New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-01-08

Sox catcher and son Of ex -Sheriff Gross
of Rockland County, and Reuben De-
voc. an employee of c. X. Billings
The Tribune. Immediately upon re-
ceipt of the foregoing information from
member of its staff who was on the
train. communicated it to the police.
Search was started at once in the
.c~.H;:y 81 Spark',l.
1t developed yesterday that Boldly
would still have been in the peniten-
tiary on Blackwell's Island if Police
Commissioner Enright had objected to
his release on parole. Boldly was re-
leased in order to have the disfiguring
scar upon his face opened and treated.
Commissioner Enright, by virtue of
his Office, is member of the Parole
Commission, which has jurisdiction
over persons sentenced to the peniten-
tiary or reformatory. No prisoner can
he released from these institutions on
parole until his case has been passed
upon by the Parole Commission and
concurred in by the judge who SEN
fenced him. A prisoners record. hab-
its and condition Of life are thorough
~ investigated before the parole is
granted, but the commission in many
cases has to rely upon the Police De-
partmcnt for much information.
Body has Bad Record
Boldly was personally known to every
policeman and detective in the Harlem
section. His record as dangerous
character was we'll known at Police
Headquarters He was the first person
suspected when Patrolman Rhoades
vas shot. and it was in connection with
this shooting that Detectives Miller
and Buckley had arrested him and were
taking him to the West l35th Street
station at the time he suddenly turned
and fired the shots that killed them
Boddy's term in the penitentiary did
not expire until next Tuesday.
While it was impossible to sec the
. minutes of the Parole Commission yes
terday, it was said by one of the Off
GERS in the commissions Headquarters
in the Municipal Building that Police
Commissioner Enrght rarely attended
any of the meetings. 1t was said that
he invariably assigned repre- ntative
to act for him. and so far as this off
GER could remember Commissioner En-
right had attended less than ten meet
ings. The officer further said that if
there were more cooperation between
the Police Department and the Parole
Commission the effective working of
the latter would be established and
crime reduced in extent
In the mean time the search for the
murderer of the detectives continued
through the night and day Harlem is
completely covered by detectives eager
to avenge their slain comrades by
bringing the fugitive to justice.
The entire force was ordered to be
on the alert for Boldly and to watch
for the disagreement upon his face
that marks him out against all men
more wildly than the brand of Cain
Three thousand photographs of the
murderer, each portraying the telltale
scar in vivid detail were sent to the
police precincts yesterday SO that every
detective and policeman might ia
miliarize himself with the features of
Boldly, and be ready to arrest him on
sight
Ten thousand additional prints of
this photograph are being made, and
AS fast as they are completed they are
being sent out in patches from Police
Headquarters to the police through out
the country and Canada and to con-
stables and sherifs in all out-of- town
points.
Many Fake Clews Found
throughout the day number Of
false clews served to test the com
pleteness Of the police arrangements to
apprehend Boddy. One in the neigh
borhood of Sixty-second Street set that
neighborhood in a furorc for several
hours while the reserves from two
precincts mnutely searched every nook
and Granny in the block between AM
sterdanl and West End avenues.
This search followed the action of a
man who approached a patrolman on
duty at Amsterdam Avenue and de-
clared that he was an ex-convct who
knew Boldly in the penitentiary and
had just seen the latter enter the house
at 240 West Sixty second Street. The
patrolman reported the incident and
the reserves from the West Fortv-sev-
enth Street and Sixty-eighth Street
stations. headed by Detectives William
Boyle and James B. Mahoney, from the
l3oth Street Station, made a thorough
but fruitless search of the block.
An air of mystery shrouds the exact
whereabouts of the fugitive Whether
he is still in Harlem or has succeeded
IN making his escape from the city is
IN doubt. Well founded reports from
Newark declared Boldly had been seen
In Montclair and other places in that
general neighborhood.
The police are taking no chances and
are covering every report they receive.
One was to the effect that Boldly had
been to his mothers home in Mont
clair. but this could not be verified.
Michael Flynn, Chief of Police of
Belleville, N. j.. said yesterday that
every one OF his men was searching
that place following report that the
negro had been seen there. They are
being assisted by members of the 20
lice departments of this city and
Newark.
The report probably arose through
the belief that Boldly would make for
the home of his brother John. who lives
at 206 Heckel Street, Bellevlle. John
Boldly told the police to-day that he
would do his utmost to bring his
brother to justice. He said he was
bitter against Luther because of the
manner the latter treated their mother
during the war.
Fugitive Called Stacker
He said that while he was in the
service Luther Boldly had refused to
work and their mother was left desti-
tute. He also said that his fugitive
younger brother was a Stacker. The
mother lives in Montclair with another
son. All places are being watched.
During the day the bodies of the
siam detectives were sent to their re-
spective homes, ready for the funerals,
which will take place Monday and
tuesday. A large number of negro
citlzens will march behind the hearse
IN ooth cases as a mark of respect and
esteem in which the two murdered men
were ne!d IN the negro section of Har-