St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-10-24
Members
of zig Lumber Co.
With Death.

Malley is said to have. made con-
fession to the sheriff.
The apprehension of Malley result
ed from an investigation made by the
Pinkerton Nationa detective Agency
and Superintendent Turrell, of the
New Orleans Office directed the lnyes-
tigation.
Malley, who is about twenty-eight
Dantzler logging road about year
ago, suffered an accident, which re-
suited In his right leg being ampu-
tated. Malley, it is said, married
the nurse who attended him in the
hispital, and some weeks after he
was pronounced well went to Motile
in search of work.
In August L. N. Dantzler received
a letter, posted at VanCleave, Miss,
and signed New York Gangsters,
in which demand was made that the
l.. N. Dantzler Lumber Company pay
$4,000 to Eugene Malley. The lette.
stated if the demand was not COM
piled with by Sept. 20 direful acts
would be visited upon the persons
Of the Dantzler brothers. Early In
September another letter was received
by L. N. Dantzler, postmarked at
Ocean Springs, and bearing, besides
the signature, 1.-The Gangsters, a
black hand scrawled in ink in the
lower left hand corner of the last
page. This letter contained threats
to dynamite the home of LIN. Dantz-
Ter and murder the three Dantzler
brothers unless they complied with
the demand to pay $4,000 to Mallsy
by October 20.
..Gang'' Work Here.
An operative of the Pinkerton De-
tective Agency "roped" Malley, who
not only took the operative into his
confidence on the Dantzler black
hand matter, but confided his eager
ness to engage in some exciting
gang work in the city Of New Or
leans. Malley and the Pinkerto:l
came to New Orleans, and before the
latter got from Malley all details Of
his connection with the black hand
letters in a form suitable for presen-
tation to the grand jury the pair
had at least one rather exciting ex-
perience with some policemen, who
thought they had run into really
dangerous gang of crooks. The Pink
erton man had to do some explaining
to the policemen.
In the presence of other operatives
of the Pinkerton Agency an dan out
slider Malley told all the details Of
his plan to make the Dantzlers come
across with wad Of dough" Bland
~, and with an evidence of pride in
his ingenuity, he told the Pinkertcn
men that he had SO disguised his
handwriting that no detective in the
world would be able to. trace the let
tiers to him. Malley wanted the de-
tectives, whom he thought were some
of New Orleans choice highDinders,
to join him in the plot against the
Dantzlers. He told them that the
Dantzlers were already scared with
in an inch of their lives" and would
readily pay a few thousand dollars
to avoid any attempt to put them
out of the way. Malley said he had
no special ''hankering" for the lives
Of the Dantzlers, but just thought he
had hit upon plan to get some easy
money. He told his supposed fellow
gangsters, however, that II they
would not Join him he proposed to
go over to Gulfport and get" the
Dantzlers II they did not soon COM
ply with his demands for money. He
said that he procured a revolver early
in September and started to go over
to Gulfport and shoot l.. N. Dantzler,
but he did not have car fare after
reaching Ocean Springs, and returned
to his home, expecting to make an
other attempt to carry out his threat
to kill the Dantzlers in case they
persisted in ignoring his letters.
What wanted to do was to catch
all three of the Dantzlers in the
office and kill all of them unless they
handed over the conn.," said Malley.
Malley is a man of considerable in
telligence, although rather eceentrlc,
and except for the loss Of his right
leg below the knee, is of good APP
pearance physically. He wears a
wooden leg.
Although the Pascagoula grand
jury returned an indictment against
Malley under the Mississippi State
laws, it is possible he will first face
trial in the Federal Courts on a
charge OF violating the postal stat
utes.
Sheriff Lindinger had bten furnish
ed with the secrets, password, etc.
OF the bogus Black Hand gang which
the detectives used in trapping NAL
ley. When he gave Malley the prop
er grip and the password the latter,
it is said, Immediately took the sher-
i'll into his confidence and outlined
his whole plan against the Dantzlers.
Malley was dumbfounded when the
sheriff drew forth something that he
had not yet seen In the gang work
"a pair Of handouts. Malley was
taken to Pascagoula and placed in
jail.
At the time Of Malley'b injury he
received from an insurance company
. sum OF money provided under a |
policy similar to that carried On each
u the eompaav's employees, !