The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-02-28
TAXICAB ROBBERY
Is ALL CLEARED UP
Eddie Kinsman Confesses and
Every Participant Will Soon
Be Captured.

New York. Feb. 2.-Eddie Kinsman
came through to-day. and so the 5000
taxicab robbery mystery was all cleared
up.
Two more men prisoners were taken
one, a STALL in this city; the other
one OF the active participants, in Mem
phis. Tenn.
Two thousand dollars more OF the loot
was recovered, making $3.50 in all. A
line was got on an additional lot OF
II $4,000, il Is said, which will soon be
found.
The whole inside OF the plotting and
execution OF the daylight robbery of
February 10 was learned. and the cap
ture OF the rest OF the bandits is only
z matter of time.
Altogether, Deputy Commissioners
Dougherty and the men working with
him brought near to a conclusion one
OF the most brilliant pieces of work the
New York police department has ever
known.
Briefly. the story is this; There were
ten men in on the hOld-up as accessories
and active workers. Five OF these are
under arrest, and the others are known
and are being traced. Seven OF them
got 1900 apiece. The eighth got s.. 80.
The ninth got SIS. The tenth. who
played a trifinG part, was "bIIked' and
got nothing. The germ of the hold-up
plan-if not the whole daring business
was conceived by Gono Montani, the
supposedly trustworthy chauffeur who
was driving the East River Bank mes
sengers along Trinity place from the
Produce National Bank. where they had
got the money.
Held in $4,000 Ball.
The four local prisoners are held in
81, 600 bail apiece for a hearing Thurs
day.
Joseph Lamb, alias ''Scotty," a dish
washer in the Hotel johnson. was the
''stan' whose part of the hold-up was
merely to step in front OF Montanfs
taxi and give the driver an excuse for
slowing up. "scotty'' Is the one who
got nothing. although he was promised
SIS.
The man caught in Memphis was Eu-
gene Splaine. lately of this city and
formerly of South Boston. He was trail
ed to the Tennessee city from Chicago.
where he had been splurging with his
share Of the money. He has agreed TO
come back without eXtradition papers,
and will arrive probably Thursday. His
part OF the outlawry was TO jump inside
the taxi and beat into Inconsistencies
Smith. the aged bank messenger.
Kinsman said he had been an amateur
boxer in Boston. He was iured to New
York by his own visions OF good times.
good clothes, diamonds. money. and au-
tomoblles. He arrived here last May with
only a few dollars and was soon penni-
less. He met the woman "Swede Annie"
while working as a waiter in the cafe
and went to live with her.
Meets Members of Gang.
In the same cafe he met Jesse Al
bruzZo. who introduced him to Splaine.
"Scotty." Dutch" and a boy who acted
as messenger or go-between for MEM
bers of the gang. Albruzzo proposed
and planned the robbery, with the as
s!stance CT Mantino. the chauffeur. The
plan was carefully gone over and re-
hearsed in Central Park. At the last
moment, three more Italians, not yet
located, were introduced.
The robbery was carried out accord
ing to schedule. The party then ad-
jorrned to a saloon to divide the booty.
Just as the money was being counted
out the three Italians-one known as
Matty and Paul, appeared on the scene
with a demand for $4,000, which was
turned over to them by Albruzzo. The
remainder was divided between AL
bruzEo, Montani. Splaine, Kinsman,
Dutch" and the boy. Kinsman. Annie.
and splaine then went to Albany.
After a night there the party sepa-
rated. the woman coming back to New
York and the two men going to Chi
cago. where they arrived Saturday
session, proceeded to get drunk. Kins-
man, who had received $1,000 as HIS
share, left him. He tells of having a
lively time in Chicago.