The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-16
BANK ROBBER CAPTURED
rro TERMS IN JAIL THE PROSPECT
BEFORE CUMMISKF.

r,.oLIyn detectives Nsbsed rsin on an Ole
Charge or Robbery. and ft was Then Found
That lie was the ''Outaide Man" OF the
Gang that Held up the HOnkers Bank.
with the arrest of Charles. alias Cruise.
cpmmisky. the last Of tho three men VIII com
uIt.ed the Yonkefs bank robbery last April
4. now behind the bars. IL was not Cor this
,obberv, however. that the Brooklyn police
,r.nted Cummisky. and the detectives who ar
rested him knew nothing of his connection with
the Yonkers case. He was arraigned yesterday
morning in the County Court in Brooklyn and
held without bail. having been identified as a
man who jumped his $500 bail In another
robbary case last January.
Cummisky, with two companions, went into
, restaurant near the Broadway ferry in Viii
aamsburg on Tuesday night and ordered din
per At the next table sat Detectives vachris
and Clougher. vachrts noticed the trio and
one of them seemed famil'a ar. He kept staring
At this one until the man. becoming uneasy,
rot up and started to leave the place, when
vachris collared him.
.what docs this meanf' demanded the man,
with q show Of anger.
at means that you're Cummisky and you'll
have to come along to Headquarters" replied
vachris.
81 don't know what you're talking about"
Haid the other. My name Ia Reilly, Charles
Reilly, and I'm q bookkeeper.'
To this story he stuck until ct Police Head
quarters no was identified by several detec-
tives. Then he owned w. On him was found
more than $500. As soon as Superintendent
George D. Bangs OF the Pinkerton agency
learned OF Cummisky's arrest he sent word to
the Yonkers authorities that the outside
man Of the robbery had been caught.
The Yonkers Savings Bank was robbed on
Aprll u Of this year by three men. One of
these men visited the bank at noon and talked
with Lyman Cobb. Jr., the septuagenarian
cashier. who was the only person in the place
at that hour. While talking he carefully took
In all the details Of the situation. Then he
went out. \ few minutes later a well-dressed
man entered and held Cashier Cobb in con-
yersatiun about some business which he pro-
posed doinS with the institution, while a third
man sneahed in behind the grating and took
~. 100 from the cash drawer. Had the man at
the wicket held the cashier in conversation a
iittle longer, his accomplice might have got out
undiscovered. but he started away too soon.
Mr.. Cobb saw the man inside. but before he
could make a move the robber had covered
a shield to his face backed out OF the door.
The man ut the wicket Vas Wallace O'Connor.
alias alias. ally p S9nnSrf f,, 1he man NV Win man tne w r.,
had trst come to the bank and had undoubted,
u kept watch outside was Cummisky.
AcrinS for the American Bankers Associa-
ton. to which the Ionkers Savings Bank be.
longs. the Pinkerton agency sent several men to
the spot. bu; the robbers had a long start. and
had made good their escape. The detectives
90 ished themselves of the identity of the three
robbers. and set out to run them down. O'Con'
nor was arrested on May - in this city by
Central Office detectives at the instance OF the
Pinkertons. and Is now in the White Plains
jail awaiting trial.
A day later Flanagan was captured by Pin
kerton detectives at Elyria. o.. brought back,
tried. and sentenced to seven years in STATE
prison for his share in the robbery. Cum
misky succeeded in keeping out OF sight, and
It is a matter of surprise to the detectives thai
he should have been reckless enough to show
his face in Brooklyn. All three are known a,
clever and dangerous bank sneaks. O,ConnoI
has been an accomplish of killoran- of Ludlow
Street Jail fame, and has served terms ii
prisons less easy of exit. Flanagan has alsC
served several terms.
The charge on which Cummisky was bailet
last January and on which he will now stanC
trial, is that-on Jan. IL ne went into the Broad
way Bank. at Broadway and Graham avenue
BROOKLYN. tapped the shoulder of Albert Volts
who had $500 all ready to deposit, called hi
attention to q 81 bill on the floor. and whel
Volts stopped to pick it up appropriated III,
1900 and hastened ont. He was caught, afte
run, and upon arraignment bail was fixed a
y $500. 4 real estate dealer named Mule
vent on his bond. When the case was called
Tor trial Cummisky didn't appear. After h.
has served his term FOR that offence he vii
have to stand trial for the Yonkers bank rob
hery.