Evening Star Newspaper, January 25, 1931, Page 9

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JANUARY 25, HOLD-UP AT CLUB NETS BANDIT $7[Ifl Intryder Talks to Cashier Before Demanding Con- tents of Safe. (Continued From First Page) of telephone booths, and when the hold-up man commanded them to hold up their hands they complied im- mediately. The Metropolitan is Washington’ most exclusive club. It includes among its members, President Hoover, mem- bers of the cabinet and Gen. John J. Pershing, who lives there. After obtaining a description of the bandit Headquarters Detective Leo Mur- | ray and Pvt. A. D. Mullins, assisted by Detective Irving Rosenberg of the third recinct, began a of the neigh- rhood, but found no trace man. Uses Three Doors. To reach the club office the bandit had to pass through a narrow passage- way separating the club house from an adjoining building, and open three doors leading through a double vestibule. After gaining entrance to the building he had to go through another door to get into the office proper. The bandit remained ousside the of- fice proper and talked with i through a_caged window before hold-up. When the cashier him the gl he went th office, and ord the money in the same time commandi “stick_up” their hands. The hold-up man, however, made no attempt to rob the bell boys. of the | B (h~ bell boys to | * Grocer Robbed. Two well dressed young men held up Charles D. Smith, manager of a Sani- tary grocery store at 239 Second street southeast shortly before 7 o'clock last night, rifled the cash drawer and escaped on foot with $15. H. K. Palmer, an ex-policeman was C street when he noticed the ir leaving rather hurriedly. They urried down Second street as he was entering the store to make a_purchase. just been robbed.” Smith ex- claimed excitedly. When Palmer dashed out in pursuit the two men had disap- | peared in the darkness. No customers were in the store when the hold up occurred and Smith's helper, Dewey Godfrey was in a rear room. When the two men walked into the store, Smith took them for customers and waited for them at the counter. Suddenly one of the men pointed a fi:ml at hsm and told him to put up “Now puv. ‘em down and open the cash drawer,” the man ordered. Smith hesi- tated and with an impatient signal to his mate, the bandit told him to take out the money. While the first man Kept the pistol leveled at Smith, the other grabbed the money. It was over before Smith was barely able to realize what had happened. Bandits Described. Both Smith and Palmer were able to furnish descriptions of the men, who appeared to be about 28 years old and were neatly dressed. The man who held him up wore a tweed suit with a light cap, Smith said, and the other wore &,gray overcoat and gray cap. Several people in the neighborhood said they had seen two men answering ription_hanging around farther | up C street. Policemen J. F. Bowers, | D. T. Matthews and W. S. Beck of the fifth precinct investigated. An attempt to rob the Cut Rate ttle Supply Co., at 824 Twelfth street, was frustrated last night by the proprietor, Ira T. Bryan, jr., when he | seized an’ armed bandit and grappled | with him for nearly 10 minutes in a heated struggle before the latter finally broke loose and fled. The bandit was searching the pro- prietor's pockets when a customer entered the store and cried out in slarm as he took in the hold-up scene at a glance. The gunman wheeled to face the newcomer and Bryan pounced upon his back and bore him to the floor, where tht-y fought 1ranunmy Business on Easy Terms THROUGH WASHINGTON'S LARGEST BUSINESS BROKERAGE Doing $70 Price low. BAKERY. RE Doing, 120,000 Price $4,600. MANY OTHER GOOD BUYS. CAPITAL ADJUSTING & FINANCE CO. GRAND PIANO for some time before the robber suc- ceeded in freeing himself from Bryan's Customer Calls Police. ‘The customer, who took to his heels when the bandit turned to face him, telephone police of the first precinct and Patrolman Richard O. Bankert was sent to the establishment. The bandit made his escape before the offi- cer_arrived. however. Bryan, who lives at 1000 Jackson street northeast, told Bankert he had just placed about $200 in cash in his trousers pockets and was preparing to close for the night when a shabbily dressed stranger walked into the store and pushed a revolver into his side. . WHAT GROSS SALES? January 24 (P).— 's gress sales tax has more than one meaning to a merchant who is the owner of what he described as small meat shop.” Do not sell by the gross,” he wrote in a tax report, and gave no further information, COMPROMISE TALK AS VETERANS GAIN SENTIMENT FOR PAY ___(Continued From First Page) signed a petition to take the matter up on the floor. Debate on the matter broke out on the floor again today with proponents assailing Republican leaders for tailing to take action. MARCHERS REACH CHESTER, ., January 24 (®).