New-York tribune., 1920-12-02
$466,000 Bond
Theft Cleared.
Police Assert
Joseph Cregario Is Said to
Have Confessed Crime
and Implicated Brother
Employed by Brokers
lip Given by Telephone
Antonio Alleged to Have
Notified Him When the
Messengers Left the Office

Joseph Gregario, one of the men held
on tuesday, after the S466,0O0 bond
robbery at Igoe Brothers factory in
Brooklyn, confessed last night, accord
Ing to District Attorney Lewis.
The District Attorney said Gregario
had admitted that his brother. Antonio.
who also is held, telcphoned Tuesday
afternoon from the Offices of Kcan.
Taylor & Co., Nassau Street, wherc
he is employed. that the messengers
from Igoe Brothers, who later were
robbed, were starting from the Offices
of the brokerage firm with tie bonds.
According to District Attorney Lewis,
Joseph Gregario's confession impli-
Gates four men in the actual commits
sion of the crime, but whether Joseph
himself participated in the hold-up is
rot said. Police intimated that all the
principals in the robbery would be
speedily arrested, and that the bonds
would be recovered.
Two Messengers Described
The District ATTORNEY sand that
Joseph Gregario confessed that he re-
ceived a telephone ito from his brother
that Irving Cohen and Austin Young,
the messengers, were to start from
Manhattan with the bonds. He con-
fessed, it is said, that his brother went
to an outside telephone to convey the
message, and in it he described the
men VINO were in charge Of the bonds
gave the time of their departure from
the brokerage Office, and advised him
as to what time the messengers might
ne expected to arrive ct the Tgoc plant
Joseph confessed, the District At
torney says, that his brother, Antonio,
was IN charge of the messengers em-
ployed by Kean, Taylor Co., and mad
assigned Cohen and Young to take the
bonds to the Igoe plant
Only young men are involved in the
crime, according to Gregario's confess
sion, as related by the District Attor-
ney's office. 1t is said that JOSEPH
Gresaric explained that his brothers.
attachment to brokerage office fire.
quent!y had been q topic Of discussion
among Young men whom he had met in
crap games IN various parts Of Brook
lyn.
These young men suggested to me-"
Joseph is quoted by the District At
torney as saying, that it would be
casy for my brother to tip me of when
there was a big job on"
Sing Sing Men Sought
Inspector John D. Coughlin. in charge
Of tie Detective Bureau, who is per
sonally directing the investigation Of
Joseph Gregario had given valuable
lyn and that it probably would lead to
the arrest OF well known criminals
recently released from Sing Sing. 1t
was int;matcd that Joseph Gregario
was seen in the company of these men
just prior to the robbery.
The police last night separated the
Grcgario brothers. who were arrested
soon after the robbery. Antonio Gre
carlo was taken 20 Manhattan head
quarters and Joseph GreGario was left
in the Clymer Street station, Brooklyn.
Both men were subj ~cted to q search
ing examination w detectives.
Young and Cohen, the messengers.
were released by the police yesterday
and Cohen went beck to work
at all seems Ike a dream to me-
he said ~ remember q pistol shot,
then Youny. lying on the ground, hoid,
ing 70 the bag with one hand ana
+ hrhting two men. Some one Erppcd
me by the neck and went down.
That's all ! remcrn her"