The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-12-29
aANGSTERS HELD
FOR N. Y. CRIMES
- Il
Nab Two Men and Wives
for $4,000 Bank Job
and Jewel Coup
A~,asN nAAIn FfllN
PROBING GANG FEVD
Police Believe Monk East
man Slain by Former Pals;
Get Details of Battle

NEW YORK, Dec. 2S.--1No men
charged with being members OF the
band that held up and robbed tho
first National bank of Milltown, y.
L. December 20, escaping with st0,-
ooo and believed to have been i'm
rrt.atcd in the murder and robbery
ncccmbcr i6 of T.. NJ. Andrews,
ttrh avenue jcweler, were arrested
tonight with their wives. Liber'y
bonds valued at $4,000, said To be
, mart Of the Milltown robbery loot,
we're found In u suitcase carried by
The women, the police said, and add
ed that an four carried firearms.
Colncldcnt with these arrests came
an announcement that Police Com
missioner Enright's latest measure
10 curb lawlossncss--th calling out
Of more than zoo new policemen for
training had been dealt a Knockout
blow when the board OF aldermen
failed tu No.e necessary funds for
heir pay.
The men taken in custody tonight
said they were jerome u. Chaffec.
IS. and Harry Bitzhcrgcr. 80. Re-
s.stiug arrest, they fought for sew
oral minutes before being subdued.
Tho women. who followed closely in
a taNicnb. surrendered.
Accused IN Many Cases.
The prisoners are accused by che
police Of having taken part In many
sensational holdups and rohberies
throughout the country. While OPP
Grating under aliases, hey have each
served five years IN sentences In
Lcavenwurth pcnitcntiary.
The prisoners were grilled by the
ntlias "a unI 4 tnnip ,f Ga.
confessed that they were members
" The band that perpctra.cd the
Nilltown robbery. \ third man. who
uccompdnied them today. was charg-
81 with being a fugitive from JUS
iicc. He said he was Chester j.
Levine.
While police followed underworld
clues to the identity of .hc slayer
Of Monk Eastman. notorious gang
leader. arrangements were being
made tonight for his burial tomor-
row afternoon.
Esstman's sisters failed to appear
at the morguc To claim the body
but notified authorities that they
would defray funeral expenses
Get Story in Eastman Case.
The veil Of mystery hitherto sur
rounding the murder Of Eastman.
former notorious gangstcr, who
was supposed To have gone
straight" after being decorated for
heroism on the battlefields of
France. was partly lifted early today
with u definite announcement by the
police that he WAS slain in a gang
fight on his old east side stamping
grounds last sunday. The police fur
iher claimed they had trailcd his
murderer through the devious wind
Ing streets OF the underworld and
they expected to make an early ar
rest.
Two walters and cashier who
We're questioned at headquarters all
night, arc said by the police to have
given details of the feud and 10
have furnished the name OF the
"gangstcrs' as.ailant. These al
legged informants, John Bradley,
John Mckcnna and Max Weinstein
were ordered to appear before Dis
uict Attorney Edward Swami dur
ing the day for further examina
ton
Assistant District Attorney John
Dennis declared 1t was established
that Monk" was shot to death in n
running fight, which started I'm an
aIl-night cafe. The police have rea-
son 10 believe. they said. that some
Of Monks" old pals, who had
turned against him had cornered
him IN the cafe. In the genera
freo-for-all fight that followed
riyaling the dreaded gang fcuds OF
hygone years in lower Third and
Fourth Monk" had beer