Evening star., 1950-07-10
Arlington Police
Hold Suspects
In Lee Robbery
Bandits Helped
Quiet Two Children
Before Tokine $3.50

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Arlington police today claimed
a break in the strange robbery
in which two bandits helped a
housewife quiet her crying chill
dren before they locked the
family in basement and made
off with $160.
At the time of the holdup last
March 13, the bandits told their
victims they expected to find
$50, 900.
The robbery took place at the
home Of Blight H. Lee, 2700 South
June street, Arlington, who told
reporters he formerly was en-
gagged in the numbers racket in
a small way.
Arrested today on the armed
robbery charge was George VIII
liam Kiley. 26, an ironworker,
300 block of Ridge road Sc. Po-
lice said he admitted taking part
in the March holdup.
2 Taken at Upper Marlboro.
The police also announced two
men were arrested at the same
time on charges of attempted rob-
berry of the Lee home yesterday.
All were apprehended at Upper
Marlboro shortly after am.
today.
According to Detective Capt. C.
Burns Presley and Detective 1t.
John Saunders. the break result
ed from the appearance Of Kiley
and the others at the Lee home
yesterday. The officers said q
car drove up to 2700 South June
street and Kiley got out. He went
to the Lee house and asked for
water. He also wanted to use the
telephone. the detectives reported.
The detectives said Mr.. Lee be-
came suspicious that Kiley was
"Stalling' in the house. Through
another member of the family he
relayed orders for the man to
leave. Someone got the Maryland
license number of the car in which
the men left.
Booked for attempted robbery
were Bernard Francis Mooney, 81,
unemployed. 400 block of Beall
avenue. Landover, Md, and James
Wallace Smith, Is, 5120 T street
Sc. Bradbury Heights, Md. They
said Smith is bus driver.
Waring Robbery Cited.
In March, Mr.. Lee told police
there were indications the bur-
glars hoped to duplicate the EN-
mitt Waring robbery in the Dis
trict. Warning. a convicted gam
bier. said $4,000 was taken from
his home by men who forced their
way in.
Mrs. Marguerite Lee, 81, was
working in the basement last
March Is when the doorbell rang.
Mr.. Lee was not at home. It was
little after noon. Two men pos
ing as magazine statesmen forced
their way inside. she said. At
gunpoint they forced her upstairs
and ransacked bureau drawers.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Lees baby SON
and her 4-year-old daughter be-
gan crying in the basement. One
of the burglars went downstairs
and brought the baby to his
mother. The daughter walked
alongside.
Mrs. Lee said she was so nervous
she could not find a key to open
a small metal filing cabinet the
men wanted to search. So they
took it with them. Before going
however, they locked Mrs. Lee
and the children in the basement
laundry.
Although one of the men had
warned her to remain quiet, lest
they "blow your head off" she
succeeded in breaking the laundry
door latch soon after the bandits
left. She telephoned a relative for
help.
That evening, Mr.. Lee received
an anonymous telephone call from
a rough talking" man who offered
to return personal papers found
in the filing cabinet, provided Mr..
Lee called off the police.
In Arlington County Court today,
Kiley, Mooney and Smith with
held pleas to the charges against
them. Each was placed under
$4,000 bond for a hearing Thurs
day.
Police said that they found a
gun. a meat cleaver. a sailors
knife and blackjack in the car
in which the men were cauoht