Evening star., 1953-06-12
Robbery, Car Theft
Charged 10 Man Hurt
While Fleeing Police

Armed robbery and auto theft
charges have been filed against
man In Arlington Hospital
with injuries suffered when the
car in which he was riding
crashed into an embankment
during a neutrality-suspicious. chase
by Arlington police.
Fairfax County police filed the
robbery charge against Ronald S.
Haley. 81. in the $525 holdup
May 81 Of the Howard Johnson
restaurant on Fairfax Circle.
Haley's companion, and driver
OF the auto wrecked during yes
terday's chase. was killed. He
was William I. Goddard, 90, who
the FBI said had a long Grim
inal record.
Arlington Police filed the auto
theft charge against Haley in
connection with a car stolen in
Colonial Village, Arlington, and
used in the Fairfax Circle hold
up. police said.
Other Police Interested.
Police in Arlington said sew
eral police departments in other
States had expressed interest in
activities of Hale and Goddard,
and that full descriptions of the
pair would be sent out today to
the inquiring departments.
The charges filed against
Haley apparently were the first
crimes with which he has been
charged. the FBI said.
Deputy Sheriff Charles Tooth
aker, of Franklin County, Me-,
said that man named Ronald
Haley, about 27, had lived in
Phillips, Me, since the end of
World War II and until about
two weeks ago.
AT that time, the deputy said,
he left in the company of a man
named Nicholson. A receipt for
purchase of one of two guns
found in the car showed that it
was bought in Phillips, Me.
Arlington police at first be-
lieved Goddard's name was
Nicholson. because several iden-
tification cards bearing the name
of c. w. Nicholson were found
in the wrecked car. Later. po-
lice learned these had been stolen
from the Arlington apartment of
c. w. Nicholson, jr.
Career of Crime.
The FBI has recorded a lurid
career for Goddard.
They have been seeking him
since he escaped from jail in
Waltham. Mass, while awaiting
action on a burglary charge.
Waltham police arrested him
while he was out on bail on a
Federal auto theft charge.
After the escape last March
80, the FBI said, Goddard ap-
parently went to Texas, where
he and another man stole two
new automobiles from an auto
agency in Houston.
They headed east and the
other man was arrested n New
York and implicated Goddard.
Goddard then apparently went to
Phillips, Me-, where he met
Haley.
The pair then returned to the
Washington area, police theo-
rized. and took part in several
housebreakings. They also have
been linked, through items in
the car. with an $500 holdup in
Akron. Ohio, last Saturday.
Admits Boat Theft.
Police said Haley admitted he
and Goddard stole a 14-foot boat
from the Pentagon lagoon. They
then stole a trailer, Haley was
quoted as saying, loaded the boat
on the trailer and drove to
Lynchburg. Va, storing both in
a garage.
The boat belongs to Norton o.
Clark, 1928 Ontario road NV,
an employe of the Patent Office.
The FBI said Goddard had
served three prison termS-nne
in Massachusetts for auto theft,
one in Pennsylvania for auto
theft, and four years in a mill
tary prison for being AWOL
from the Army.
They were spotted entering Ar
lington County at 80 miles an
hour early yesterday. Police
chased them and it ended with
the wreck at Old Glebe and South
Glebe roads.