The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-05
HANDY MURDER PAL
ABLUE EYED LAD
Police Identify "Short Man"
in Brooklyn Bank LOOting
and Killing.
GIVE NAME AS E. G. WING
General Alarm Sent Out and
Bank Offers 81, 500 for
His Arrest.

The elusive short man" who scooped
mp s1s,35o in bills In the East Brooklyn
Savings Bank last December while Cor
don Fawcett Handy. his partner, shot
and killed two of the bank officials. was
n boy--a lad 10 years old, small, COM
pactly built, with red-brown, curly hair
blue eyes and an engaging smile. ac-
cording to the police. Little or nothing
IL known Of him or his antecedents.
Like his partner in the crime, he too
bears a euphonious name. 1t Is Elton
c. Wing. The police for weeks have
been conducting a silent search for him,
but without success. Yesterday the
bank offered reward Of $500 for his
arrest and conviction. In addition Po-
lice Commissioner Enright issued gen.
eral alarm. and circulars bearing the
youths picture have been scattered
throughout the country.
We've known he was Hamby's pal
for some time," said District Attorney
Lewis yesterday. MY information Is
that he is the short man in the case"
Mr.. Lewis refused to reveal the source
Of his information. Rumor had 1t that
Handy himself, now in the death house
In Sing Sing, finally had broken down
and whispered all. This was strength
ened by reports from Sing Sing that
Handy is no longer keenly DESTROYS of
"going West as he had been at the time
Of his conviction. and that on the con-
trary he now is assisting his lawyer.
Frank X. McCaffry, to prepare the ap-
peal he formerly alluded to as "a waste
OF time"
Denies Handy "squealed."
But. according to Mr.. Lewis. the clue
did not come from Handy.
"No," said the District Attorney.
Handy absolutely. resolutely declined
to tell. The information came to us
from source that I cannot reveal at
this time"
Mr.. Lewis added that the story of the
manner in which the police had secured
Wings name was just as fascinating a
chapter of the case as was the tale of
Hamby's arrest and conviction.
There is ground for the belief that
Handy and Wing first met on the high
seas. Wing. according to Mr.. Lewis al
ready had come in contact with the po-
lice. The police circular sent out says
of him:
HAS been employed as a sailor in the
United States merchant marine and is of
q rowing disposition
Handy, too, had been a sailor. He
said himself that often. after a bank
robbery, he shipped from the nearest
port as a sailor. and m that way escaped
detection. He was in France at the
time the armistice was signed.
Description of Lad.
A photograph Of young Wing shows
him to be rather good looking. He wore
q soft shirt and a tie of many colors.
His nose is somewhat fattened. Pro-
truding ears mentioned in the descrip-
ton are easily noticeable. According
TO the description. Wing is nineteen. FIVE
feet four and a half inches in height
and weighs 40 pounds. The United
States Coat of Arms is tattooed on his
right forearm. rs a very neat dresser"
says the circular. The boys signature.
careless and erratic. Is shown.
Hardy last saw his pal in Manhattan.
The two had stopped in Greenpoint on
the night of the robbery and murder. De-
cember Is, 1918, and the next morning
crossed to Manhattan. Here they sepa-
rated and both made successful get
aways"
District Attorney Lewis does not think
that Handy and Wing ever worked
together before the East Brooklyn Saw
ings Bank holdup. Mr.. Lewis thinks
that Wing is an fastener. Handy came
from the West.