chest
and back. One of the bullets had
entered his back, coursed upward
through his chest and lodged below
his mouth
He was Writhing in agony later
today, but when photographer
asked to take his picture, he said,
gritting his teeth
That's okay with me, Bud. Just
let me know when you get ready
to snap that thing so I can smile"
Doctors held little hope for his
recovery.
Back at the scene of the shooting
searchers combing the woods cap
tured a second suspect. He was
taken to the eleventh precinct sta
ton.
Star Clipping Found.
| In one of his pockets police found
clippings from yesterdays Star de-
scribing the slugging and robbery
OF another District cab driver near
Alexandria night before last.
AS the search in the woods con-
tinued, a third suspect was spotted
by civilian members of the large
posse, but he made his escape after
holding the group at bay with a re-
volver.
|
rested three other suspects short
time later at rooming house in
the 400 block of Sixth street NV
at an address given by the man who
was locked up at No. IL.
Under the bed in the room where
the men were captured was a pair
of shoes which Mr.. Trittipoe later
identified as the ones taken from
him on Livingston road.
Booked for Investigation.
A police guard was placed at the
hospital bed of the shooting VIC
tim and the other four were booked
at headquarters for investigation.
All streets in the Southeast section
were blocked by scout cars during
the search. At one time one of the
unmarked cruisers, speeding down
Eleventh street, was blocked at an
intersection by scout cars which shot
out of side street. Three motor
cycle patrolmen darted back of the
cruiser. All police at the scene
had their guns drawn before they
learned, much to their chagrin, they
had surrounded some of their own
men.
Pvt. R. H. Russell of the third |
precinct arrested a sixth suspect in
the 1900 block of New Hampshire
avenue NV. later today. At the
station. where he was held for in
vestigation, the man was partially
identified by several cab drivers |
who had spotted the fugitive in the
woods. In his pockets the man had
$1940 in coins and 81 bill. He
had no gun, however.
Taxi Man Worried for Family.
Mr. Trittipoe was treated at 7 |
o'clock this morning for severe
bruises on his head and deep cash
on his chin.
my only worry while the whole
thing was going on" he said after
he was safe At his ana rfrnant 1atAr |