Norwich bulletin., 1921-11-17
Ray Gardner, Mail
Bandit, Recaptured
By Unarmed Mail Clerk
Bandit Would Not Shoot at
an Unarmed Man.

Phoenix, Ariz, Now 16-Roy Gardner
mail bandit, who escaped under the fire
of a score of guards from the feneral
penitentiary at Mcneil Island, Washing
ton, where he was serving a sentence for
Pacific coast robberies, was captured sin
gle handed here last night by Herman
Inderlied when he attempted to rob the
mail car on an Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe railway train at the Santa Fe
station. Inderlied was unarmed and was
the mail clerk in charge of the car.
Late today Gardner was arraigned be-
fore United States Commissioner John B.
Henke and was held to the federal grand
jury in bonds of 100000 He will not
be tried here. however, but will be sent
to LeavenWorth, Kansas. to finish serv
ing sentences which were hanging over
him when he escaped last September, ac
cording to Thomas Flynn, United States
district attorney.
The bandit admitted his identity when
local police recognized in him a likeness
with descriptions sent broadcast at the
time of Gardner's escape from Mcneil
Island.
Immediately after establishing his
identity, Gardner was turned over to the
words to the sheriff when taken into the
county Jail were warning that he in
| tended to escape if the opportunity arose.
Edward c. McGrath superintendent of
railway mail service in the west, de-
clared tonight that Inderlied would re-
| ceive the reward of IS 900 offered for the
capture of any person who attempted to
| rob the mails and also the $1,000 which
was special reward offered for the
| capture of Gardner.
At the hearing Inderlied told of going
| to the car to prepare for his run. He
| said he changed. his clothes, laying his
revolver on a table while he did So Al
terwards he got out to get the mail from
a drop box at the station, leaving his re-
| yolver on the table
| When he returned, he said, he was
| confronted by masked man who pointed
a revolver towards his head and ordered
him to hold up his hands and to bach
into the corner
II started backing, but didn't hold VI
| my hands" he said.
When he got into the corner, he said
the bandit ordese1 him to lie down OF
his stomach, and he started to do so
Then. he said, he started to straightel
up but only got high enough to see tn
gun held in the others hand.
"I made a grab for 1t and got hi
wrist. Then We started scuffing AM
wrestling. 1nderlleu teStlned.
At last, he said, both fell down and h
got on top of the bandit and got posses
sion of the gun. About that time. h
testified, help arrived in response to hi
calls.
In reply to questions IQderlied, who
over six feet a11 weighs z15 pounds, ad
mitted that the bandit had numerou
chances to shoot him both before an
during the scuffing.
Inderlied identified five bullets as thos
!, he had later taken from Gardner's CUR
Two of them had wooden noses. Gardne
t explained that the wood-nosed bullet
contained small shot that probably woul
stop a man without killing him
4 never shoot at an unarmed man.
Gardner said in explaining why he ha
not used his gun during the struggle wit
: Inderlied.
: Gardner blamed his failure on the fax
l that Inderlied was in the car instead
a negro clerk that Gardner though
5 would be IN charge. The bandit said thu
| he was after $4,000 which he believe
was ready for shipment through the loc;
postoffice
t Other mail cars with armed marr
s guards aboard were in the vicinity
= the station at the time, officials state