Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-18
Pair Accused
Of Shotgun
Attack in D. c.

would DE visiting the nome tnere
of the mother of one of them,
1t. Nunzio Bonaccorsy and
Detectives John A. Vacaro and
Walter G. Grant left Washing
ton early today to bring the
suspects back to Washington.
Valves Extradition
The older captive. identified
as Robert Bruce Simmons, %, of
the 3400 block of Sixteenth
street NV, waived extradition.
He has been charged with as
satlt with intent to kill. His
companion was described as a
16-year-old boy who lived with
his father, stepmother, half
brothers and sisters in the
Northeast section.
Relatives here of the suspects
told police they had not seen
the fugitves since the shooting
about 8 pm, Friday.
Wounded in the shotgun blast
fired from a moving car were
Donald Duley. Is, of 10 R street
NE, and Ronald Bennett, Is, of
l4o5 Staples street NE.
Pellet Near Eye
Young Duley underwent sur
gerry yesterday for removal Of a
pellet which lodged above his
left eye. The Bennett youth was
wounded in his left hand and
arm. Both were in good condi-
ton at Casualty Hospital.
The shooting occurred outside
the Stanton Grill at sol C street
NE. where members Of a club
called 1.-THE Saints had gath
cred before going on to attend a
dance at the Merrick Boys Club
two blocks away.
According to members of 1.-The
Saints" one Of the boys who had
been in an argument outside the
restaurant earlier returned in a
car driven by Simmons. AS the
car passed the restaurant. some
of the boys tried to stop it. At
that point, police said they have
been told. the juvenile in the car
thrust a double barreled shotgun
out the car window and fired.
The car then sped away.
Teen-Age Club
Both the wounded boys are
members OF THE Saints" a club
of teen-agers who wear black
jackets with the club name and
q skull and crossbones stitched
on the back.
The stepmother of the arrested
juvenile said she had learned
that her boy was planning to
join in a fight in Stanton Park
at $50 pm. Friday between
THE Saints" and another club.
1.-THE Angels" She said she no.
titled police but police yesterday
said they had no record Of the
warning.
Police, checking the gang
warfare" rumors, said at first
the shooting stemmed from the
ousting of the hunted pair from
1.-The Saints" Members of sThe
Saints" denied this and the STEP
mother OF the younger boy said
her boy had tried in vain to join
a gang.
The shooting brought out con-
fiicting stories about club or
gang activities in Northeast.
Some neighborhood teen-agers
as we'll as members of the hunted
Juveniles family said boys sought
to join gangs for self-protection
since they we're liable to be
beaten up if they travelled alone.
"Gang" Story Denied
Members of 1.-THE Saints" in
terviewed at Casualty Hospital,
denied they belonged to a gang
They claimed that newspapers
exaggerated the shooting and
mistakenly labeled the club as a
gang of juvenile delinquents.
Police backed up that state
ment by saying no complaints
had ever been made against the
club. They said they occasionally
gets tips that rival gangs are
going to battle. but the fights
never happen. Most juvenile de-
linquency in the area, according
to police. is the work of individu-
ais rather than gangs.
A check on the two hunted
youths indicated no gang con-
nections, either by way of school,
or neighborhood associations. The
juvenile, according to his family
has been on the receiving end In
several fracases, which was given
as the reason why he was sc
anxious to belong to a group.
Simmons a Plumber
The Simmons youth, according
to his grandmother, works as a
plumber. He has been with her
and his father for the past three
months, she said. On week ends
according to his grandmother
the father goes to Richmond tc
join his wife and the other five
children and it is only on week
ends that the Simmons youth
goes out at nights. She said he
had left home Friday before she
got home from work and she has
not seen him since.
He bought an automobile two
months ago-the one police were
seeking until the capture.
The parents of the juvenile
said he drove up to the house
about 1880 pm. Friday with Sim.
mons. The boy went upstair;
for a few minutes and then left
the house. His father said ht