The New York herald., 1921-11-04
10 MEN And BROKER
in mail THEFT BAND
Crack Inspectors to Help
Fix Responsibility for
Lack of Guards.
HAYS DISAPPOINTED
He Thought Postal Thefts
Had Been Checked by
Vigilance.
CHAUFFEUR IMPLICATED
Federal Employee Told Gang
~ How to Select Loot at
Leonard Street.
CHAUFFEUR IMPLICATED

Two post Office special inspectors
left Washington for New York last
night to develop clues to the recent
as unearthed by Postmaster General
Hays IN his recent visit to New York
to investigate the robbery.
Neither Mr.. Hays nor any of his
xubordinates would discuss the clues.
but it was generally understood In
Washington that the work OF the two
inspectors would fiji in with the work
Of others in New York who have ten
men under surveillance in connection
with the robbery.
Mr.. Hays hoped that the two new
men sent 70 New York will be able to
clean up the investigation in day or
two and report to him. The Postmas-
fer-General then will determine where
lies the responsibility for,the absence
OF guard on the robbed truck. Dis
,nissal from the postal service is ex-
pected to be the punishment for the
person found responsible.
sent TO New York were refused at the
Postmaster Generals office and every
effort was made to keep the new de-
velopnnents secret.
Hays Disappointed.
Postmaster Edward NJ Morgan OF
New York left Washington late yester-
day after two days of conferences with
Mr., Hays. Four OF his slbordinates.
who went to Washington with him, re-
turned TO this city. but would not talk
1t Is known that Mr.. Hays and his de-
partment chiefs were perturbed, be-
cause they though the reign OF banditfY
against postal vars had been checked.
It had been believed that the order re
quiring armed guards on the vans and
the killing of two bandits in Texas had
cffectually cowed mail robbers 1t is
probable that an extension of the armed
guards will result from the Leonard
street robbery.
The identity Of the ten men supposed,
TO be concerned IN the robbery. together
with the name Of chauffeur for a mail
truck contractor, who IS said to have
given information to them, was learned
by Post Office inspectors on Wednesday.
Through the connivance of the chauf-
feur the same ten men are said to have
planned similar robbery for Park ave-
nue. two months ago, but their plans mis-
carried at the last moment.
schoofed by Chauffeur.
The authorities are also said to have
found a brokerage firm through which
the bandits had planned to negotiate
the stolen securities This firm is being
watched. The chauffeur is said to have
told the ten men about the routing OF
mail trucks carrying valuable consign-
merts. and to have taught them how to
diferentiate between ordinary mail
pouches and those carrying registered
mail The inspectors made IL plain yes
terday that this chauffeur was not
Frank Havranick. who drove the truck
which was robbed.
Havrsnick went with post Office in
spectors to Jersey City. where he failed
to Identify two men arrested there on
suspicion. The prisoners gave their
names as Frank Caiabrese OF 62S Mon
roe street. and Rafaele de Rosa OF SO
Adams street, both of Hoboken
Two business men. with Offices In
Leonard street, are said TO have wit
messed the robbery. They told the au-
thorities they thought the truck had
broken down and that the mail pouches
were being transferred by Post ONCE
employees. Nothing appeared suspi ious
80 their curiosity was not aroused, they
declared.