The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-02-29
Jimmy PUSH JOINS
H0LOUP PRISONERS
He and Partner in Whose Saloon
$4,000 Was Split Under
Arrest.
SPLAINE ON HIS WAY HERE
Indictments Are Expected To-day-Three
Brigands' and Dutch Not
Caught Yet.

Jimmy Push and his partner. Robert
Elio. who run the saloon at 2Os Thompson
street where the $4,000 taken from the
messengers OF the East River National
Bank was divided after the holdup OF the
taxicab on Trinity place on February Is.
, were arrested last night and locked up
| at Police Headquarters. Push who was
questioned by the police on Tuesday and
released. was again examined yester-
day by Deputy Police Commissioner
Dougherty. Apparently Dougherty was
not satisfied with his story. As the result
Of Commissioner Doughertys examina-
| tion Push and his partner we're charged
last night with assault and robbery.
although there is nothing to connect them
with the actual holdup.
| According to the police the highway
men, including Ed Kinsman the boxer.
Dutch. Gene Splaine and Jess Albrozza.
met in Push's saloon and agreed that
Geno Montani was to receive 81 900 in ad-
dition to the 81, 900 which had been agreed
upon a. his share in the $4,000 robbery.
The police cay that Jess Albroz2a got
s. 500, part Of which was left under the
steps of the Wooster Club at Thompson
and Sullivan streets for Montani. 1t
has not been determined whether Mon
tani or his friends got the money which
is supposed to be his share. Montani in
ssts that he had no part in the robbery.
although al least three OF the prisoners i'm
plicate him and make him out the moving
spirit in the holdup.
| Cooperating with the police the Dis
trict Attorney will to-day ask the Grand
Jury TO indict Montani. Jess Albrozza.
English Scotty and Ed Knsman for as
sault and robbery. 'rhe police say that
they do not care whether they get con-
fession from Montani or not. The in
difference Of Montani and the tale he
told after his first arrest make the police
believe that the whole story was very
well thought out. IL II had not been
for the fact that Kinsman had described
"a route which did not agree with the
story OF Montani the police might have
been deceived. There are many things
in Montanis story which con vinced them
that he was telling the truth. even to the
. description of Kinsman; but when Kins-
man, after he had confessed. took them
over the route taken by the taxicab it
was evident that Montani had been too
III ueeCTlDHlB q Ioutc wan
, not verified by the witnesses.
There will be no examination Of the
prisoners in the police court to-day.
Assistant District Attorney Mott will
present at least thirty witnesses before
the Grand Jury this morning and II Ii
. expected that indictments will be found
a gainst the four prisoners who are In this
|, city. Gene Splaine. who was arrested in
, Memphis. has waived extradition and
will he brought to this citv tomorrow
morning. 1t is understood that he Il
|, |, ready to tell the police the part that he
took in the holdup. 1t is likely that the
! three women who have been held az
accessories after the crime will be de
tanned in the House of Detention.
! SO far as the police were able to Learn
! ! Yesterday the three brigands" who go
: : $40. 600 after the holdup still have the
, money and it is in this city. Commits
!, sioner Dougherty is confident & that ne WI va.
! so-called three brigands," and alst
= Dutch and Joe the Kid, who actually tool
J part in the holdup.
Montani has been a puzzle to the police
so far. Al the outset he told a story which
did not conflict with the Information which
i the police obtained OF what actually
= happened when the taxicab was held
/. up and the messengers black lacked
!, According to the detectives Montani's q
:. story of what happened outside OF few
= minor details was 80 accurate that tht
police were confused by IT, Now that they
have the confessions Of the men who
y say that they participated in the holdup
: the detectives insist that Montani simply
: lstuck to the prearranged plan for the
!; holdup and thereby fooled the polict
). for short time.
T De Coppet 4 Doremus. a Stock Exchangt
y house. made first announcement yesterday
|" of insuring OF messengers. due directly
9 to recent street robberies. Twenty-t five
runners employed by that house were
. bonded at ~ 900 apiece by surety com
=. pany.
u Late las, night man representing on
j! of the pr soners said that the police fount
vest erday s4~5OO of the stolen money II
e a safe in Pdsh's saloon. The police CAV
! ! out no such information.
MEMPHIS. Tenn, Feb. 2s.-F Franci'
s Ford, arrested in Memphis. is Eugene
Splaine, wanted in New York on charg
= OF completely in the recent SIS 900 taxical
y robbery. according to Detectives Jo
!. DAILY and ID. w. Clare Of New York. VIII
. arrived in Memphis this morning ant
n took the prisoner back TO New iorl
- tonight.
The man arrested with Ford, who CAV
his name as James Keefe, has been re
, leased The New York officers sale
he was not wanted in the case upon whic
they are working.
Z Daiy and Glare say they have been fol
lowing Ford since he left New York wit
n Eddie Kinsmsn and that on number O
v occasions they missed their man by
ie margin Of less than half an hour Sine
o leaving New York ON February 2l the
= have visited Buffalo, Detroit; Battle Cree
and Chicago and in all places exoep
Battle Creek found wide trail by whic
. it was easy to trace Ford :.
THE arrest Of Ford by the Memphi
department brings to an abrupt end
chase which thought would ultimatel
lead us to the Pacific coast" said Clare
Il learned in half a dozen places that h
was headed for Frisco and We were pre-
pared to follow him there II necessary.