Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-26
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Two youthful ringleaders Of
gang Of "thrill-seeking" teen
aged bomb tossers yesterday
were described as dangerous to
society" and ordered committed
for treatment to private PSYCHE
atric hospitals.
A third youth, II, driver Of a
car on a bombing raid May %,
was committed to the Maryland
Training School at Loeb Raven
for an indeterminate term.
The three were part Of a gang
which terrorized residents of the
Bethesda Chevy Chase area over
a two-month period in a series
of bombing raids. They ap-
peared yesterday before Mont
gomery County Juvenile Court
Judge Alfred D. Noyes.
All three youths. from pros
porous Kenwood and Bethesda
areas, were returned to Loeb
Raven, where they have been
confined since June 9, a day
after their arrest.
Two others, both Is, are free
on bond pending a hearing July
10 in Bethesda Police Court
On charges of malicious destruc-
ton of property and attempted
arson.
Says Gang Planned Raid.
Juvenile Court yesterday heard
the youngest of the trio say the
gang as a whole had made the
plans to damage the home of
Ray o. Zimmerman, vice prin-
cipal in charge Of discipline at
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High
School.
The youth said no one wanted
the job. Because his is Is and
below the age at which he could
be turned over to Circuit Court
if caught. they asked him to do
it, he said.
He said he stoned and set fire
to the vice principals home after
midnight. April 8. to stay in the
good graceS of the gang.
Mr.. Zimmerman yesterday
described running down his stairs
to face a "sheet of flame" at the
door and added:
ut is not possible to measure
the dollar and cents damage done
to me physically and mentally.
It's quite shocking to lose ones
sense of security in a neighbor-
hood like Bethesda.
Bethesda Chevy Chase High
has been smeared in every paper
in the country. The notoriety
caused by only a few students has
hurt the high school badly"
Boy Called Intelligent.
The 15-year-old boy was des-
cribled in a pSychiatric report
from the training school as hav-
ing outstanding intellectual abil-
ity well Informed ex-
ceedingly fluent verbally i
vicious personality defenses."
The report said he was ION the
brink of serious emotional diff
Guilty" and that he constituted a
danger to society if not institu-
tionalized or supervised at this
time" with intensive psyche
therapy in a secure setting"
He also admitted participant
ing in the May 20 bombing of
the Columbia Specially Co., Be-
thesda, the May 18 bombing of
a car in the Kenwood area. the
June 4 bombing of the home of
an attractive Bethesda biology
teacher and the June 5 bombing
of the Bethesda Public Library.
Judge Moves said the youth
would remain under jurisdiction
of the court for an indefinite
period. He will be treated at a
psychiatric hospital in the Phila-
delphia area.
Intended to Harm No One.
The 16-year-old who told the
court he helped produce and set
off five Of the bombs said he
never intended to harm any one.
The youth said he became in
terested in explosives while
studying chemistry in school. He
experimental at home, he said.
The psychiatrist's report de-
scribed him as having a high
10. :. precocious-Severe emo
tional conflicts extremely
dangerous to society at this
time"
He got considerable delight
in the bombing episode" the
report said, according to court
attaches.
This youth, one Of the two
who in their original appearance
before Judge NoyeS asked to be
sent to the training school rather
than be released in custody of
their parents, yesterday begged
the court not to send him back
to the school.
His father told the court he
was financially able to have the
boy hoSpitaliZed wherever the
court chose.
Judge Moves stressed that the
court must be certain the youth
would get sufficient supervision
and security"
Third Boy Has ''POtentiaIs."
The third youth, II, was the
only one of the trio who had
no serious emotional disturb
anceS, according to the training
school reports.
He was described as having
good potentials" that could
"best be developed away from |
his parents"
This boy was involved only in
the May % bombing of the Silver |
Spring Hot Shoppe and a private |
residence at Sis WesSling lane,
Bethesda.
In the raids that night the