Evening star., 1948-03-06
Lone Bandit Gets S1A
In Rush Hour Ho|dup
|W 6 Street Store


in the 1900 block of G street NV
at the height Of the homeward rush
was among the half-dozen crimes
of violence which kept police busy
last night and early today.
A lone bandit, believed to be the
same man who recently held up a
downtown airlines ticket Office, es-
capped with about 414S. On the
credit side, however, were these
items:
Two burglars were captured by
police this morning in the Wash
ington Shade and Awning Co., 2021
Seventeenth street NV, and a man
who stole a fur coat from a girl
eating in Thompson's Restaurant,
1109 Pennsylvania avenue NV,
early today also was apprehended
mainly due to the work of a cab
driver.
The holdup occurred about $50
pm. yesterday at the Miss America
Candy Store, 1906 G street NV.
Bandit Empties Register.
Mrs. Margo Sanchez, a saleswom-
an, told police the bandit entered
with a pistol concealed by a news
paper and threatened to blast
employees If they did not keep quiet
Mrs. Sanchez and the store man
ager, Mrs. Hazel Royal, were alone
in the store at the time. The bandit
emptied the cash register and fled
on foot, they said.
About 10 policemen converged on
the Seventeenth street shade shop
about $50 O'Clock this morning after
a citizen phoned that burglars were
in the store. Arrested were two
men, one % and the other SO years
old. The older man told police he
was a former employe of the shop
and that they were inside to get
some tools he left there. Both were
held for investigation by police.
The fur coat, valued at $500, was
taken from the back of chair in
Thompson's restaurant. Marjorie
Maurer, 511 Alabama avenue Sc,
was eating about 1890 o'clock this
morning.
Cab Driver Was Suspicious.
The man who took the coat caught
a cab driven by w. T. Cook, 1902
Isherwood street NE, and was
driven to the 1900 block of Twelfth
street NV. Mr.. Cook told police he
became suspicious so he stayed un-
til the man went into house. Then
Mr.. Cook used another cab drivers
two-way radio to report the matter
to the police.
A scout car responded and police
arrested Emmett Wiggs, so. when he
came to the door of the home. He
was charged with grand larceny and
the coat was recovered, police said.
Mrs. Rose T. Weitz, 81, of 1474
Columbia road N. W.. was knocked
unconscious by blackjack yester-
day afternoon as she stood in the
lobby of her apartment house. The
man who struck her took her purse,
containing S25, and fed. Mrs
Weitz was treated at Emergency
Hospital for scalp wounds.
Stranger Locks Up Tenant.
Raymond j. Horner, 1709 Otis
place N. E., told police he returned
home about noon yesterday to find
a stranger ransacking his room
The man threatened him with a
knife and a screwdriver and locked
him in a closet after taking $40, he
said. Mr.. Horner kicked his way
out Of the closet a few minutes
later.
Mrs. Florence Klnefelter, So, of
the 1000 block of Eleventh street
NV, reported to police she was
beaten by a man as she waited In
doctors Office last night. The man
fed from the Office in the 1000 block
of L street NV. after taking her
purse, which contained $12, she said.
The Touchdown Club, 1414 street
NV. discovered about 1896 in cash
and some checks had been taken
from safe yesterday, police re-
ported.