The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-15
ssELECTRIC GANG" LOOTED STAMFORD POST OFFICE UOvn Full of Bad Roads; Admtnis- tration Would Dodge RespOn-
 ability. STAMFORD
Special to The Farmer..)


 | stratford. June 15-In the three lnembers of the Electric Gang" cap tured by New York detectives in that city ye0terday the police believe they have tHe men who have operated al- -;;suost every night In some town with. city itself. It is peobably the gana which dynawited the safe in the 8traxford post office Meuday night 'T4e captiVes arc Harry Wilson. who aails from Allegheny, Fs-; James; d ielias rip 0Nssa. of New York, ano iJimmy". of New York. The shadow TIT of the New York detective force .6ae been on the trail of these men flor two weeks The detectives fol lowed the gang to Ffeeport where an atkempt to rob the post oflce was ,folied by the appearance or the men On Wednesday morning the detec- dives closed in on the three suspecta iW6ile they wue accommodating the HGbtxupolitan Ldfe Insurance oftce on iWeat 1k5th streot. On tho men were foena bursh. sa tcSls ena sSs wnsn msse eom. eon. ip4eto oukfit ever found was discover lel The most interegting pert or tns ,0nd was the electric drills with which ifHo ens,w. ope9abed. Inspector, Dough le9ty D elafed over the find He re. = sSF6 believes that 1t win put an end to the raids of the Electric Gang Am0ne the axticleo- cAutured at the reens Of the mon were Posssse Isonmps, Dtamped envelopes and other iloot indicating that the men had been lrobbing. post onoee; some or. .ns I6run df6rere4,f 0IlIcss. Egypt, Pa, and I<SHns 1 rsprssentsd q in the loot. The
 -. when theY were captured. as-
 no03sdsed thet they had been In 6G h Ffeepcrt, the gang drove a .loefne couple rom the steps of the jouUt 0fllce and boldly began opera
 3un9 The town was aroused by the tug6B of the couple and the burglars f6nd. They made their escape in a lbuggy which was waiting nearby.
 !, The dynamite and tools taken rom i&I,o rooms of tho trio correspond with k6oue left in the post office here Mon idoy night when the safe was blown TlAe post of5ce department will in- lvasfieafe and endeavor to fix as many not once rubberiee as possible on the 01ne. The police are certain that fl,ie h the kAng which operated in 'tf1S. town Monday night. v
 An 0f the mon have prison records. VI Chr tos&he New York police l4Ro q 10 doubt that they are part = 1ho ganG which has operated ai- - ass sassz Sf .en. lS e;eg se1s fn ses every % ea.s fD nDeoa with which the gang worked . oeponnfod for by the completeness oe 4Ae ou&f1t oaIx3ed. The electric flFal3a made the work of penetrating an ordinary safe . makAer of only a lhere q horse and wagon or more likely lxn astomobile was In waiting close IT. and tAat after the job was done ako Snng loet aunediatsly. II is pos- iQ11e <ba& they were in the town only . xsw mtnuteA
 0rHAMOHO BRIDFS.
 s,oi, thak rsaAin' stun? We deu't (botber ab00t that" Sejd . High School boy tlse ether day when l1e was com- ,meot1ng on tho dimoulty of an e9am- tpla in alG6oEa which was . pert of IhlD tasIE The boy acknowledged in tthe conversation .<hak he did not know .mGA1cs. During tho administration of .10D Bnnnstt the one session system iVQ6 aAoDeed in the High School on fbo T0QuGat of the pupals with the uns .lngU1nDdang thai fhoee who were de- lddeo& should return in the afternoon jVos asvanged to begin at s:3o and ;3ouffua,e till o'clock. This prom ii1o has evidently been forgotten for ithere has been few or no students at t1ho Oc1rpoe la tho afternoon. Other foltjGU have adopted the plan of hold inG two sessions in the High School win half of the enrollment present al sS66t = tlso sseosioag. This gives the fS9tfuctors ah opportunity to complete fhe aktendance of those deficient al 43,e next session and to perfect them 6elves under the eye of the instruc-