Evening star., 1962-03-16

oU, OF OSIU farKWOOQ SCreeC, Hya
off the incident at Eleventh al
to pay his fare.
A special police squad und,
the case with the help of a hat
found on the street near the
scene and turned in to police
by a 14-year-old. Beneath the
inside band was printed Tony"
and stamped inside the crown
was "Spingarn High School,"
This led to the arrest of |
Tony Richmond, 10, of the
5000 block of First street NV,
and later of Joseph Colclough,
10, of the 3100 block of Newton
street NE. and William j.
Blocker. 18, of the 3100 block |
of South Dakota avenue NE.
All were charged with robbery
with force and violence.
Bona set
In Municipal Court today,
Richmond and Colclough were
held in $1,000 bond each for
a hearing Tuesday. Blocker
waived a hearing and was held
in $4,000 bond 70 rthe grand
jury.
Assistant United States At
torney William w. Greenhalgh
said Colclough once was
charged with assault with a
deadly weapon, a tire chain,
but that the charge was re-
duced to carrying a deadly
weapon and then dropped last
October. He said Blocker was
charged with robbing a gas sta
ton in New York two years
ago and twice escaped from a
detention home there.
The bus incident had aroused
the notice of the District Com
missionerS and legislators be-
cause Mr.. Powell was badly
beaten by half a dozen youths
while an estimated 80 paSsen-
gers watched without offering
him assistance. Police are pre-
pairing a report requested by
Commissioner Walter N. To-
briner.
Others Questioned
Nine other teen-age passen-
gers, who, like those charged,
are Negroes, were questioned at
police headquarters yesterday.
Whether there will be further
charges may be decided at
a United States Attorneys con-
ference. 3
Aftertalking to those charged
and witnesses, Capt. Kutner
gave this summary:
Among a group of teen-agers
who boarded the bus at
Eleventh and U was Richmond.
He told police he tried to pay
his fare, but because he was
drunk from pint of whisky he
missed the coin slot with the
quarter.
Richmond said Mr.. Powell
seized his arm and tried to
push him from the bus, but
that he slipped to the floor.
Mr.. Powell's version at this
point was that he had stood
UP to see about a disturbance in
the bus, and may have brushed
Richmond with his arm.
"Others Begin Fighting"
AS he lay there, Richmond
said, the others began fighting
above him. At this point
Blocker and Colclough moved
to the front of the bus to as
sist Richmond. Blocker was
quoted by Capt. Kutner as say
ing he grabbed the drivers
change carrier from another
passenger, and divided $3.25
with Colclough.
According to Mr.. Powell, his
total loss was about $50, in
cluding $40 snatched from a
shirt pocket and $40 in the
change carrier. One witness
told police he saw another pas
senger make off with a $5 bill
found on the floor.
Members of the special squad
said they rounded up suspects
and witnesses by questioning a
group of young people who had
attended a dance Saturday
night at the YMCA at Twelfth
and U streets NV.
Three Boys Arrested
Today police arrested two
Is year olds and one 12-year-
old junior high school student
for slipping in by the rear door
of a bus at Georgia avenue and
Irving street NV.
Pvts. Louis B. Anderson and
George F. Bossard, jr., of the
juvenile squad had seen the
boys from their squad car
parked a short distance away.
They boarded the bus and ar
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