New-York tribune., 1921-02-15

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Whitman representative Investigating
the Walsh murder could not be learned
yesterday.
Whitman Awaits Report
"There will be no word given ont
from this Office hereafter regarding the
l. urder of Walsh until have received
complete report from those assigned
70 investigate the matter" was all that
Ny. Whitman would say yesterday.
1t IS known, however, that Assistant
District Attorney James E. Smith spent
all OF Saturday and Sunday in investi-
eating the death of Walsh and that he
will lake his report to Mr.. Whitman
to-day. 1t is said that Walsh, who had
given up to the Whitman aids very
valuable leads in the alleged collusion
between the police and auto thieves
ference this week and possibly an ap-
pearance before the grand jury.
County Detective Davis, of New
Brunswick, said that he had positively
established that Walsh was not killed
during the hold-up of the automobile
truck carrying the liquor cargo. He
said that he believed that Walsh was
killed by his companions.
Felix Arnold and John Smith, own
ers of the automobile found abandoned
early last Friday morning in Harrison
n; j., by the liquor, bandits who killed
Walsh and Leo Salamandra, were ar
rested yesterday in New Brunswick as
material witnesses in the Walsh mur-
der They were held in S5 COO bail
each. Smith and Arnold are said to
have been friends of Walsh.
Both men alleged that the car had
been -tolen. Smith, when questioned,
said he took the car to the Pen 1syl-
vania station in New Brunswick
Thursday night and left it there while
he went by trolley to Bound Brook,
why ne did not drive the automobile to
Bound Brock.
Arnold said he did not know ary-
thing about the car being gone as
Smith had taken it out.
The automobile was driven into Har-
rison at high speed early Friday morn
ing. according to the police, and several
men, believed to be the liquor bandits,
jumped from it and fed.
First Car Waish's Property
This was the second car used by the
bandits. it was said. County Detective
Davis said yesterday that the first car
has been identified as a machine
owned by Walsh. 90 The car was ex-
amined by H. w. McKeever and Mark
Reilly, of Newark, and Reilly said he
scld it to Walsh. It was in this auto
mobile that the body of Walsh was
found
Walsh was suspected of having sue
ceeded Frederick P. Eckert as leader
of gang of bootleggers who supplied
country clubs and other establishments
with intoxicants. Eckert was mur-
dered last autumn on Staten island.
The attitude of Tito SalaHfandra,
brother of the murdered Trenton liquor
dealer, is puzzling the police, who, &C
eording to County Detective David, do
not believe he is telling all he knows
in connection with the case.
Salamandra has changed his account
of the shooting several times since he
told the story Of the cold-blooded muir
der of his brother while the latter
pleaded for his life at the hands of the
bandits. Further, the police say, he
has insisted that he could not give a
description of any of the bandits, al
though seated in the rear of the same
car with two of them for more than a
half hour after the hold-up Yester-
day he was able to describe ore of
them as being q tall, powerful man.