The New York herald., 1922-07-04
FIND 100000 LOOT,
SEIZE 3 MEN, IN Big
POST OFFICE HOLDUP
One Prisoner Eludes Off
GERS and Hides OH Balcony
Trying to Escape.
TRAILED FOR MONTHS
Arrests Give New Clews in
S2,500,0OO Robbery in
Lower Broadway.
PLUNDER KEPT IN TRUNK
Postal Inspectors Raid Place
in Gramercy Park and
Round Up Securities.
PLUNDER KEPT IN TRUNK

Three men were arrested by De
tectives Kiley, O'Brien and Stephan
at Broadway and 1920 street late yes
terday afternoon and taken to the
General Post Office in Eighth avenue
on charges of completely in the holdur
of mail truck at Broadway and
Leonard street October "a, and the
theft OF bonds ana other sccuritie,
worth s2,5oo,oOO.
After the men had been questioned
for several hours Post Office Inspec-
tors Doran, Murphy and Wick went
to the home of one of the men, Ed
ward Bryce of ~ Gramercy Park
where they said afterward they re-
covered 100000 worth of the stolen
bonds. found hidden in a trunk
Besides Bryce, the prisoners are
Charles P. Heines Of Rochester and
Charles Lambert of S62 Amsterdam
avenue. The detectives and the post
Office inspectors had been on their
trail for some time and are said to
have arranged with them for the sale
of some OF the stolen securities. The
three men offered no resistance when
the three detectives approached them
as they stood on corner in upper
Broadway and placed them under
arrest
One Man Seeks to Escape.
The arrest was made. at 4 o'clock.
About o'clock the inspectors left the
prisoners alone In a room on the third
floor of the post office. When they
went back at o'clock Bryce was miss
ing. Half dozen detectives hurried to
the post office from the West Thirtieth
street station and the big building was
searched. Soon afeer o'clock Bryce
was found hiding on a small balcony or
roof extension that juts out from a
window on the second floor on the Thir-
ty-third street side Of the structure
Both he and the others insisted they
were innocent and knew nothing of the
holdup and the theft of the bonds. but
Bryce would not say why he had tried
to escape.
When the inspectors went to Bryce.s
home in Grametcy Park they found there
MIS-. Bryce and woman from Arizona
who has been visiting the Bryces. The
women were taken to the post office and
but Inspector Doran said
ater that no evidence had been found
to connect them with the robbery. The
three men will be arraigned this morn
ing before a United States Commits
sioner. charged with completely in the
holdup and the theft OF the bonds.
inspector Doran and the others who
had a share in the capture would not
say Just what part the prisoners PLAYED
IN the robbery, whether they were the
actual bandits or whether they were the
men chosen to dispose of the plunder.
we have been after them for a long
tlme, said Doran, "and now we have.
them"
Dozen Men I'm the Plot.
Some time ago It was stated by post
of1ce inspectors at work on the cast
mat atIeast a dozen men were involved
N the plot which eliminated with tho
noldup OF the truck and the theft of the
bonds. and that one of the men was
broker through whom the stolen bonds
we're to be sold. Several arrests have
been made In the case. but most of the
prisoners have been released because of
ack of evidence.
Among the arrests which the Gov.
'rnment agents considered especially
important at the time were those Of
louis and John Wolfe and Jacob r.
Price, arrested last April charged with
rying to sell $4,000 worth OF the stolen
ponds. These men are said 10 have
irranged to sell the bonds to Govern
nent agents posing as brokers and
ences, Their arrest was made after
many months of investigation. and
ifter the robbery had thrown such
care into the postal officials that for
iome time mail trucks were guarded
~ United States marines and business
houses and banks used heavily armed
rucks for the transport of valuabls
securities.
Inspector Doran said that the securi-
les found last night in the Gramercy
Park home Of Bryce included bonds OF
he Argentine Republic. the Puget Sound
light and Power Company, Anaconda
copper, Mexican Petroleum, Braien
,opper and the Duluth and Iron Range
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