New-York tribune., 1918-12-23
Hunt for Slayers
OF Bank Officials
Centres ON Tyler
Police Say New Information
Indicates He Was Taller
of 2 Brooklyn Bandits
Expect Underworld Tip
By BRIGGS

Additional information which came
to the police yesterday made them so
certain Roy Tyler. alias Bob" Phillips,
was the taller of the two bandits who
robbed the East Brooklyn Savings Bank
December 13 that they concentrated
last night on finding this notorious
yeggman and jaiiDreaker to the exclu-
sion of virtually every other theory in
the double murder and hold-up.
While New York detectives are in
other cities on Tyler's trail, Captain
John L. Coughlin, Brooklyn detective
commander, who is working on the
basis that a mob" of at least six
crooks have knowledge or the hold-up,
said that the police were certain that
tip to Tyler's present whereabouts
would be forthcoming from the under
world within day or two as a result
of the $4,000 reward offered.
In addition to the positive identified
ton of Tyer's Rogues Gallery photo
graph by Detective Albert Doodv. who
was shot chasing the bandits, the bar
keeper at Martins saloon, a few blocks
from the bank, at Myrtle and Franklin
Avenues, brooklyn, has also stated pos
ltlvely that the picture of Tyler shown
him was that of the taller of the two
men who stopped at the place short
time before the hold-up.
me parkeeper has told the police
how the shorter of the pair choked over
MS whlskey, provoking the laughter
OF his tall, lean companion. Identified
ton of Tyler's picture has also been
made by Peter Bullinger, who runs a
MOTEL at 296 Nassau Avenue, BROOKLYN,
where the men turned up at about 5
O'Clock the afternoon of the robbery.
Here again the men called for whis-
Key. The man identified as TYLER
bought dollars worth of it and put
the flask in his pocket While the
men were at Bullinger's bar some one
came IN and attempted to sell them
tickets for a dance. The tall man
made memorandum of the hall in
winch the dance was to be held The
police have this scrap of paper, which
was found IN the room in which thew
passed that night.
with money was indicated bv the fact
that they both offered ten-dollar bills
IN payment for the room. The charpe
was S225 each. Bullinger gave tban,
each a five dollar bill and started r.
count out the rest of the change. They
sad 81, to MN, Never mind" A Maspeth,
iushing Avenue trolley transfer was
NtoO AOViiu III the room,
ne hour punched on this dovetails
WIN the time it would have taken the
nandlts to travel back to Myrtle Ave-
I1ue ~, rom Canarsle, where they dropped
the little black loot bag, and then
transter to the car that took them to
bul!lnger's establishment.
The police had been working on tho
basis thai "649" stamped on the hot
tom OF the black bag thrown awav bv
,he robbers was its correct stock mum
Der, But examination of the number
under a magnifying glass Yesterday
showed that the "6" was out of align.
ment with the other numerals. Lacked
their regular quality and apparently
mad been inserted with pointed in
strument
From Sing Sing came word last night
mat jail officials there believed thar
Boston Eddie" Kelley, notorious bank
robher, who escaped from the Sing
sing farm at Green Haven more than
Two years ago, might have been in
VOWED in the holdup. Kelley, il was
said there, looked like the tall bandit
Kelley still had eighteen years Of q
t"enty-year sentence 70 serve and was
made "trusty" just before his escane
with Goat" Hinch and Sheen" Har-
ms, Kelley staged a bank robbery In
Coblesklll. \. y, several years ago in
which watchman was killed His
pals were sent TO the chair. but "Ros~
ton Eddie turned states evidence and
got of With jail sentence. KELLEY ie
known 70 have been in the West since
his escape