Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-26
CHIMNEY AND WOLFE
ARRESTED IN RICHMOND
Continued from page /.

ne came To tno door OF Dis nome ne /
stiil had his automatic revolver
strapped about his waist. Not only /
did McRae Identify the photographs
as the likeness Of the bandits. but he /
also identified the two men as the |
pair he had seen sitting on a pile Of |
logs along the Marsh road last Thurs |
day morning when he and Clcaver |
started In their automobile for the |
Security Trust and Safe Deposit Go. |
Mt Sixth and Market streets, from
which bank the money was drawn. |
II was Intended to be used In paying |
the semi weekly pay roll at the pulp
mills.
After the police had satisfied them
selves last week that they were on the
| right trall OF the bandits and had
made sure of the identity OF the two
men. they discovered that the hold
up men had Lost little time In getting
OF OF town. The officers here, how
ever, were not slow In learning where
they had gone and they soon found
that they had reached Washington.
| Mckinney and Wolfe arrived there
sometime last Friday afternoon. They
went 10 the New Commercial Hotel
and asked for two separate rooms.
which were given them.
+ Mckinney Adopted Assumed Name.
Mckinney registered under the name
Of Roy w. Jones from El Paso. Texas.
Wolfe registered as O. G.. Smith from
Marion, Indiana. Marion was his
hcme originally. Both men were well
dressed and apparently had plenty
Of money. They each carried suit
cases and later these were found to be
nlled with new clothing OF all kinds
and a large quantity of ammunition
cartridges for the heavy automatic
revolvers both were known to have
, In their possession.
BY careful and 1iligent work the
. police and detectives here traced the
rnen TO Washington and on Monday
last Captain OF Detectives Robert
Benson and Joseph Kempski one OF
his plain clothes men went to the
capital. There they conferred with
/ the police and four officers were de-
tailed 10 work with them in their ef-
forts to round up the bandits Cap
a tain Benson went to the New Com
/ merciaI hotel and after comparing the
signatures Of the two new arrivals
\ with samples Of the handwriting OF
O both men which he had previously OBJ
r tanned he was satisfied the guests were
e the fugitives from here. He got per-
mission to enter the rooms and was
rewarded by the discovery Of furthei
!. evidence tending to show that he had
e at last discovered the hiding place ot
e the fugitives.
ii Some of the officers remained in tn,
II rooms sor the balance OF Monday
n ali Of Monday night and part OF yes
terday. They were hoping the tw,
e men would return and walk into tn,
- trap that had been set for them. TO
y more than thirty-six hours none OF IN
. police closed their eyes as they di,
y not want to let the querry sill
y through their fingers. During thi
= time Captain Benson and some o
4. the other officers toured PRACTICAL,
y all the hotels and boarding houses Il
\ Washington on the supposition ira
= Mckinney and Wolfe might hav
,a taken up their residence elsewher
= but they could find no clue to them Il
,e any other house.
4
!. 1t then developed yesterday that o
n Sunday the fugitives had learne
!. that the Wilmington police were o
:" their trail and had found they wer
in Washington and had sent detec
tives there to arrest them. This III
police here and in Washington bs
lieve, caused them to leave at ono
They did not even return 10 the Ne
Commercial Hotel for the clothing an
VI ammunition they had left there. Thei
y was no sign OF the money in the room
1 they occupied.
Satisfied the bandits had left wasf
ington Captain Benson and DetectiS
n Kempski returned to this city yel
; terday. For the time being the ira
was lost. but the telephone messas
from Richmond this morning electr
fed the whole police department ar
3 satisfied Superintendent Black ar
tie Captain Benson that their work ha
on been rewarded. Last week they hs
.te sent out fiiers all over the countl
H. with the photographs OF the men Z
Isl them and giving the facts OF the no
on up and they were confident sooner
D. later the bandits would be round,
as up. The Richmond police had one
these circulars and Chief Sherry to
as Superintendent Black over the tel
he phone this morning that he was sa
~ isfied both men in custody were n
~ men W no were wanted here for Il
~ pay roll hold UP last week.
mt At First Denied Identity.
nd From what the police here cou
Z 1a,s - u.
was made Sunday. The autom
bile Mckinney and Wolfe had in tn,
possession s.thought 70 have been 7
'ed sponsible in some way for their a
rest. Chief Sherry told Superinten
ent Black that when taken into cu
ar- tody at first Mckinney and wo
ina both denied their real Identity a
IL. claimed they were from WashingtC
ne ID. g. They gave the Richmond pol
a. some facts about Washington viii
,e- caused them to telephone to the poll
the In Washington and the latter AFT
~ hearing the facts stated without he
nN tation that the suspects must be I
men wanted in Wilmington. Mex
ney persisted in his first assertion IN
his name was Roy w. Jones /
Wolfe finally admitted. Chief Sher
NJ said, that that was his right name
While Mckinney was born a
raised In this city and had lived h,
- practically all his life and was "
- - known 70 a large number Of peol
so Wolfe originally came from Mari,
~ Ind whore relatives still live. Abc
- five months ago Wolfe was discharg
- from the United States army. I
'no former commander told the police Il
at the time he was discharged wo
very brazenly told him that he. VOL
was going to become a bandit and n
at he was going 70 follow this line