Evening star., 1939-01-11
Bandits Rob Store
As Police Push
War on Crime
Two Robbers Take $l3
In Register; Miss Money
In Managers Pocket

Two men held up the Capital Shoe
Co.. 1888 Seventh street NV, Short
ly before noon today. escaping with
approximately $13 from the cash
register, but overlooking a larger
amount of money which the man.
ager had transferred to his pocket
q short time before.
The daylight robbery came in the
midst of police drive against crime
suspects, which brought the arrest
OF seven persons early today by pick
up squad detectives who halted more
than twoscore automobiles crossing
the Highway Bridge into the District
In a vain attempt to trap the long
hunted shotgun bandit"
Led by 1t. Joseph Shimon, the
detectives kept close watch on the
District end of the bridge from mid
night until 6 a m acting on "tip"
that the shotgun bandit" planned
to come into the District that way
from Virginia.
Automobiles Stopped.
All automobiles arousing their
suspicion were stopped and the oc-
cupants questioned closely None of
them met the description of the man
wanted for holding up several local
merchants with a sawed-off shot
gun.
Five men and two women among
those halted were detained for
further investigation, however. Po-
lice sale one of the men had a police
record and the others could not give
a satisfactory account of them
selves. Their fingerprints and
photographs will be checked to see
If they might be identified in con-
nection with any local crimes.
In the shoe store robbery, one of
the men kept watch at the door
. while the other. his hand held in
his overcoat pocket as if he had
gun. walked in and told the man.
ager: This is a stickup.'
He ordered the manager, l. c.
Greenberg, and clerk, Sidney
Maisell to the rear of the store and
then demanded the money from the
cash register. Mr.. Maisell handed
1t to him. No customers were in the
otOIc dG llle llIlle.
Put Money in Pockets.
Mr.. Greenberg said he had taken
most of the money from the cash
register and put it in his pocket a
few minutes before the bandits
entered.
The bandits walked away from the
store and bystanders said they
hailed cab around the corner.
Burglars failed in an attempt to
open safe during the night at a
Sanitary Grocery Store in the 700
block of Fifteenth street NE, but
stole $29 worth of cigarettes and
.hams and go cents from the cash
register, Joseph Housenf1uck, man
ager, reported to police today.
Mr.. Housenf1uck said the thieves
broke in a rear door and dragged a
large safe from the front to the
rear of store. The safe was found
unopened. although the burglars had
tried to knock the lock off it.
Identified as Purse Snatcher.
Meanwhile, only one of 80 suspects
paraded before 81 recent robbery
victims in a lineup at police head
quarters last night was identified.
The others were released.
Inspector Bernard w. Thompson,
chief of detectives, said James Settle,
10, colored, no fixed address, was
charged with robbery after Alice
Bolden, 514 M street Sc, said she
recognized him in the lineup as the
youth who snatched her pocketbook
on Christmas Eve.
Inspector Thompson said only
about half of the robbery victims
he had invited to attend the lineup
and see if they could identify any
OF the suspects were present. He
emphasized that cooperation from
the public is essential to success of
the police efforts to curb crime in
the District
Before the lineup, police an
I1ounced solution of % theft cases
with the arrest of two colored men,
They said George K. Pack, 80, COL
ored, 1900 block of Twelfth street
NV, was charged with IA cases of
, petty larceny from automobiles, and
Walter Wilbur Smith, 81, colored,
100 of Seventh street NV, was
accused of IA housebreakings.
Warrant Taken for Boxer.
Augusta. Ga, police were asked
to aid in hunt for Tobey Scrog-
gins, 20-year-old boxer accused of
taking part in the $1,000 robbery of
two local sportsmen severa! weeks
ago.
A warrant for his arrest was sworn
out last night after, police said, Wal
lace w. Beach and Wallace B. Hulse
had identified him from photographs
as one of two men who held them up
in the rear of the 1900 block of
Tenth street NV. William Dutch)
Kappel, 27, already has been in
dicted in connection with the rob-
berry.
Reports of new robberies included
the theft of two mink coats valued
at $4,000 from Rizik Bros, HOO block
of Connecticut avenue NV, and a
$l98 Hudson seal coat from Philips
born's, 600 block of Eleventh street
NV.
More than 500 worth of saws,
hammers and other tools were re-
ported stolen from the woodworking
shop Of Langley Junior High School.
The thieves broke through first
floor window.
CT ILL.,.