Evening star., 1939-01-09
Third Robbery
Brings Order
For Roundup
Iron Sufe Is ChiseIed
From Wall of
Filling Station

With the third safe robbery in less
than 10 days reported early today,
police officials planned an extensive
roundup of known police characters
and transients in an effort to cap
ture the burglars.
Maj. Ernest w. Brown, police su-
perintendent, after comforting for
more than an hour with Inspector
Bernard w. Thompson, said police
are convinced that the yeggs who
chiseled small iron safe from the
wall of filling station at 1880 Geor-
gia avenue NV. today are the same
ones who committed two similar
safe robberies last week.
Eleven safe burglaries have oc-
CURED in the District since last Oc-
tober "a and none has been solved.
Possibility that the same thieves
might be responsible for some of the
others also was advanced by police
Calls in Aides.
After his conference with Mai.
Brown, Inspector Thompson called
in 1t. John Fowler, head of the
robbery squad, and 1t. Joseph Shi-
mon. chief of the pickup staff. to
discuss program of action. The
inspector later declined to comment
on the exact nature of the plans.
The robbery today was reported
by Joseph E. Bowman, manager OF
the station.
Mr.. Bowman said entrance WaG
gained by smashing window in
the rear of the station. The safe,
which was embedded in the wal,
was removed by hacking away the
plaster.
Burglars carried away 450-pound
safe containing between $500 ant
S7OO from the Office of the Trey
Motor Co., 2l0l Fourteenth stree
NV, Thursday. Earlier a smalf
safe holding several hundred DC
lars was removed from a real G
tate Office in the 1900 block of Fcr
teenth street NV.
Mr.. Bowman said, in additic--
the cash and valuable papers.
safe contained several checks
approximately $50.
Grocer Is Slugged.
A grocer at 1889 Fifth street \
was slugged with the barrel O.
revolver early today by a color,
bandit who escaped with approx
mately $40.
The victim, H. A. Lemmer, who
was alone in the store, said he at
tempted to scufhe with the robber
after the latter had drawn a gun
and demanded the contents Of the
cash register. He said the bandit
then struck him with the revolver
and scooped up the money from
the till.
Mr.. Lemmer, who said he had
been held up several times before"
did not require treatment, although
he sustained a painful bruise on his
head.
Police are also investigating the
robbery of a restaurant proprietor
in the 100 block of PENNSYLVANIA
avenue NV, who was beaten early
yesterday in a darkened hallway
near his apartment and robbed of
more than S110
Louis Trangas told officers he was
struck on the head several times
with a board wrapped in a piece of
blanket by "one or two men" who
fled with the money through a
window to the roof of the building.
He said he chased his assailants
across the roof but they got away
down fire escape.
Two cab drivers were robbed last
night William Dockery, colored of
the 300 block of Florida avenue
NV was forced at the point of a
revolver to surrender his cab and
about 50 to colored men in the 210O
block of o street NV.
A short time later, Fred Lambert,
colored, of the 700 block of Harvard
street NV. was held up at Freed
mans court NV. and robbed of ST
by two men who answered to the
description of Dockery's assailants.