Evening star., 1939-01-16
Shotgun Bandit
; Young Burglars
Reported Captured
Arlington Man Returned
From New York
By Police

concessions TO most OF the city
major armed robberies and grocery
store burglaries during the past
month have been obtained from an
alleged shotgun bandit and three
white youths. all arrested during
the week end, Inspector Bernard
w. Thompson, chief of detectives,
said today.
The police official said that 81
year-old Arlington County resident,
arrested Saturday by New York
detectives on bench warrant
issued by United States Commis-
sioner Needham C. Turnage here,
had admitted the shotgun robberies
of six District stores and two in
Arlington, Va.
Three youths, all between 18 and
Is years. also were said to have ad-
mitted burglarizing seven Sanitary
grocery stores in the last two weeks.
They were captured, police said,
early yesterday as they attempted
to enter a Sanitary store at 1905
Wisconsin avenue NV. The same
store was entered early Friday, po-
lice said. by the trio.
One of the prisoners is a Wash
ingtonian. The others gave their
addresses as Cincinnati, Ohio, and
Bridgewater. Va. Officers j. P.
Raetzman and w. G. Calvert, pa
trolling the Wisconsin avenue area
In scout car, saw two of the youths
attempt to break in the store, they
reported. At the seventh precinct
the youths described an accomplice
In several of their previous house.
breakings and the third suspect was
arrested a short while later.
Listed Other Stores.
According to police the trio con-
fessed to the burglary of Sanitary
stores at $40 Minnesota avenue
Sc. 745 Fifteenth street NE. 826
Upshur street NV. Owice, on jan
uary 4 and January 81 and the Wis
consln avenue store. In each in
stance unsuccessful attempts were
made to smash open safes.
Local police were able to supply
New York officials with a complete
description of the shotgun ban
dit" who terrorized District liquor
store proprietors for several weeks
with his daring hold-ups. Two
clerks Of an Arlington drug store,
William Allen and Emery johnson,
routed the thug January 6 after
snatching mask from his face.
They supplied the detailed descrip-
ton which resulted in his arrest.
The accused man was returned
here yesterday by Detective Sergt.
Paul Ambrose and Arlington County
Detective Hugh Jones.
Inspector Thompson said he is
being held at the fifth precinct sta
ton on an open charge, pending his
appearance in headquarters line
up. Police hope to connect him
with a number OF other local
holdups.
Petty Larceny Ring.
Meanwhile, seventh precinct police
believe they have broken up a petty
larceny ring with the arrest of
seven colored boys, who officers
claim, have been paid by a George
town merchant to steal articles from
parked automobiles and groceries
from neighborhood stores.
Detectives H. H. Carper and j. T..
Nash, who made the arrests, said the
boys had been told by the merchant
to break into cars and stores and
that he had given them money from
time to time for their loot. His ar
rest was expected after full con-
fessions have been obtained from
the young prisoners.
New Crime Reports.
Several hold-ups and housebreak-
ings were reported last night and
early today. Bennett L. Galomb,
proprietor of a restaurant in the
500 block of Thirteenth street NV,
said thieves took $10150 in cash,
tobacco and liquor from his shop
during the night.
William Raun, 1910 Orren street
NE, and Edward Dodson, jr., 627
North Carolina avenue Sc, told
police their automobiles were entered
and a number of overcoats stolen in
the 400 block of Delaware avenue
S.W.
Cora Williams, 20, colored, 938
French street NV, said she was
held up by two colored men near
her home and robbed of $85. Police
believe the same bandits we're the
ones who robbed Arthur Hecht, q,
OF 2l06 H street NV, of 81 at
Twenty-f1rst and L streets NV
One OF the men had a rusty revolver,
officers were told.