The Monroe journal., 1921-04-29

wedges and set of telegraph pole
climbers.
Friday afternoon a half dozen de-
tectives made an exhaustive search OI
The basement of the house where
Coleman and Mickey lived following
the bank robbery. and spaded up a
considerable amount Of ground. They
came within a few feet of the hidden
explosive, which would have blown
them 10 eternity had the spade cut
into il. the police say.
Find Explosive and Fuse Caps
Saturday morning Coleman LED
Detective Brick and other officers tc
a rear door. and. after descending a
short fight of stairs. and turning 70
the right. TO a small door which open
cd into a darkened sub-cellar. tbs
ground Of which was strewn with pa
pers, magazines and boxes.
Coleman and Brick both entered
the dark sub-eellar. half crawling on
their knees. Brick commanded tbs
confessed bandit TO point out tbs
place where the pint Of nitro-glyeerin
was buried. Then. with Coleman di'
iecting The operation, Brick spaded
M the pint bottle of high explosive
and found with il a bundle Of fuse
caps.
Detectives then took the pint OF
dangerous fluid TO vacant lot in the
rear OF the house and poured out the
explosive liquid on the ground. drop
or two at a time, and broke the whis-
key bottle.
1t was pure nitro-glycerin -
enough 10 blow up the entire block.
said Detective George saunders. who
with Detectives Brick. James Max
well. Herbert Cole. W. II. Bennette
and Peter Carr. have been working on
the case.
Although Coleman will not admit il
police say the tro-glycerin was in
tended for blowing.
Coleman Admits Great Love for Girl
The girl arrested with Coleman
Friday. known as Mickey Carroll
lived with a man by the name of Earl
Wells. or Cavanaugh. in Minneapolis,
Chief of Detectives Rinker said.
They were both here last March.
This man was killed in a mysterious
fashion by Minneapolis gunner
about month ago and receipts for
his burial expenses from an under
taking establishment were found In
her pocketbook' said Rinker.
Coleman admitted to Chief Will
lams that he was wildly in love with
her. According to Williams, he said:
Chief. man in my business
doesn't pick up a girl like that every
day. She's one in a thousand. and IL
ever sQuealed on the bunch. she d
never have anything to do with me
when | got out of the pen. I'll tell
everything about myself. il you'll LEI
her 60
Mickey Carroll had $3.50 in
bank notes in her lace-silk stockings
when searched Friday.
"Dr. II. J. Hollison. who admitted
TO Chief Williams Friday that he had
attended the Italian named Joe, who
was Shot through the foot in the hold
up. is still being held in Jail. He said
he had been called TO the Glencoe
street address to attend TO the
wound.
Had this physician done his duty
in notifying us of the man we would
undoubtedly have cleaned UP the en-
tire aflair by now. Rinker said. i do
not yet know what disposition will be
made of his case
Detectives participating in the
Park hill raid Friday and in other ar
rests leading up TO the gang cleanup
are Harry b. Lane. George Sanders,
Peter ]. Carr. James Brick, James
Maxwell. James Connors, Carl Baker
Bert Cole. William Bennette, Clar'
ence Jones. Henry Durkop, Carl VII
son. Thomas Lahey. Henry Gentry
George Schneider. George Mack
George FADE and James Bramer.
Gang Held Daily Meetings ON Plans
Detective Captain Rinker declar'
ed Marjorie Stanley is a notorious
character. She has been palling with
Walters and was posing as his wife
We have information that Walter:
was implicated in a $4,000 diamond
robbery in Salt Lake City recently
He also participated in Denver
holdup not long ago. and he has serv'
ed two penitentiary sentences. His
partner in the diamond robbery
man named Wallace-is in the Utah
penitentiary now.
"The police charge that the mem.
bers of the gang received their mai
and held daily meetings at the Crosby
hotel TO plan their criminal actiVi
ties
Coleman, when questioned by DIS
trict Attorney Philip S. Van Cise late
Friday. charged that the district at
torney was responsible for the hold
up of the bank messengers.
You cleaned up the gambllnt
houses where | was making gooe
living, the confessed bandit declared
TO the district attorney. When yot
nut gambling on the blink, had tt
90 out and pull this stunt. Your cam
paign against gambling caused al
this trouble