Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-16
TAX|CAB MEN HELD
IN ! Y. BANK MURDER
Starter and Driver Locked Up on
Charges cf Homicide; Both
Deny Completely.

New York. Dec. 10 George II Nc
Cullouch, chauffeur Of the taxicah in which
the InurdcrerS of the assistant treasurer
and paving teller of the East Brooklyn
Savings Rank made their escape on Friday
afternoon with sl3, 900 of the bank funds,
and John Milligan, a tsxicab starter,
were arraigned in the Adams Street Court
in Prooklyn Yesterday morning on charges
Of homicide Magistrate Mcclure order
cd the m held without hail pending an
examination tomorrow. They were lock
ed upin the Raymond street jail
The police and District Attorney Lewis
of BROOKLYN, who ordered the arrest Of
Mulligan. questioned tho prisoners further
concerning the statement made by each
declaring hat he did not know the identity
of the men who had hired the taxicab
~ Seventh Avenue and Thirtv-cighth
street McCullouCh' S assertion Of his
innocence of any completely or knowledge
Of the attack on the hsnk and his state
ment that he had never before seen the
men until they hired him 10 drive them 70
Brooklyn without giving him a definite
address were the chief points upon which
he was quiyzcd lie was asked by one
OF the detectives:
''If, as YOU SAY, these men were strangers
'
par1 without paving their fare when they
started for the hznk? The chauffeur
said he had seen them first enter the saloon
erid had supposed they were looking for
antddress Of omeone in the neighhorhood
.nd hs.l no intention of cheating him OF
his fare
Detective Doody, who had fred at the
gunner and was hit twice by return fire,
told the police al the Williamsburg Hos
pital that he had shot al the murderers
before thev reached the taucab Nc
CuIlough was asked why he had apparent
" held his car for the robbers TO reach 1t.
Fl is reply WAS that his passengers were AT
the car and had their revolvers pointed al
him before he realized there was anything
wrong
why didn't YOU stall the car or run it
on the sidewalk when YOU knew an officer
was firing at your auto?' he was asked.
Both Of the men had their weapons
jabbed at my bark and told me it was
certain death if l didn't make quick
getaway
Before Mulligan was taken back TO jail,
detectives went with him to Manhattan
10 have him verify certain details Of his
statement. FingerprInt experts sought
in vain Yesterday for some marks left by
the rnurderers on the bank railing and
other articles As no photographs in the
Rogles Gallery resemble the description
OF the robbers. and the roundup Of known
crooks has supplied no definite ciew 10
their identity the police believe tho GRIM
inals arc 10 be found outside the profession
a bank robbers.
The material clews SO far consist Of
the white silk muff1er worn by the man who
shot the bank officers, and an oilsoaked
raincoat which Mccullough said had
been worn BY the tall gunman II was
found. however. that this coat did not
reach below the knee Of the man de-
scriDcd as No An analysis of the stains
on the coat is being made 10 determine
if the garment vas used in garage Or
by chauffeur Il was thought the coat
may have been stolen or borrowed from
chauffeur uho would know the men