Evening star., 1941-10-30
Sanders Held
For Removal
To Baltimore
HyottsviIIe Holdup
Suspect Identified
By Messenger


ham C.. Turnage today ordered Hill
lard Sanders, 27, held for removal
to Baltimore to stand trial on a
charge of participating in the
$52,616 holdup OF two Hyattsville
bank messengers last month. Bond
was continued at S50,000.
Shortly thereafter, James J.
Laughlin, attorney for Sanders,
filed a petition for a writ OF habeas
corpus in District Court. asserting
his client was being held unlaw-
fully because he had committed no
offense either in the District or in
Maryland
Mr.. Laughlin told the court he
was prepared to prove Sanders was
not in Maryland at the time of the
robbery and had no connection with
it. He contended United States
Marshal John B. Colpoys was de-
tanning Sanders on a legally -insuffi-
cient warrant.
Second Suspect Held.
In Baltimore, United States At
torney Bernard J. Flynn said he
had issued q warrant at request Of
the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton for a second suspect, an ex-
convict thought to have been the
trigger man" in the crime Mr..
Flynn said the man was arrested in
New York City and probably would
be brought TO Baltimore after a
Federal removal hearing there, ac-
cording to the Associated Press.
Commissioner Turnage's action
followed a hearing during which
Van G. Stauber, 13, one' OF the
messengers, stated he was positive"
! Sanders was the man who sat at
the wheel of the getaway" car while
two confederates took the money
! from the messengers automobile.
Insists on Identity.
| Mr.. Turnage pointed out he was
charged with protecting the inter-
I ests of the defendant, as well as
those of the Government, and asked
the youth if he were certain he had
made no mistake in the identity.
yes, sir" he replied.
The commissioner then an
nounced he would hold Sanders and
continue the bond. In response to
a question, Mr.. Laughlin said he
would not seek a reduction of bond
at the hearing. but indicated he
would attempt to gain it in District
| Court.
Assistant United States Attorney
Bernard Margolius told reporters he
would apply to District Court for a
removal warrant promptly, possibly
this afternoon.
Black Eye Noted.
Earlier, brief spirited exchange
between the Commissioner and Mr..
Laughlin was precipitated when the
latter, cross-examining Mr.. Stauber,
asked the messenger whether San
ders appeared at the hearing ex-
actly as did the robber Mr.. Stauber
remembered. The attorney added
a comment indicating Sanders
black eye had been inflicted by DO.
lice.
Mr.. Turnage objected 10 this,
telling Mr.. Laughlin he should be
prepared to prove such a charge.
When the lawyer asked to develop
the point by questioning his client.
the Commissioner held it was not
germaine to the proceeding. Both
then withdrew their statements on
the matter, and the hearing con-
tinued.
The man arrested in New York
has a record Of arrests beginning in
1920. In that year he was sentenced
IN Philadelphia to one year for pos
sessing burglars tools In 1921 he
was given a 20-year term for con-
spring to assault and rob a mail
messenger in Atlanta. The record
also shows two-year sentence for
counterfeiting in Lewisburg. Pa. in
1886 and arrests IN Washington,
Hackensack, N. j., and other places
for investigation of various crimes.
Sanders. alias George L. Thomp-
son, also has a criminal record and
is known in the underworld as -Four
Roses"
He was arrested in Charlotte. N.
c., on information developed by po-
lice and the F. B. I.