Loses Wallet and $55.50
Item
- Title
- Loses Wallet and $55.50
- Source
- Evening Star (DC)
- Date
- 1920-06-16
- page
- 28
- Identifier
- https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1920-06-16/ed-1/?sp=28&q=theft&r=-0.001,0.941,0.456,0.165,0
- Crime
- Theft
- Subject
- theft; wallet; money; chain watch; jewelry; revolver
- Gender of alleged victim
- female alleged victims
- Law enforcement involved
- police
- Stage of the Legal System
- crime
- Location
- In-state; DC
- Length of story
- 182
- Description
- LOSES WALLET AND $55.50. Woman Guest at Hotel Reports Theft - Other Robberies. Mrs. John W. Sommers, Connellsville. Pa., who registered at a local hotel, told police of the sixth precinct of the theft of a wallet containing $55.50 from her room. It was taken during her temporary absence, she stated. Mrs. Huldah Jackson, 1009 Rhode Island avenue, reported the loss of $68 in bills. The money was taken from her pocketbook yesterday afternoon while she was shopping. Mrs. F. I. Engler, 1829 Jefferson place, told the police of the tenth precinct that her young son was robbed of his watch and chain, valued at $50, while in Rock Creek Park yesterday. The robbery, she reported, was committed by colored boys. Nannie Towles, T Street Hill, Anacostia, reported the taking from her home of a bank containing a small sum of money, articles of jewelry and a revolver. She valued the property at $33. Miss Cora M. Wetzell, room 513, Department of Commerce, Pennsylvania avenue and 19th street, reported the disappearance from her desk yesterday afternoon of a pocketbook containing valuable papers.
- Site pages
- In-State Theft
