New-York tribune., 1921-04-02
. Confess Part
In S466,O0O
Bond Robbery
One Man Arrested i'll Wash
;naton. Another Here.
Said to Have Helped Sell
100000 of Securities
Name .sYinkie'' as Thief
Capture of Master Mind
in Larceny Here Last
November Expected Soon

Confessions concerning their part in
a, alleged transaction involving the
fsndling Of 500 0Go worth Of the $780,
ao1 in Liberty bonds stolen from Keau,
TevIor & Co. last November are sa i'd
=, hsvo been made yesterday by two
sSsitional suspects taken into custody
- tAe direction OF District Attorney
Lewis Of Brooklyn.
The r,en SAID they were Peter Thcm-
- Duffy. Of 5i3 West Forty- ninth
Street. and James A. Carroll, Of S92
rsst Forty-irst Street. both of Manhat-
,sn snS we're held in $4,000 bail each
a. material witnesses. The arrest Of n
man said 10 be directly responsible for
ne theft Of the bonds from two mes
>ercers of kean. Taylor 4 Go. may
come within , few hours. according 10
statements made yesterday by District
Attorney Lewis.
Arrests Kept Secret
1t was learned yesterday that Duffy
was arrested IN Washington several
oavs ago. Carroll VAS taken by the
New York police. Both captures were
kept secret uatil the men were ar
,sigued before Judge Eayes in cham
bers Yesterday. Following their COM
,gitnrent 20 iai' Distrlct Attorney Lewis
said that both ad made confessions
concerning their association With man
named "ylnkie, who, they said. was the
leader in the bond theft. According 20
re alleged confession Duty first en-
,erea the case last December. when he
made 3 trip 10 Memphis for the purpose
ci dispos.ng of 4 quantity OF fake
vhishy labels and narcotics and other
slcscd stolen property. These articles.
,ccordng to the confession, were to
have been handled by Diggs Nolan. =
Memphis druggist, who, District At-or-
rey Lewis declares. has since been ar
rested FOR having in his possession sew
ersl OF the stolen bonds.
While in Memphis Duffy is said TO
1--we talked the pond business over
vth Nolan and 10 have declared that
Nolan informed him that he could
handle the stolen bonds if he (DuFy)
,.ud get them.
pom his return TO New York Duffy
:, said TO have met Carroll and gone
'Aorse. where they claim to have met
'Yinaie.r According 10 Dufy's al
lecea confession. .'Yinkie" gave him
$50 worth OF bonds and promised
20 give him al additional $4,000 worth
ii he succeeded in disposing Of the
smaller lot. DGFy is sad to have dis
posed Of the S750 worth OF bonds in
Washington without going on to
Memphis. After 6iSposing of the bonds
in Washington. Duffy is said to xhave
proceeded to Memphis to await the de-
livery Of the larger consignment.
Bonds in Carroll's Hands
According 10 District Attorney
Lewis. It has been ascertained that the
bonds were actually in the hands of
Carroll, who had remained in New
Nork for several days, nd that he ulti-
mately returned them to the person
from whom he had obtained them, in
.:ead Of sending them to Duffy in
Memphis
Investigation sad District Attor-
fey Lewis Yesterday, disclosed that
tie person who turned over the bonds
to Carroll and who subsequently re-
esived them back is the same person
referred TO by Abe Nash, alias Abe
Cohen. who was arrested several weeks
age liter raid upon the Offices of
Nathaniel H. Wheeler, q mining in
'@atot, here. Az the time of the raid
hF)n the Wheeler Offices several men
Were taken INTO custody, but later re-
itasea when they were able to explain
ne satisfaction Of the police that
taelr part in handling the stolen bonds
Nes bona iide and without knowledge
q their having been stolen"
As a result OF the alleged confess
sons of Carroll and Duffy several
young men living in the vicinity of the
thompson Street coffee house were
taken to District Attorney Lewis's
once and questioned. but released
iater. The bonds owned by Kean, Tay-
iof & Co. were stolen last November
ron messenger near the Igoe Broth
yts plant, II Metropolitan Avenue,