Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-08-25
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From Hotel in
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Occupants Of Lobby
Held ct Boy While
Clerk Is Robbed

Police today hunted for two men
who held occupants of a downtown
hotel lobby at bay yesterday after
noon while forcing a clerk to turn
over SLOT from a cash drawer.
Jack Bell, 240l Burke street.
Alexandria. Va clerk at the
Houston Hotel, $40 E street NV.
told police the two men entered the
lobby shortly after three o'clock
while one held hands in his pockets
as though carrying weapon. the
other approached the registration
desk. pulled out a pistol, struck Bell
to spin him around and demasded
Let's have your money"
Joining his companion who was
menacing lobby occupants from the
door, he fled. The pair ran south on
Ninth street, police said. The gun
carrier was described as "A to ~
years of age, with crew-cut blond
hair, an open shirt. He was about
5 feet 10 inches tall, weighed about
l60 pounds. The other man was
said to be dark haired, % to 80
years old, about ITO pounds, S feet
ii inches tall, wearing a dark suit.
Hardware Store Robbed.
Another loss reported during the
week end was theft of 1894 In two
paper bags from the Olson Hard
ware Store, 1919 Georgia avenue
NV. S. o. Olson, owner, told police
the money was taken from a cabinet
drawer. The place apparently was
entered by pass key. police said.
Mollie Mcfarland, colored, so, Of
1882 Thirteenth street NV, told
police she was walking on Thir-
tenth street north of U street last
night when a white man of slender
build, % or % years old. got out
of a car with New York license
plates, and threatened her with a!
pistol. He took purse contain
ing SCI, she said, re-entered the car
which had second man at the
wheel, and drove away.
Kidney H. Darby, %. of zoos Cos
nell street. Glen Haven, Md, re-
ported that a tool box containing
81 900 cash and number of checks.
was stolen from the back of truck
when he left the machine for a
few minutes to find help In repair
ing fiat tire.
Safe Stolen From Filling Station.
He left the vehicle for about IS
minutes at the corner of Thirteenth
and w streets NV, he said. Mr..
Darby is co-owner of the Annandale
Market, Annandale, Va.
Thieves who forced a door of the
Bowie-Vinson service station, 50l3
Georgia avenue NV, last night
rolled away safe weighing $50 to
300 pounds, containing two days
receipts, H. Addison Bowie, CO.
owner, reported to police today. The
safe held s125, he said.
George S. Pointer, %, an at
tendant at the Cities Service Sta
tion at 2319 Benning road NV.
told police he was menaced with a
gun previously stolen from the sta
ton by two men who took $40 from
the station yesterday morning.
The holdup men searched Mr..
Pointer. he said, and took another
SO caliber revolver from beneath
his coveralls.
Mela Waters of the Waters Hotel
and Club Agency, 1918 I street NV,
reported that a holdup man came
into the agency to ask change for
bill, then took $40 from her yester-
day morning.
DR.. Thomas Humble of Chicago
reported disappearance of $3.50 from
his room at the Willard Hotel while
he was absent from the room. The
money was in a pillow, he said.
Alden NJ Beach, 1910 Fairmont
street NV. reported loss of a bill
fold containing $50 as he was board
ing a bus at the Greyhound Bus
Terminal. He suspected a pickpocket.