Arizona republican., 1921-11-18
MAIL ROBBERY TRACED. TO ROY GARDNER
Notorious Bandit Is Held Here To Face Second Local Charge-Is Taken To Cafe For Dinner

Two mail robberies, in all probabil- ity, will be checked up against Roy Gardner, spectacular mail bandit, whose escapes from police authorities have made his name a household word throughout the United States, according to federal afficers who ex- amined him last evening. Positive proof that Gardner robbed the South- ern Pacific mail car at Maricopa on Nov. of two pouches of registered mail has been uncovered by postof- flee authorities, and this proof is to be made tke substance of another charge, it was said last evening.
 Taken from the county jail at 6 o'clock by Marshal J. P. Dillon and Fred A. Weage, deputy marshal, Gardner was subjected to a two hours .grilling in the marshais of flee at the federal building during which he is declared to have made a number of conflicting statements and to have remained in ignorance of the full amount of evidence against him.
 In the conference at the marshaPs office were J. P. Dillon, United States marshal; Fred A Weage, deputy United States marshall; D. D. Chance, United States postal inspector: J. B. Kelly. special agent for the Southern Pacific company; F. G. Grove, po- lice inspector; and Thomas A. Flynn, United Etates district attorney.
 Keeping Gardner in doubt as to the full extent of the evidence which had been gathered against him in con- nection with the Maricopa job, he was questioned continually until the discrepancies of his story and the un- witting. information which he gave convinced the officials. it is said, that las statements, coupled with proofs in their possession, made the case against him puncture- proof.
 Dimes at Restaurant
 Following the grilling at the fed eral building, Gardner. who had been away from the county jail at sup per time and who was noticeably nervous and tired. was taken to the American Kitchen for a meal, the of- ficials having no other way of taking care of him. Although he was brought into the restaurant by the rear way, large crowd gathered in the street outside the cafe and strained for glimpses of the notorious bandit.
 After he had eaten he was returned to the county jail where he was locked in the lower tank" With him at all times is a special guard from the marshars office.
 Thomas A. Flynn, United States district attorney, announced yester- day morning that orders had been received from Attorney General Daugherty at Washington to prose- cute GaNner here on the charges growing out of his attempt to rob the mail car of the Santa Fe Phoenix Los Angeles train here Tuesday eve ming. These orders came as a can cellation of others received Wednes- day afternoon in which it was di- rected that Gardner should be taken without loss of time to the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan.
 To Be Tried Here
 The change in attitude. according to Attorney Flynn. was taken be- cause of the desire of the govern ment that Herman F. Inderlied, the railway mail clerk who captured Gardner, should receive the reward of $5,000 offered by the postoffice department for "the arrest and con- viction" of a mail robber. Attorney Flynn pointed out that unless Gard