Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-19
ferent places and were only finally

have constantly watched every mem.
Der of their families The wives have
been watched more closely than any
other members of the families o.
"Gyp" and Lefty" and Mr. Dough.
erty admitted last nrgnt that they has
given more trouble than any of tn.
others kept under surveillance.
They eluded the men set to trail them.
time and again only to be rediscovered
and followed another day They had re.
course to an automobile which, the dc.
tcctves soon discovered met them fl
widely separated parts of the city at vari
Gus times. the wives. neither one of then
much more than girl going to the rem.
devious by trolley car on subway or ele.
waited and then dashing away from the
detectives in the swift-moving auto
! For week or more the detectives as
! signed to watch the wives have been
equipped with automobiles and motor
cycles and their trips on the trail of the
girls have led them all over the city, but
never once did they lead them to the
hiding place of the gunner That was
discovered through several different clues,
which at frs. seemed so slight as almost
to be hopeless.
| The first clue which Mr.. Dougherty con-
sidered of any importance was the dec
laration by some one, Mr. Dougherty
won't tell who, that neither "Gyp" nor
Lefty was wearied by their enforced
confinement, because they could see ant
open-air moving-picture show from til.
rear windows Of the hiding place. There
are .housan ds Of open-air moving-pictur(
shows In greater New York and there
are other thousands in nearby towns.
Mr.. Dougherty set his men to work in
vestigating the environs of every open air
motion picture show they could locate.
And then came another clue, also over
heard by a watohful detective, that there
was laundry in the house where the men
were hiding. This narrowed the search
And then came the tip which led to the
capture. II was that the name OF the
laundry was the New Brighton, the
Bright, the Brdgetown, or the Brighton
hand laundry. Whoh one It wasMr. Dough-
erty did not know, but he set 70 work to
investigate every laundry with a name
anything like any of these. He found
several New Brighton laundriec here, and
Bright in Pittsburg. He found the
Bridgetown laundry In Bridgetown. Pa.
but in none Of these places did he fnd
trace Of "Gyp'' or Lefty"
But yesterday afternoon Detective
Frank Cassassa came on the Brighton
hand laundry In the basement of tene-
ment at 756 Woodward avenue. in the
Glendale section of Brooklyn. The name
was enough to set Cassassa to investigat-
ing and he he was overtoyed to find the
Woodbine open air moving picture show
Just behind the house. He made cautious
inquiries in the neishborhood. learning
nothing. however. of either "Gyp' or
srY %,
Rosenzweig leave the house. make few
purchases in a store nearby and return
to the house. 1t was enough for Cas-
sassa and he instantly telephoned TO Mr.
Dougherty.
The deputy commissioner ordered De-
tective Lieutenant Dominick Reilly and
Detectives Michael Meyers. Grover
Vaughn, Thomas McManus and Leon
ard Woodell to go to the aid OF Cas-
sassa. while he started for the tenement
at once in his automobile. 1t was lit
} tie after six O'Clock when Mr.. Dougherty
and the detectives arrived and they de-
} terrined, after a hasty conference. 70
, give "Gyp' and Lefty" no warning by
ringing the bell. Instead. they decided
to smash down the door and surprise
them.
Meyers was in the lead when they
reached the flat, up one flight in the
rear which they knew must be the hid
ing place of the gunner, since every
other occupant of the house could be
accounted for, and the detective sent
his foot crashing against the door The
lock gave way and the detectives dash
, cd into the flat. each man with re-
volver in his hand.
In the little dining room of the place
seated about the table We're "Gyp'' and
, Lefty" with their wives and also
, Michael Polechuk. a picketpock and ex-
convict well-known to every detective
present.
/ | At sight Of the detectives and their
weapons the two girls sprang from their
chairs and rushed to "Gyp'' and Lefty"
, throwing their arms about the necks OF
, their husbands and bursting into tears
; The men, though they faced the wea-
pons Of the detectives, gave themselves
UP for an instant to the attempt to con-
, sole their wives. and then "Gyp." his
/ wifcs arms still around him and her
head on his shoulder. turned to the police
exclaiming: Put up you guns. There's
nothing coming off here"
Neither "Gyp" nor LEFTY made any
attempt to deny his identity. Each
man must have recognized several OF
e the detectives and have known that
the detectives recognized HIM. "Gyp''
knew Mr. Dougherty and knew that
the deputy commissioner knew him,
: for when he first took his post under
Commissioner Waldo Mr.. Dougherty
arrested "Gyp' when he was trying TO
shake down a disorderly resort In 59th
: street.
There was little conversation b.
, tween the gunner and the detectives.
The wives OF the men could not he
comforted, weeping and screaming,
= and Mr.. Dougherty and his mer want
. ed only to get out of the house an ]
away. "Gyp" and Lefty" seemed
, equally ready. since they must do so
some time, to end the scene at once.
o They asked permission to change their
o. clothes ana this was granted
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