The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-20
CAPTURED EYEGGS' ARE SUSPECTED AS FAIRFIELD RAIDERS Clinton Roraback Aided in Arrest Held Important
 By Police
 Two Noted Crooks With Prison Records Accused of Connecticut "Jobs'' Chief McCabe. of Pough- keepsie Gets the Suspects

Capture of the yeggmen who re- gently robbed the Fairfield postoffice after a series of safe-bIowings whicn extended throughout the state is thought to have been made by Chief of Police Vim. J. McCabe of Pough- keepsie, after a similar robbery at Armenia, N. r. Two noted crooks, Matthew J. Travers and Henry Deg Ter are now under detention at Pough- keepsie and Post Office Inspectors C. c. James and J. E. Jacobs have iden- uf1eoi at least one of the men as one wanted for several years ia connec- ton with the Chester, Morris Co., N. J., post-office robbery.
 The automobile tools and expIo- sives used by the robbers in thefe depredations throughout the East were also recovered and will be used in evidence against the two Three others, who were in the car at the time made good their escape by Jumping train and were not caught by the police.
 The attempted robbery of the Amenia, N. r., poss office was made at o'clock in the morning Wednes- day, The explosion awakened the whole town. Five men were flnpli- cated and they were traced to Ca raan, Conn, by the difference in tires. one of which hnt a knobby tead while the others were smooth. Clin- ton Roraback, Yale graduate and lawyer, aided Chief of Po!iEe NcCabe and under Sheriff R1binson of Poughkeepsie in the capture The pair were held under bonds of $5,oOo each for appearance bef,re the grand jury by Supreme Court Justice Nor SC hauser
 It is believed that, after. robbing post offices at Midd1etown and Der lin, Conn, the quintet of robbers came to Fairfield and thence made good their escape to New York city where they spend their p1under. They then left for upstate points in the automobile which bore the license marker t'New York 36s61," issued to Samuel Lyons, 219 East 10th street, New York city.
 The man arrested as James Math- ews is really Matthew J. Travers. Harry Davis is Henry Degler They are of the most desperate set of crim- inals known in the country. Their prison records follow:
 Matthew J. Travers, alias James Andrews, August Matthews, August Travis, Kings County Penitentfary. March 1, 1889, second degree burg 1ary, 0 years, as James O'NeiII; Sing Sing prison March, 1899, one year. burglary, third degree, one year and ten months, as William Mortimer Sing Sing prison. May 31, 1902. burg [ years as Matthew J. Travers
 Henry Degler, alias Harry Davis, Industrial school. Jamesburgh, N. r. Feb. IT, 1885, as Henry Degle- for truancy and stealing; Newark, N J.. jail, 30 days, suspicious character: Sing Sing prison, December 13. 1900, burglary, third degree, years, as Henry DegIer. In addition to their New York records, Degler and Trav- CTS are known to have served time fin prisons elsewhere. Travers has spent nearly IS years of his life in prison while Deg1er has been behind bars about one-third of that time.
 It is understood that the police of New York arc on he outlook for Can ton'' Eddie Collins and John Kelley, who, with another man are believed to have made up the entire auto robbery party. Collins is wanted for a recent robbery at Oswego, N r., while Kelley is a friend of DegIeY and recently served time in Sing S1ng with him.
 : Chief of Police McCabe is one of the most astute police heads of the Hudson valley and is highly spoken of by Chief Birmingham of this city with whom the New York chief 11aS worked on many occasions At the time of the Boiney and Weeks nnur- der in this section, many years q 20, he took an active part in tracing the of the pair in New York state.