Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23
Strang, Accused of Fraud,
Worries About Brunette
ErsttUhile $35-a-W e ee X
Teller OF Looted Bank.
Mourns Broken Date
Also Regrets Necessity OF
Selling .PIum-CoIored
Car With YeIIo,U Wheels

bu " IbH etbOW " HCCGS
Say. ! feel better than I've felt
in the last ten weeks ! wish could
have kept that date had tonight. No,
No blonde. A brunette ! don't like
blondes I used to like EN-. But
never again -
Elwood II. Strang. the S35- a week
paying teller with the King Midas
touch, who disappeared after the clos
ing Of the North Penn Bank. and who
is now under arrest in this city, made
the foregoing comment to detectives
who arrested him last night in New
York on conspiracy charges in con-
nection with the bank collapse.
lie was brought to Philadelphia by
Major Samuel o. Wynpe, assistant
chief of county detectives. and County
Detective David u. Friedman.
His money gone, after msnth of
motoring from one simmer resort to
another, Strgng was forced to sell. in
New York, his plum Colored motorcar
with yellow wheels. Thc license num-
bCr of the fatcd car-Pa. 342 .052-had
been wired to every city along the At
lantic coast. and the New York police
were on the lookout for it,
How End Came
| When an uptown New York second
hand dealer notified the police on Thurs
day that hashy young man was try
ing to barter away plum colored car
with yellow wheels, the New York police
in turn notified Chief Cortelyou, of this
city. and then detained" Strang at
his New York hotel.
! ooh fine 80 said Strang jauntily and
| flicked the ashes from his cigarette when
he was handed the warrant for his ar
rest charging cmbczzIemcnt. just as the
s 80 train ont of New York last night
crossed the Delaware river into Penn
sylvSnia.
Major Wynne handed him the war
rant at 10 90 o'clock. At 10 30 o'clock
Strang had apparently forgotten the
seriousness of his arrest and was laugh
! ing and joking with his captors and
facetously waving a hand ut the negro
! Pullman porter.
When Assistant Chief Wynne and
! Dctcrtivr Friedman left Broad Street
| Station on the > o'clock train for New
| York they had in their possession a
warrant for Strang's arrest. Although
Strang was "dptained'' by the New
York police ut his hotel he was not
under arrest. Had he been arrested by
! the New York police extradition papers
would have been necessary before he
could be brought to Philadelphia.
| Detectives Wynnc and Friedman
/ wished to persuade Strang to return
with them to Philadelphia quietly, since
! he had expressed to the New York po
| lice n willingness to do so.
The detectives arrived in the Penn
syvania station. New York, at o'clock
and proceeded Immediately to Strang's
hotel There the paying teller of the
wrecked bank quietly surrendered him
self. At S:l5 o'clock the two detectives
! and Strang were in the Pennsylvania
station again. ready for the s 30 train
to Philadelphia.
Clothes Look Nice
Strang was pale, and he coughed in
ccssantly. lie wore a well pressed blue
serge suit, low black shoes, a green tie
and a stiff straw hat. Altogether he
| looked like prosperous young bank
er." about to take pleasant trip with
two friends. He walked to the train,
one arm hooked in Major Wynne's s.
The major carried one of Strangs black
bags, Detective Friedman carried the
other.
The three boarded Pullman.
! In riln n philnlal in
Strang talked animatedly, smoked one
cigarette after another and coughed his
dry hacking cough.
He joshed about the prohibition ques :
ton and remarked that you can get
it easily enough if you know how"
ITS shame / had to get rid of
that car. But I needed money. ! can
make 'Philly' from New York in three
hours in that boat. It's almost as
fast as this train.
Another Foe Of Newspapers
And, by the way, the newspapers
have been saying | sported five cars.
Wish | did. l was lucky to have one.
Ii the newspapers'd only leave things
alone"
So ran his chatter
New York? i like New York
When ! get things all settled again,
I'm going TO live in New York"
He asked leave to go to the Pull
man smoking apartment. Major Wynne
accompanied him.
In the compartment were number
of men. One was an overseas cap
tan--a surgeon, headed for Chicago
He told Strang and the detective that
he had been in the service for twenty
eight months, and had spent long time
overseas. He conceived the idea OF
learning whether the Pullman porter
had any bottled stuff" Strang, good
humoredly shouted:
where's the porter? Let's rihl
for the porter. Where's the button?'
When Strang left the apartment un'
! der the close surveillance of Major
Wynne, he left intimately friendly
with the captain. The army officer in.
sisted that he note down his addres,
in Chicago. and asked Strang to ''com'
out and see me some time" Stranl
promised.
lie returned to his chair with Major
Wynne. and resumed his laughing ant
| chatting. He rambled over variety
! of subjects in the manner of any jOvia
: travelling companion. He was sOlici
tous of his aunt's state Of mind regard
ing his disappearance and his con.
4 pcction. with the bank blowup. IL
/ asked il she We're well.
Z Shows No Emotion