New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-22
sweetheart Quizzed
|As Wife Is Tossing
40 -
Kisses to Armstrong
Rand Thief Cazes Upon
Woman From Cell Win
dow: Rival Thieves Clash
IN. Pen of Courtroom

xelli. Lloyd. who, the police say. was
:. .reethesrt of Richard Armstrong,
~ New York's most recent gang
y ,ond burglars, was brought from
y. House of Detention to the Criminal
C,nr.s Building yesterday afternoon
'. ~ oniszed by Assistant District At
.araey Dool'ng.
- nm and down the sidewalk in
-, of the Tomhs. whose gray walls
~ IA. the windows OF poollng's Office.
"a, css throwing kisses and smiling
Tween her tears to Armstrong, who
...,sd down AT her through the bars of
Is cell WINDOW.
An sttendan, Of tire prison asked her
we I'm n Mrs Mary Armstrong, Rich
AZ wife she rerlied, but refused to
~ uhere -1e lived. what she knew
.bout her youthful husbands career Of
.r;ns or his association with Nellie
~ Armstrong Rad another encounter
,,.h a relative yesterday-a less pleas
able one. He and William Bara-
+ourh. Who has confessed he aided
ARMSTRONG by obtaining employment g.
-,rht porter in office buildings in the
t-srcisl district. met in the prisoners
rsn attached to Judge Grains court
Bsratlough had come to plead guilty
- robbing the Office of the Australian
Erh Commission, 81 Broadway, Janu-
sry 5 last Armstrong was on hand
Q,.h his attorney. Samuel Liebovitz. 20
g.. dismissal OF that same indictment
srains. him on his promise to help re-
eoysr the LOOT
Court Officer said the pair, who are
cousins By marriage, spent the entire
me ii revlllrg each ether. Since their
arrest they have been kept in separate
yrisons-Armstrong iii the Iombs and
saraclough in West Fifty-seventh
s,.est-for fear Of clash. Yesterday
Baraclough explained his hatred Of
Armstrong
!: appears that following the rifins
{: the safe in the oHce OF Deer
Ing & Deerirg last February, the
$4,000 IN bonds and other stolen Sc
critics were hidden in house at
rs Columbis Street. BROOKLYN. where
Armstrong, Nellie LLOYD. Baraclough
snd John Elsis and his wife were
Stopping Baraclough began to drink
sac, o. a. least so Armstrong thought.
tax TOO much.
Ii vas only 8 day or so after the
1asring & Desring Job. according to
HEaclough that Armstrong attacked
I'm and forclbly took his share of the
bonds. Baraclough thought the bonds
7s.e IN Nellie Lloyds trunk and it
vas there he ed the detectives. They
a No. ind them. however, and the
si.hortles have since learned they
we're removed 20 Brooklyn hotel
ala gwen TO other members of the
gang
8arsclough said he received only
asol' 500 ou- Of the Deering &, Deer
.1s proceeds
The ugly temper Baraclough says
ARMSTRONG manifested toward him was
exhibited Yesterday in Mr. Dooline' :
See when though manacled, ne tried
strike Assistant District Attorney
ager when Jnger told him he did not
believe certain parts OF his purporte d
Confession.
Mr.. rnger doubts Armstrong; asser-
ION that he Is not a professional
cacksman and that he always opened
he safes he riAed by finding the com
snat'on written on a piece OF paper
= :ome desk drawer
Armstrong persists in the statement,
nsrertheless. Court officers said he
held up his hand while crossing the
brdge 70 the Tombs Yesterday and
r'marsad
That's mora like longshoreman' 5
and than il IS Ike Jimmy Valen-
tines"
Judge Grain refused to dismiss the
,aoictment against Armstrong for the
Australian commission burglary.