Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-08
POLICE HOLD
WILMINGTON MEN IN
Supposed PLOT
Reported to Have Planned Hold
Up of Ironworkers Building
and Loan Association.
ROBBERS SCENTED DANGER

Arrested by the Chester POLICE after
a supposed attempt to hold up raeet-
ing of the Building and Loan Assoeia-
ton at Chester, Pa, and steal 100000
had been foiled. four men from this
city are being held without bail by the
Chester authorities on suspicion Of be-
Ing implicated. Three other suspects
escaped and are still at large. City
Detectives Horace Mcdaniel and
George Sutton were sent to Chester
last night to look over the men and
some pawn tickets which they are al
legged 10 have carried. Captain of Detec-
tives Benson stated this morning that
the men had not as yet been linked with
any local robberies. IL was said to-
day the men under arrest will he held
until the supposed attempt hoidun can
be thoroughly investigated. 70 deter
mine whether the prisoners really
were i'm the plot
The men arrested gave their names
as Samuel christiano. - years old,
2i6 jefferson street Anthony Dayalos.
%. sos West Fourth street. Vincent
Sanna. 40. log South Adams street.
and James Tigani. 1913 West Ninth
street
At a preliminary hearing today the
defendants were held in ball for n
further hearing Wednesday.
The men are believed to have scnsed
that all was not we'll for after driving
up to the door of the loan building.
the Old South Chester Hall, AT Fourth
and Jeffrey streets. where the police
were inside waiting for them, they
drove away again and circled the block
six times. Shortly before midnight
Detective McNeal located a touring
car In front Of a suspected house on
Edgmont avenue. A raid was made
and the place closed. As the men
filed out Tigani and Sanna were taken
Into custody and the other two men
were caught as they were running on
sproui street. The supposed ringlead-
er Of the hoidup plot escaped along
with two others.
According TO the story told by the
Chester detectives. they received A tip
from Wilmington that members Of a
gang were planning 10 rob the Iron
workers Building and Loan Assocfa-
ton which meets The first Saturday
Ot sach MONTH
A police trap was laid 10 catch the
supposed bandits on the night Of the
first Saturday in July. The sasperts.
however. went wrong on the. time Of
the meeting and arrived an hour afts.
II had adjourned. II was then report
ed that the same gang was planning
to make another attempt at the Aug
ust meeting.
At B. O'Clock Saturday afternoon an
advance lookout for the bandits sta
toned himself at Fifth and Jeffrey
streets. and he was covered by a
policeman in hiding. Ten more police
men IN civilian clothes took UP vantage
posts on porches Of private homes.
Detectives Mckinney, F.rienuth
Cosgrove and McNeal. each with two
revolvers. were in the hall where the
business meeting of the building asso-
citation was going on. There was s60.-
600 in cash heaped upon a table.
Il. A. Howell. an attorneg. of Ches-
ter. and president of he association.
concluded the business meeting in brief
order, and taking revolver awaited
the expected attack.
At $40 o'clock touring car
carrying seven men drove up Fourth
street from the direction of Whining
ton and eircled the block i'm which the
Borough Hall is situated That was
repeated five times; then. hardly stop
ping. the touring car picked up the
lookout and hurriedly drove away.
The actions of the men, however
afforded the police with the chance
of getting good description of the au-
tomobile which led to their arrest
later.