Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-29
POLICE RECOVER OVER
$4,000 OF THE $12,276
PULP MILL LOOT

'Ns'f sf'@' ~
Until about two months age He was
on a job and receiving about SO q
DAY, while the man who had the saine |
work previous to him had been get
ting ~ day. he said. He asked that
he get the samo pay and was. refused.
he alleged, and then, he said, he quit
and resolved TO hold up the paymaster
and get The money anyhow as he
expressed It to the police.
| On the day of the robbery. Mckinney
said, they did not intend TO shoot any
one. Each had q large as calihre
army automatic revolver, ugly looking
/ weapons, and each was fully loaded
but both denied any intent to do any
harm. Mckinney told the police when
he poked his gun into Cleavers face
and ordered him 10 hold up HIS hands
the chauffeur cried 20, Lord" and
quickly compiled. They said they
fully expected McRea. whom they
i;new TO be armed. TO fire his revolver
u At them, or into the air to attract
!, lattention. They also expected the men
} IN the automobile 10 follow them and
! they We're much astonished when they
! did neither Asked what they would
have done had anyone fired at them.
: Mckinney promptly replied run like
[ ~
At the Pennsylvania station here,
+ despite the early hour, there were sew
e eral people on tho train platform
! waiting to see tho two alleged bandits,
I The latter were hurried into an auto
mobile and taken to the police station
$ Mckinney was at once locked up, but
Z Wolfe was taken 60 Superintendent.
Y Blacks office and questioned abo :
! the money hidden here. Without
: hesitation he told the officers ia
MONEY. something over $4,000 In. bills,
was in a mattress in his home. at the
Maryland avenue address. Prepare
tons were made at once TO go 20 the
house. but Wolfe objected and wanted
r to postpone the trip until daylight
superintendent Black realized that
the presence OF the officers and pris-
orers in the neighborhood would at
2 tract a great crowd and he decided
: TO 20 at once.
With Captain Benson Sergeant
= Foreman and Wolfe, he speeded TO ths
n rouse in an automobile and after th,
c occupants, Wolfcs wife among them
: hal been aroused, they walked In anS
n Wolfe took them right 20 his be,
l, room. tie tore off TIE bed clothes ant
I showed one corner OF the mattress
Is which had been recently sewed up. ]
L was ripped open and there before tn
e eyes of the police lay more than 50,
a 600 in $50. $40, SIS and 81 bills. II wa
I. gathered up and the party returne
al II the City Hall. Wolfe was locke
! I'D and permitted to get a few hour
,e sleep.
!. Superintendent Black. Captain Ben
son and Sergeant Foreman. however
a continued at work on the case and u
i until noon today none of them ma
- had wink of sleep since early FIR
= - day morning. All Of them were neal
IL exhausted. but were still bus
"a rounding up the odds and ends of Il
W case in order 10 have il as complete
as possible when 1t comes into con
OF Nome OF them would state wheth'
e. there will be any additional arres
he in connection with the case. Wheth'
be any others than Wolfe and McI<inne
e- had any guilty knowledge of the lari
We sum of money stolen and its wher'
We sbouts or whether any had the use
Il other than the two alleged bandi
10 is not known.
n Saw Police Hunting Them.
set When they found how easy II W
ad 10 get the money and that their VI
n tins were not going to resist or ma
Use any effort 10 capture them. they ss
ms they became more bold. They ran alo
re- the road. after securing the mon
tie bag. 20 Beech street and then to Mar
Ter land avenue and hurried to Wolf
Ice home. They made this journey wit
lie out anyone stopping them or payi
..s any attention TO them. Once inside
IL house, they made hasty divisi
- OF the cash they had. Mckinney 10
:, his share and then went to his hol
at els Anchorage street. Wolfe
most Of his cash In the mattre
Both men remained in their homes
-. day Thursday, following the hold
- they said.
the Mckinney said he saw the pol
ue' IN the neighborhood and all the co
Get motion when the robbery beca
es- known. Some OF the women folks
Ugh the house went TO the corner groc'
the and returned and told him about
rhe robbery, but he did not hint that
ion know anything about it. A neigh