Omaha daily bee., 1920-10-20

Bandit Trio
IsCaptured
funmen Mentioned in Probe
Of Mystery Girl" Murder
Near Omaha Held in
Oshkosh.
Fourth Suspect Escapes

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Three of gang of bandits sus,
pected of series OF crimes about
Omaha that began with the murder
OF. the mystery girl" a year ago
have been appr. Iended and are il
Jail at Oshkosh, Wis, according tc
information obtained yesterday.
The men have been identified a.
Eddie Meehan alias Hyland, leader
of the bandit gang, Albert Loacl
and Leo Ososki, gunmen, all OF
whom shot their way out of the
Lucas county Jail at Toledo. O.. or
Christmas day, last year. Three
women who refuse to disclose theil
identity are also being held, accord.
ing to long distance telephone com
munication at noon today with R
cIabhetts, assistant chief of police
N Oshkosh.
. A fourth man, thought to be Al
bert Joyce, gunman, escaped when
detectives corralled the gang in a
lodging house at Chippewa Falls,
Wis, two days after the bandits
held up the Oshkosh State bank at
noon and escaped with but $500,
after seriously wounding the cashier.
All are being held in $4,000 bail
each.
Doubts Return Here.
JCharles Pipkin, head of Pipkin's
National Detective Agency, who has
Information duplicating the Meehan
bandit gang in tine mystery girl"
murder, the robbery of the $4,000
from Hayden's safe on December
and the daylight holdup of the
Farmers Merchants bank at Benson
on December 81, doubts whether
Meehan, Loach and Ososki will be
. brought to Omaha because of more
= serious crimes standing against
them in other cities.
Andrew Pattullo, inspector of po-
! lice, declared he would use all eff
forts to have the prisoners brought
to Omaha.
"Meehan, Loach and Osoki are
wanted in St. Paul, Mimi, for hold
ing up bank, in Toledo for breaking
jail and seriously wounding two
turnkeys and in New York for high
way robbery" Assistant Chief of
Police Gabbetts at Oshkosh said
over the telephone.
II am investigating to see if they
are wanted in OMAHA" he added.
Flynn to Oshkosh.
Thomas Flynn, general manager
of Hayden Bros. store, declared he,
would 60 to Oshkosh i'll an effort to
idcrtify the recovered loot as that
9aSen from Hayden's safe.
William F. HIM, vice president of
the Farmers Merchants bank at Ben
son, is optimistic about the identifi-
cation Of the Meehan gang as the
bandits who held up the Benson
bank.
I'm interested in the arrest of the
gang and if further investigation dis
closes their connection with the rob-
berry of this bank, efforts will be
sentered to have them brought back
10 OMAHA" he stated.
The criminal operations of the
Meehan gang were disclosed in an
exclusive story published in last
]. Sundays Bee.
Diamonds and Bonds.
J Two trunks found in possession
'of the bandit gang contained $4,000
worth of diamonds and other
iewelry, $25,000 worth of bonds and
$4,000 in currency, newspaper ac-
count of the capture of the bandits
reads.
Whether the apprehension CT the
bandit gang will actually clear un
the murder of the mystery giip
whose disfigurcd body was found
5'n a ravine north of Flo:ence on
November 10, last year, is matter
Aot conjecture. #
The suspected connection of the
Meehan gang with the series OF
crimes about Omaha IS that four of
their confederates were responsible
for the murder of the girl and the
robbery of Hayden Brothers safe 10
obtain money for the delivery of
Meehan. Ososki. Loach and Joyce
from Jail in Toledo, according 20 n
&SWation coming to Detective
Pipkin.
The four bandits are of the most
desperate of criminals, according to
circulars distributed broadcast by
New York police.
They are thought to have con-
fined their operations to the middle
west since their escape from a train,
taking them to Sing Sing prison two
years ago, because of fear of appre-
hension on sight.
The bandits were never known to
have committed crime without a
woman involved in their escape, the
circulars read.
A standing reward of $4,000 is of
Tered for their arrest.