Robbery at Western High School
Item
- Title
- Robbery at Western High School
- Source
- Evening Star (DC)
- Date
- 1900-01-10
- page
- 3
- Identifier
- https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1900-01-10/ed-1/?sp=3&q=theft&r=0.281,0.608,0.455,0.165,0
- Crime
- Theft
- Subject
- High School; theft; coats; money, offender is unknown
- Gender of alleged victim
- Male alleged victims
- Law enforcement involved
- police
- Stage of the Legal System
- crime
- Location
- In-state; 35th Street, DC
- Length of story
- 109
- Description
- Robbery at Western High School. A robbery which occurred yesterday afternoon at the Western High School, corner of 35th and T streets, was reported to the police shortly after it was discovered. The victims were Robert W. Spofford of 1621 Massachusetts avenue and Bruce Bielaski of 812 20th street. The robbery occurred some time between 2:30 and 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon, when the coats of the two were hanging in a room provided for that purpose. Spofford reported the loss of $2.45 in change from his coat pocket, while Bielaski was relieved of a gold open-face Waltham watch. There is no clue to the perpetrator of the theft.
