The New York herald., 1921-03-02
2ARRESTS HERE IN
BIG MAIL HOLDUP
Bonds Recovered Identified as
Part Of S1,OOO,OOO Stolen
in Toledo.
TRIED TO SELL PAPER
Leaders Of Middle West Bandit
Gang Believed Hiding in
This City.
TRIED TO SELL PAPER

Three 81 900 registered Liberty bonds,
with numbers corresponding TO three
OF those stolen in the S1,000,0o0 mail
robbery in Toledo on February IT, are
now said to be in the possession of
Post Office authorities in this city
Two men were locked up in Police
Headquarters late yesterday afternoon
ON suspicion of grand larceny after 1t
was said one of them had obtained
$3.50 for one Of the bonds at a banking
establishment in East Sixty ninth
street. The police and Post Office in
spectors have taken up the case in the
belief the solution of the robbery may
be found here.
One of the men taken into custody,
who was identified as Frank Miller,
A. of 1888 Madison street, Ridgewood,
Queens, told Detectives Skelly and
DishIey. who questioned him in the
East Sixty-seventh street police sta
ton. he found the bonds on the side
walk near the Brooklyn Bridge.
story or the Robbery.
The Toledo robbery. which startled
the middle West and set every avail
able Post Office inspector and Secret
Service agent at work, was accomplished
smoothly and with comparative ease.
A mail truck carrying six registered
pouches containing bonds and currency
from the Federal Reserve Bank In
Cleveland was held up as 1t reached
the main post office. The driver and a
clerk were forced to lie down on the
receiving platform. and while they were
prone the bandits threw the pouches
and three first class mail bags into an
automobile and escaped. The automo-
bile was found. abandoned. several
hours later but the thieves had dis
appeared.
Yesterdays developments led the po-
lice to believe that considerable part
of the Toledo loot has reached this city.
and possibly with II the ringleaders OF
the bandit gang.
Tried to Sell Bonds.
The man arrested with Miller vas
Joseph Fisher, 35 years old. Of 40 East
Sixth street. Detectives were searching
their homes last night for possible clues
that would tend to identify the men more
fully. Two versions as TO the manner
OF their capture were In circulation at
Headquarters. One was that Miller APP
peared Monday at the President Insti-
tute, bond and money exchange house
In 232 East Slxty-ninth street, and me-
gotiated the sale OF one OF the bonds.
H.
mobile and would need more money.
and would return on Tuesday Detec-
tive Skelly placed him under arrest, ana
Fisher. said to have been waiting az tne
corner. was taken by Detective Dishley.
A later report was that a man called
at the home OF Arthur NJ Goldsmith q
broker, giving the name OF Joseph
Fisher 1880 Third avenue. Offering
81 900 Liberty bond for sale. The man
ad references from a bank with which
Goldsmith dealt and the sale was made.
\ short time later the bank called Cold
smith on the telephone and asked hiri
to indorse a check for Fisher Ihls
aroused Goldsmith's suspicious, and Il
was said he then asked for Federal
investigation of the bond.
Inspector Coughlln said last night he
had verified the numbers of the bonds
and that they corresponded with those
stolen in Toledo.
Eight other bonds. believed to be part
of the same loot. are being checked W,
Inspector Coughlin admitted. The police
did not make clear whether the two
bonds In addition 10 the one sold we're
found on Miller or Fisher.
Post Office Inspectors William Troen-
segard and Joseph Wick were put on the
case last night and went with detectives
20 the homes OF the men.