Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-08

staging a mock holdup of a saw
ings institution around the cor
ner from the Western Union Of
flee just as a gag.
I'VE wrote note, laughing as
we did it I wrote part of it..
Then, as we were walking down
the street with the possibility of
staging a mock holdup still in
our minds, I jestingly said to my
two friends, I'll go in while you
two cover the joint outside
/ had trouble maintaining a
straight face and laid the note
before the teller. She looked at
me and asked if this was a joke,
with look on her face which /
thought appeared amusing.
Il made no reply. thinking
that if said nothing. the Situa-
ton would become funnier. Then
| noticed she was taking it more
seriously and I started to move
toward the door. l was grabbed
by a man who held me until the
police came and took me to the.
police station.
Customer Grabs Youth
while l was in the bank
staging the fake holdup, which
one Of my friends had en-
couraged me a little to do, l held
my hands in my pockets. but not
in such a manner as to indicate
l was holding a gun although
the teller might have thought
so
Police said the teller attracted
a customers attention and the
man grabbed young Bird. Police
took him and the two boys at
the door into custody. The boys
III the auto said they knew moth
ing about it until police marched
their friends outdoors.
The Blomgren brothers we're
in one Car when the tlip started
Friday. The others were in an
other auto, the one which broke
down and forced the team to
forfeit its game.
William Blomgren wrote the
following statement last night
for a correspondent OF The Star:
I'VE as a team had expert
enced a tremendous letdown be-
cause We had been forced to for
felt our game. Since We had
come such long way for moth
ing we had built up unused
energy. This act was practically
on the spur of the moment and
we sincerely had no intention of
an actual robbery.
I'VE realize now of all the
danger We could have created
II there had been an off duty
policeman or a plainsclothesman
present, he might have fired at
us and accidentally hit an in
nocent bystander.
We feel that this unfortunate
deed will follow us in our future
years but because we will so often
be reminded of our miSchievous-
ness it will help us in governing
our conduct. Again we want to
say that this was only pent-up
energy which had to be burned. "
Ha9erstoWn police said the
three were confined IN the jail's
detention cells. rather than the
regular lookup.
Pastor Supports Boys
The Blongren boy said he
would submit his resignation as
president Of his class and let his
classmates decide whether to
keep him in office.
The Slyc boy is president of
the Student Council at Wheaton
High School. Except for the
older Blomgren, all the others
are Montgomery blair students.
The older Blomgren went along
on the trip to substitute for
the teams coach.
The Rev. j. Milton Rogers,
pastor of Woodside Methodist
Church. the teams sponsor.
said the three are mighty fine
boys" He said they are not
the type to stage "A real robbery.
The parents of all three said
they were positive their boys
could not have been attempting
a real robbery, that it must have
been a prank. The three families
live in one of the better sections
Of Silver Spring.
The Blomgren boys father
said William had nc reason to
need "A big sum OF money. MIR.
Blomgren added that its UNI