Evening star., 1948-03-13
Chase
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spotted the robbers climbing into
their car. The policemen opened
fire as the car sped out of the alley,
according to Pvt. Shutta.
The tavern owner saw the car
leaving the alley. He said he fired
one shot from his position in the
middle Of Fourteenth street.
The policemen ran back to their
scout car and started chasing the
bandits. The tavern owner wanted
to do likewise, but the first cab he
hailed sped by him in hurry.
Ignored bv First Cab.
The orlver apparently had no
desire to pick up a bathrobe- clad
passenger waving pistol. The
second cab driver, however, re-
sponded to Mr.. Stavrakas' hail and
the tavern owner joined the chase.
He lost the car in a few blocks,
but the scout car hung on.
Bullets whistled around the flee
ing car. One hit the running board.
Another smashed the window be-
side the driver. One landed in the
top over the left window and an
other bored through the wind
shield.
Finally, at Morton and Warder
streets NV, the ninth shot fired
by the policemen stopped the car.
Pvt. David had succeeded in blast
ing the left front tire. The car
slid into yard and halted against
a tree.
The men fled on foot. but police
of scout cars 1872 and 102 captured
one of the men running away.
A short time later. Pvts. Ran
dolph H. Fries and John E.. Bur-
roughs of.scout Caf slQI.. Who: had
joined the chase, responded to a
tip. They found two other colored
men hiding in an apartment hall
way in the 500 block, Of Kenyon
street-N,W., about a block from the
car crash. In all, about nine squad
cars converged on the area.
Held for investigation at the
Tenth Precinct were Leonzy Ed
wards, 26, of the 1700 block Of U
street NV: Willie w. Wilson, Is,
of the 2100 block Of Ward place
NV. and James L. Toney, Is, Of
the 400 block OF Tenth street NE.
In addition to several bottles of
whisky from the Randolph Grill, po-
lice said they found in the crashed
car one bottle bearing the stamp of
the Metropole Cafe, 1918 Fourteenth
street NV. This cafe was robbed of
whisky and $3.50 early in the morn
ing of March 4, police reported.
Quizzed In Other Cases.
Police said the methods used by
the robbers were the same as those
in Is unsolved robberies, about which
the three suspects were undergoing
questioning today. The Metropole
Cafe robbery was one of the cases.
Mr.. Stavrakas estimated the rob-
bers took about $40 in change and
about $40 worth Of whisky, some of
which was recovered and some
broken up in the gunflre and chase,
The robbers. he said, entered by
prying up the iron bars protecting a
back window.
The tavern owner said thieves
picked a lock on the front door in
January and took cash and whisky
valued at $50. In February thieves
entered the tavern through a tran
som over the front door and took
cash and whisky valued at 500, Mr..
Stavrakas reported. The robbers
were not caught in either case and
the tavern owner said, he vowed If
No. 10 couldn't get them, he would
But today, he admitted his dream
had been wrong on one score. No.
10, he said, did fine job"
AS for the dream. Supt Winfred
Overholser of St. Elizabeths Hospi-
tai commented that some of his
learned colleagues have developed
data which they contend is mex
plicable except on grounds of occult
power. DR.. Overholser said he Is not
convinced there is such thing as
mental telepathy, but there are
some things he admits he can't ex-
Iplain.