The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-25
ROY GARDNER IS
TAKEN IN ARIZONA
SANTA FE MAIL CLERK FOllS
RoB6ER AS GUN is HELD
AGAINST BODY; GETS 5000
Prisoner Claims He Acted Calamity
In ,Sparino Life or Railway EN-
pioye Because He Saw Man
Was Brave and Unarmed

Phoenix, Ariz.-The bandit captured
here last Tuesday night at the Santa
Fe station, following an attempt to rob
mailcar, was identified by finger
prints Wednesday as Roy Gardner, who
recently escaped from the federal peni-
Tertiary at McNeil's island.
According to the police, Gardner adj
mitted his identity.
Police Wednesday morning said that,
while there was nothing Of unusual val
ne in the mail on board the car at
tackled Tuesday night, local bank
planned to ship $4,000 from here We'd
nesday, ind they believe the void be
robber had been clipped off, to the
shipment, but got the wrong train.
The mailcar attacked Tuesday night
was on Atchison, Topeka 4 Santa Fe
train No. 10. The robber boarded the
car ten minutes before the train was
due to leave for Los Angeles, and it
Is the theory of local officers that he
intended to ride to Il nearby station,
where, they believe, lie had accom-
plices waiting for him.
Herman InderlIed of Phoenix, clerk
in charge of the car, said he was not
looking when the wouldbe robber got
in the car, and that the first he knew
of the others presence was when he
felt gun pressed against his body and
turned around to find masked man
holding revolver against him. Inder
lied. who Is feet 2 inches tall ant
weighs about 2l5 pounds, struck his
assailant, took his gun away from him
and then sat on him while he waited
for officers to respond to his calls
Then the bandit was taken to the
county Jail, where he said he was "R
r. Nelson of Chicago"
Inderlied went out with his car Tues
day night.
While Interlied was holding his pris
Oner, the latter said, "Well, yOu'v,
earned your $1,000 tonight" referrin,
to standing reward offered to mai
clerks for the capture of mail bandits
Another Santa Fee train was stand
ing on track at the local station
just a few feet from No. 10, and ;
Southern Pacific train, with two ma
lrine guards in the mailcar, was at tn
Southern Pacific station, Il quarter o
, block away, when Interlied was at
tackled
, Interlied, who returned to Phoeni
Wednesday, was called to the polio
station to identify the prisoner formal
ly as his assailant. AS he apprOache
the prisoner, the latter held out hi
: hand and said. 'eTou haven't got an
/ hard feelings, have your
I've got Il wife and child at home,
/ Interlied replied.
, 80 have l." responded Gardner
, land If you had had gun last nigh
your wife would have been a wido,
, today. never hurt an unarmed maj
/ But next time a gun is stuck agains
/, you, you put up your hands. 1t nigh
: not be Roy Gardner behind the gun"
, San Franclsco-Roy Gardner oscar
ed from MeNeil's island, Washingto
penitentiary, September :, 1921, b
cutting his way through the barbe
: wire fence during a prison baseba
game and running through the field
a to cover amid rain Of. shots from tn
! guards
: Two convicts, former soldiers ;
: Camp Lewis, serving life sentences fe
y statutory offenses, also made a das
: for ltbertys with Gardner. One of the
was killed, the othet wounded.