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.