The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-01-06
HE BANK ROBBERY

ly, there is not much to be
garding this dramatic occur
h addition to what was stated
4se columns last week. These
= have taken place, however:
r. Harry Alexander, assistant
of the bank, maintains the
llness of his first statement
effect that he had made ar
rents with the party that rob-
e bank to deliver case of
v to him and that he had no
Idge that they intended to rob
Ak and had no arrangement
lem to that effect.
ohe other hand, Jack Ryan, the
New York gun man, whom
lder says held him up at the
of revolver while the robbery
progress, and who was later
into custody and brought to
unity Jail in Flint, has made
ement to the officers in which
ader is held to be an accom-
Two others who are said to
,een implicated in the robbery,
~ names of Gleason and Dris-
ave been locked up, pending
of the courts in regard to
connection with the crime.
Alexander has been admitted to
fter preliminary hearing, held
st of the week, six business men
b becoming sureties on his bond
total sum Of three thousand
5.
two men who were Ryan's
lnions on the day of the rob-
nave not yet been unprecedented
as the driver of the machine
positively identified. A man
name of Needham, taken by
olice, in the first place, as the
of the machine, has not been
fed as such and we believe his
Iction with the affair is consid-
at least doubtful.
published last week, the twen-
D thousand dollars worth of ne
ble government bonds stolen
the bank were recovered in an
Iss office at Detroit and are now
possession of the bank. They
shipped from Flint TO Detroit
we're done up in a package which
lined also an old shirt, pair of
rousers and a revolver. The
Ege was located accidentally By
Detroit police who were search
he express office for the purpose
Icating another package which
thought contained burglar tools.
said the package was addressed
Miss Lansing who had been
& as, or was in fact, Ryan's wife.
Ie present time, so far as we can
|, there is no clue as to the To-
h of the ten thousand dollars in
Incy which was stolen.
d have understood that Ryan,
son and Driscoll have arranged
into court to-day Thursday
plead guilty to their share in the
/. but it should be understood
is report only and we cannot
b for its accuracy. We also
rstand that under the charge to
b they will plead the maximum
nee that can be imposed is five
!. If this is so it is unfortunate,
lese men are morally entitled to
severe punishment.
e are further informed that Mr..
ander will have his formal exam
on on Saturday of this week, at
h time the subsequent procedure
5 case will be decided upon.
conclusion, we feel at liberty to
that the circumstances of this
are so complex and uncertain
an unbiased and fair opinion can
Srmed, perhaps, only when all of
facts are made known to the
c and are sifted as to their
ctive import.
.ter-The Flint Daily Journal, in
ssue of Thursday, states that
son and Ryan were brought into
! and pleaded guilty to larceny
the bank of the money and
B and that they implicated Alex
r in the crime. Sentence was
red. 1t should be understood,
matter of fairness, that these
would have great personal in
{ in duplicating Alexander in the
:, because If that is established
lkes their own offense much less
us from a legal standpoint and
d enable them to get a much
,r sentence. Instead of q bank
up, while armed, they could only
,nvicted of some degree cf lar
For the more serious offense
itence of twenty-five years to
ould be imposed and for the les
ffcnse about five years, if we are
city informed. Gleason and
claim that the plans for robbing
ank were actually negotiated by
James Driscoll, a bookbinder
has made his home in Flint.
oil is now in Jail and so far as
re informed has made no state
concerning the details of the