New-York tribune., 1908-08-04
MAYHAVE WALKER LOOT
DETECTITES BIG HAUL.
.4Ueged Gondolf Pals" SAID to
Haue .Sscindled -4bsc0nder.

Tor +w-o weeks Detective Lieutenant Gegan
..s been Joke around Police Headquarters
r-zsrx time l,e showed up te report it became
- and more apparent that he had neglected
- shave for several days.
r-irallv night before last. Lieutenant rum
.rn called him the desk and asked him Il
pe would not. as 4 favor. coaiine has efforts at
-isirz 2 beard to his leisure hours
--,e laugh seemed 70 I,e on Gegan al right.
I'm, he turned the tables on the boys last night
-, bringing in TWO of the sick gang of con
-rer vino are supposed to have Got AVA with
. good part Or the securities stolen by NalN1f'
.Aa <ev Britain hank cashier.
Their The secret nf tine whiskers Was eN-
-asira5 To trap his men Gegan had simply
5isr1ised himself as a storekeeper out in Belle
,fle Mich which had just seven hundred in
babitants at the last census.
Tho two prisoners who described themselves
.s lanes NcTicar. of No. "a MacD"ugal
s,-ee- Brooklyn. and Charles 7 Forbes. Of the
17cseI ,5renoble. Manhattan. were captured at
ne ,.oint of tiegan's revolver in the rear room
or saloon at No 1913 Broadway. Brooklyn
The csnture was the work Of weeks. and one
which Is likely 10 give Gegan and his side part
ner. wnber. good deal of credit in the de-
partTneut.
MAY BE GONDOLFF PALS
Roth o. the men. IheH say NOTheu "iL4 NAA0
r-ondoles. one of whom is in jail. charged
,rf7h snindling a Pennsylvania out Of SD
oon through two fake prizefghts. The charge
AGAINST the men is violation Of the postal laws
= a--er-7rr5ns 10 sell the oldtime greengoods TO
& ccCntryTnan.
-he downfall Of the Two men started with
o5,fe ? Rlthuff Of BeIIeviIle Mich dealer
~ farm implements They wrote TO him. he
--s= Postal Inspector Walter Z. Mayer. Offering
:. ssu & eo0 of g-eengoods that could not be
- -, -sal -7orez. for $1,000 After Ruthun
- half 2 dozen letters he tired II hearing from
~ -e- and turned the letters ever 10 the postal
...-,-;se VINO sent them II Inspector Nc
-.~r Czegan and WiIber got the case. and
- s--zrre5 with RuthuT TO tell the con
- re would leave BelIeville for New York on
7,,f1 n and buy their wares. The greengoods
-, cave Rrthufr q password to identify him
self
IN sunday morning Detective Gegan dressed
himself as ne thought man from Belleville
should look His much scoffed beard was
augmented ny shoes several sizes too large even
<or policeman. high crowned straw hat and
sn old suit Of clothes. He boarded the train
on which Ruthuff was expected 70 arrive and
-o5e 70 the Grand Central Station from 125th
strae+ He went al once 10 the Astor House and
registered IS Ruthuf. Yesterday morning Ab-
uer 2 Lvous"-Mcvicar had used this name
called up on the telephone.
The TRAP IS SPRUNG.
Is this Nj Ruthuf?" he asked
Tt is said the detective.
Well. who is the Governor OF Michigan"
Warner"
What is the population Of Bellevile2~
About seven or eight hundred
When the detective had told how many
churches there were in the town and answered
other similar questions enough 10 satisfy Mr..
Ivons~ that ne was Ruthuf al right, he was
told 10 wait in his room until O'Clock. At that
tine Forbes took the detective 70 the Brooklyn
saloon There Mcvickar. still posing Lyons
joined them
Have you the money to pay with?" asked
Mcviclar
I've got mine" said Gegan.
All right said Mcyickar. producing sealed
package
The detective reached into his inside coat
pocket - though for his money, but drew his
E1n instead He jumped between the men and
the doo-. Forbes made dive for the door, but
fell hack under the menace of the revolver.
It's Ill up" the detective told them. Put
these on He threw his handouts to the men
and made them Put the bracelets on themselves.
a patrol wagon took them the Ralph avenue
station and they were transferred later TO Man
haitian Headquarters The bundle of green
goods viii be turned over to-day TO the postal
authorities