The Penn's Grove record., 1912-03-01
GANG OF TEN
HELDUP TAXI
One of the Bandits Tells Whole
Plan of $25, 1000 Robbery.
GANG THE MSELVES HELDUP
How Money Was Divided-says
Three Men, Known as "The Brig
ands," Took $4,000 - Declares
Montani in Scheme from Start.

New York.-Having arrested five of
the principals of the Trinity Place
holdup, in which two messengers of
the East River National Bank were
assaulted and then robbed of $25, 900
that they were taking from the Pro
duce Exchange Bank to the East Riv-
er National, the police of New York
and five hundred other American and
Canadian cities continued their search
for five other men who are now known
to have had a part in that daring
crime. Every detail of the crime has
been told in the confession of one of
the prisoners.
Swede Annie, whose name is Annie
Hall; Myrtle Hoyt and Rose LeYey,
companions of three of the bandits,
are held in $4,000 bail each as acces-
sories after the crime.
So ten men actually took part in the
arrangements for the holdup, nine of
whom were on the scene when the
taxicab was tackled at the lower end
of Trinity place.
Commissioner Dougherty did not hest
tate to give the history of the holdup,
including the way it was planned, the
manne in which it was carried out
and how the hlghwaymen met later in
a Thompson street dive, split up the
money and got away.
The police weave their story from
the confessions of Jess AIbrozza, Ed.
Kinsman and English Scotty. Montani
mokes a cigar and says nothing, al
though the trio say that $4,000 was
becaus the police arrested him on the
set aside for him, which he never got
day of the robbery.
Reviewing the robbery, and consid-
ering it from the viewpoint of the on
fessions obtained, the Commissioner
gave out the following list of the
dramatis personae" as he called them
The list runs:
The Ten on the List.
Geno Montani chauffeur of the
taxicab, under arrest and refusing
steadfastly to admit any completely.
Eddie Collins, real name Edward E.
Kinsman, under arrest, and has freely
confessed his share in the plot. He
rode beside Montani, he says, and got
$3.50 as his share of the swag.
Eugene Splaine, a former friend of
Kinsman in Boston; arrested in Mem
phis on telegraphed instructions fol
lowing the confession of Kinsman,
who says Splaine blackjacked Smith,
the elder bank messenger, and rode in
side the taxicab until the getaway"
was accomplished, taking $4,000 as his
share of the $25, 900 captured.
Dutch" blackjacked Wardle, the boy
man, who seems to have taken a most
active part in plotting the robbery, &C
cording to Kinsman's confession.
Dutch" blackjacked Wardlle, the boy
bank messenger, Kinsman say, and
afterward got $4,000 as his share of
the loot.
English Scotty," real name Lamb,
a ~nondescript character who went
through the motions of stumbling in
front of Montani's taxicab to justify
Montani in coming to a slow speed be.
fore the hold-up, according to Kins-
mans confession and his own admis.
sion to Dougherty. "Scotty' was
promised $25 for his share in the job,
but got nothing.
Jess Albrozo, ex-saloor keeper, ex-
truckman (when he worked for Mon,
tamil, ex-moving picture man, chief
operator ION the outside" as Kinsman
describes him in his confession, and
Montani's direct representative in the
affair. AlbroZo has corroborated Kins.
mans statements. He got $4,000 for
himself and took charge of Montani's
$4,000 hare when the division was
made. He put $4,000 of it away in a
safety deposit vault which was open
ed and the money recovered.
"Brigands" Got $4,000.
Matteo, PAUL. and an unknown,
known as The Three Brigands."
These men, according to Albrozo and
Kinsman supervised the robbery, but
took no part in it till the division
came, when Mateo grabbd $4,000 as
their share.
This list, according to Dougherty, in
cludes all the men who took an actual
part in either the robbery or the divi-
sion OF the spoils. The women and
any other men arrested played a part
merely as enjoyers of the ill-gotten
gains.
For much of this information, as
can be readily perceived, the police are
indebted to Kinsman, whose arrest, and
the finding of $3.50 of the stolen money
still in the original packages of the
Produce Exchange National Bank,
with the date Feb. IA, stamped on them
as the first move in the u~ncovering
of the crime.
ICE FLOW Halls IRAEEIc.