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dark gloves. he never turned on
the bedroom lights.
The man went to a telephone
table and took out Mrs. Longcope' s
purse. From that he removed an
estimated $3.50. Then he went to
small dresser and got Mr.. Long
cope's wallet from which he re-
moved about $210.> In that drawer
also he took some more money
from box and then went to a file
cabinet in the bedroom and took
more cash, according to Mr.. Long
cope.
Either before or after he left the
bedroom. Mr.. Longcope added, the
bandit also took change from four
cigar boxes which contained re-
ceipts from punchboards. He also
found that about $50 had been
taken from the cash register at the
bar in the front of the building.
The drawer was open.
Asked Question About Gun.
This cash register was rented
because the robbers on May 10 had
smashed the tavern owners ma
chine when they were unable to
open it. Mr.. Longcope's register
is being repaired.
There was one part of the con-
versation between the Longcopes
and the robber that makes the
tavern owner believe the man had
been there earlier.
The masked man had asked,
Where is the gun?"
Mrs. Longcope replied, Down at
the police station"
Turning to Mr.. Longcope, the
man said: You told me you sent
it home with your wife"
Victims Are Warned.
On May 10, the proprietor told
reporters, his wife was not in the
tavern. but had spent the night
with his family at his home at
2759 Woodley place NV.
The robber had warned the
tavern owner and his wife not to
move for five minutes after he
left. They remained in the
bedroom during the whole time
he was in the building and then
called police after he had left.
Mr.. Longcope told reporters he
was insured against robbery. He
said the robber had made this
parting quip as he left the room:
Put in good claim for this one"
Asleep in the second bedroom
was Mrs. Longcope's father, Will
helm Sigismund, 80. He knew
nothing of the holdup until awak-
ened by his daughter and son-in-
law later.
The man apparently had gained
entrance through a side window
leading to the dance floor in the
forward part of the building. The
window had been jimmied and q
screen ripped out.
Man Was Asleep Nearby.
Asleep In truck about IS feet
away was a man who was building
a house close to the tavern. This
man, whose name police did not
learns said he had heard a noise
early this morning but did not
think much about it.
In the May 10 holdup the five
men used the same window to
gain entrance at 4:05 am. They
had rif1ed the same file cabinet.
the prcprietors wallet, the punch
board receipt boxes as well as the
cash register.
In the earlier robbery, however,
the men attempted to force a safe
and also had tried to get into
slot machines.
Mr.. Longcope is a member of
the Disabled American Veterans.
He Said he was in the Army in
World War II and was wounded
in North Africa. A finger was
blown off by a shell fragment and
he said he has a plate in his
head and another in his right leg.
Paul Plumley. 26, of the 400
block of Forty eighth avenue,
Capitol Heights, Md, and Harris
Lovett. 27. of Randall Cliffs, Md,
are the two men being held here
as false nose" bandits. They are
awaiting grand jury action.
Bondits Bind Wofchmon