Evening Star Newspaper, December 19, 1932, Page 10

THE EVENING STAR. WASI iR€TON, D. C. flung the word “lies” today at Sidney | Burns jumped bond after be! ;nr-‘ The Julius Lamburgh Furniture Co. George Flagg of Seattle. rested in New York in 1922 on & rge He said Flagg was telling untruths | of forging a $300 check. A ¥ and Give Pleasure the Year Round ' Open Evenings Until Christmas Entrance, 909 F St. them. He also denied bribing his way | there was any charge pending in New to freedom from the chain gang to| York State. L] which Georgia war;ts }n ;emm him. | R e _ Burns, author of “I Am a Fugiti N - From 8 Chain Gang,” issued this siate. Prankster Tries to Blot Justice. ment when he read Flagg's story: SEATTLE, December 19 (®r—Su- _“It is absolutely untrue. Every word perior Judge Alex Caplan complains a Seaman Declares Author [ lle. Flags did nol g0 o the 6ame Lrorlter has sought to.blot the very chain gang I went to.” Placed Blame for Rob- Burns' mother and brother appealed | face of justice. Retiring to his cham-! beries on Him. to the public last night against Burns' | bers after hearing an involved case, he extradition from New Jersey. Mean- | said, he pressed a liquid soap container while, New York detectives charged and got his hands full of purple ink. Bv the Associated Press. SEATTLE, December 19—A seaman, whose home is in Scattle, claims he ! was a hold-up partner of Robert Elliott | Buns, fugitive from Georgia justice, in | Misdeeds preceding their arrest in 1921 ‘The man, Sidney George Flagg, de- elares he was pardoned in 1929, after havin erved more than seven years op a chain gang. In the meantime, he says, Burns bribed a guard and escaped. m not a fugitive from & chain he says in a copyright story pub- by the Seattle Post- enccr. “I am free. Unlike | Robert Elliott Burns, I stayed to pay.” Tells of Hold-Ups. Flagg was located by the Associated Press in his quarters at the Seaman’s Y. M. C. A. and ask:d about the hold- ups in which he declared he partici- ted with Burns, who is now_under with Georgia = "DISTRICT GROCERY STORES | — — arrest in New Jersey, demanding extradition. “The hold-ups occurred late in 1921, Flagg said, “either in October or No- cember. In the first we got $800 from a baker. It was casy. About five hours Iater, we held up a grocer named S. Bernstein and got $4.80, which Burns ke Another man, John Moore, was Enbrance 909 * ~ general, s. A short while later we were a4 In the copyright story, the Post- encer says it sent a message to rm Flagg's statement word saving that | Fireg was con with Burns v wtenced to a chain gang. magg faid he had changed his name from Flage to Flegg after his arrest in Fulton County, Ga. because he did wish to bring disgrace upon his v. After his release he assumed the name of Flage. He is 53. Turned State’s Evidence. “I worked with Burns in the stick-ups they arrested us for,” the paper quotes Flagg as saying. “I was convicted with him, largely on | his testimony, because he confessed and | turncd State's evidence against me. | “I got 30 to 40 years in the chain | and he got only 8 to 12 years. | planned those hold-ups and got ! S g, and since | v about making t pardon cost my family $9.000. my wif> after 1'got out. That's ing it cost me.” i Says Burns Feared Him. 20g described at length his con- | ¢ pection with Burns, from the time hej| d they met outside the Piedmont 1 in Atlanta in 1921 until they | d tos in the same chain gang. | s be transferred to an- z said. { he was afraid of me. It's ld the other men in the gang ad made me take the fall. But 't touch him.” | described rden Harold Hardy, | now in New Jersey seeking to! m Burns to Georgia, as a “square | e ARRESTS RECORDED. Officials Recall Few Facts Regarding Flagg. | ATLANTA, Ga., December 19 (#).—| The case of George Sidney Flagg. who | I claims a one-time hold-up partnership | with Robert Elliott Burns, fugitive from | Georgia chain gang, was recalled in detail here today. per files told of the arrest. 18, 1922. of Flagg. whose name | spelled Flegg in those accounts, g with Lewis E. Wilson and a third n for a_$580 hold-up. Wilson later - proved to be Burns | * " There was no mention of anv $800 | « hold-up such as Flagg was quoted as * saying he and Burns enacted. Police ¢told of admissions by Flagg that he had - @ part in several hold-ups February 11. | 3022, Files of that date indicated the | « hold-ups to be minor ones, with $50 to | 75 involved. 1 E. A. Stephens, assistant solicitor | who prosecuted Flagg and Burns, said he believed it was these robberies and Flagg's record (hati brought him a longer sentence than | that Burns received. He said he haa | never heard of a pardon being granted | Flagg and thought he was still on the | chain gang. Officials of the pricon | commission also were unable to recali eircumstances of the case. DENIES FLAGG'S STORY. Burns Answers Charges of Former, “Partner,” ‘\ NEWARK, N. J., December 19 (#).— | Robert Elliott Burns, fighting agamsl! ! returning_to_a Georgia chain gang, | For that Othe Radio inYour - Home -. Make It A PIRATE CHEST Give the other members of your family an opportunity to enjoy their favorite programs. It makes | anidealsecond | set for thel | bome—the liv- | ing room, den, ! bedroom, [ ] childrens room, kitchen, sick room, etc. Just the gift for the boy o Maiestic tubes and girl at school] Fedenl tax paid Arthur Jordan Piano Co. 1239 G St Cor. 13th & G N.W. Complete with & TURKEYS Chickens, other fowl and meats of all kinds; fancy fresh fruits and vegetables. 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