— Tired and footsore, 3¢ marchers, who sald they were unemploved war veter- ans, arrived in Chester late today from Philadelphia, where they set out with the avowed intention of tramping to Washington to ask Congress to speed egislation for the relief of unemployed soldiers, Rev. J. Frank Baker, in charge of the Chester Rescue Mission, met the marchers as they assembled in front of City Hall. He offered them beds for the night and supper and breakfast. PA. The offer was accepted. ‘The number of marchers dwindled on the road here. About 200 started out from Independence Square in Philadel- phia_after to brief speeches by their leaders. Three miles from the square and while still in Philadel- phia, their number had dropped to 50. At Darby, just outside the southwest bflu‘l},dlry of the city, the line was down Leaders said a number of the march- ers had been taken toward Washington by motorists. They sald they expected other veterans to join their ranks be- tween Chester and Washington. A cardboard placard bearing the legend “Philadelphia to Washington” was presented the band by the Darby Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. They carried this on the tramp South, along with some American flags. The men were led by John Alfeir, who said he was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Several were dressed in uniforms of war days, others in overalls and working clothes and a few carried haversacks filled with food and supplies. They expect to go from her to Wilmington, then Balti- more and Washington, reaching the Capital about Tuesday. 7% T he Julius Lansburgh Furniture Co. This Ideal Apartment Ensemble, Regular $229 129 Clearance Reductions Throughout the Store Y [T With radios at With Duet 445 .. TERMS: Pay § A Only 3 Week No AARRRRRRRRA Value, 12 Pieces Complete, Sensationally Reduced for Monday 1931—PART _ONE. *LADY OF THE BRIDGE” MAY NOT BE PUT ON NEW ARLINGTON SPAN Figures Considered for Coping May Be Means of Reducing” Structure’s Cost. The much-discussed “lady of the bridge.” a classical female® figure de- signed to be placed on bases along the coping of the Arlington Memorial Bridge, may not find her place on the bridge after all. Representative Richard N. Elliott of Indiana, a member of the Arlington Bridge Commission and chairman of the House Committee on Public Build- ings and Grounds, said yesterday there is considerable doubt as to whether the female figure is to be placed on the bridge, after the Commission of Fine Arts and the bridge commission have given her detailed and lengthy thought. A plaster cast of the “lady.” de- signed by Thomas Hudson Jones of New York, was placed on public ex- hibition more than a year ago near the Washington end of the bridge, and was viewed by members of the bridge commission and Fine Arts body. ‘Weather-beaten and somewhat the worse for wear, she now stands in the middle of the pavement of the bridge and her final location is just as she is—up in the air. ‘The Fine Arts Commission insists that even if her sisters are finally placed on the bridge coping, further study should be given to her features and draperies, and Mr. Elliott hints that she may not be located anywhere on the bridge. Into the whole question enters the problem of cost, for the bridge is going to cost more than the original estimate, and if SECOND DEATH SENTENCE | ‘psusance GIVEN IN HOTEL BURNING Former Part Owner of St. Louis House Convicted of First- Degree Murder. By the Assoctated Press. ST. LOUIS, January 24.—A second man today was under a death sentence in the burning of the Buckingham Ho- tel Annex here on December 5, 1927, in which seven persons perished. A Circuit Court jury last night con- victed Ralph Plerson, former part owner of the annex, of first-degree murder and decreed he dic on the gallows. Andrew B. Meadows, night watchman at the annex, previously had been convicted and the extreme penalty assessed. Lewis E. Balson, another former owner of the annex, will be tri March. Robert Cotham, night clerk at the Buckingham Hotel, also is awaiting money can be saved anywhere along | trial. the line it will be saved. Failure to place the “lady” on the bridge may be one of the ways to save money. ‘The State chas Pierson and Bal- rged son plotted the burning of the hotel with | du Cotham and Meadows in order to collect Three-Piece Kroehler Long Bed-Davenport Suite, with Reversible Spring Seat Cushions in high-grade jacquard velour, with All-Cotton Mattress. 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