The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-03
CAPT. CRONAN
SHOWS CRIME
is ON WANE
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made March 30. Christmas morning
Edward J. Lynch, an actor, held up
the Eastern Chinese restaurant on
Fairfield avenue at the point of gun
and robbed the cash register. We
traced him to New oYrk. He was
arrested February 81 and was SEN
fenced to serve a term from one to
three years.
ION April 2, Detective Frank Hol-
brook succeeded in running down a
band of copper and brass thieves who
had stolen more than S25, 900 worth Of
metal and had buried part of it. Nell
son Meyers, Arthur Funk, and Robert
Stafford were turned over to the fed
eral authorities and will be dealt with
by them. a "@;Ha9
"On April II Detective George
washburn made the most important
drug smuggling and selling arrest
made in the East in many years when
he captured Gee Sing with $4,000
worth of opium in a satchel and
more than $500 in money beside
bank books which showed he had
more than 100000 in banks in var
ious parts of'the country, the accumu-
hated profits from the selling Of the
deadly drug.
January IS, Detectives Seery and
Malone captured Joseph Gall, an es-
capped convict, in Stamford. Gall
! cla1mssto have committed more than
800 burglaries. in Connecticut alone
andrto have hidden away more than
$e008o, the net profits of his cam
paign OF crime. This arrest broke
up-a dangerous gang and GAN is now
serving one year in prison, but is like
~ to spend the balance of his life
behind bars because so many other
communities have warrants for his
arrest immediately he>is released.
About a month ago John P. Mas
tin, the Philadelphia bell hop, who
stole $T,0o0-worth of73ewefry, was ar
rested here and turned over to the
Philadelphia authorities.
Beside thesabove we have arrested
and turned over a murderer to Pitts
field. Three murderers to Paterson
No. J, These latter were followed
to Altoona, Pa, by Detective Sergt
James Bray Mike Schramm thu
self confessed murderer of the Polish
priest in Gary, Ind, was also arrested
in bridgeport by Detective Lieut.
James Dooley and Detective Sergt
James Bray and was turned over t.
The Gary authorities.
Elm addition we have arrested ant
have obtained convictions for no les
than a dozen men for criminal assault
4 hoUn mazda
less than ESQ arrests, turned over tt
the other towns 210 prisoners ant
have recovered $50, 900 worth of stole
property and cash Last month alon'
we recovered more than $4,000.
There are 16 men in the active de-
tective force and according to the f1g'
ureS each one of them may be cred
tied with having captured no less
than 16 prisoners"
Another big work which the pofc'
department is doing and which tht
public does not know much about Il
the military squad under the persona
direction of Assistant Superintendent
Charles M. Suckley. This squad, al
though it numbers but three men, hai
investigated no less than 1,50O alien
and draftees, rounded up III deserter'
from the army and navy, sent bacl
to their posts $50 soldiers who haC
Uver-stayed their leave of absence ant
have registered $50 German aliens
and are now busy preparing to regis
ter all German alien women in Bridge
port and vicinity. Beside the fore
going, the squad was responsible 70
the taking of all the military censu
and has the distinction to be the onl,
organization of its kind IN the entir
country.