New-York tribune., 1922-12-23
Arrests Reveal
100000 Bond
Robbery Clew
Detectives Take 3 Men They
Suspect of Connection
With Widespread Wall 81.
Brokerage House Thefis
Two Porters, One a Clerk
Charged With Larceny OF
$4,000 From Office of
Cuban Sugar Refining 20.

TIE capture Of security thieves Who
recently have made large hauls IN Of
fees In the financial district was ef'
feeted yesterday. the police believe
with the arrest Of Michael and Joseph
Blynn and Samuel Weiss.
The three rnen had In their pos.
sossion $4,000 in currency and Si,oVo
IN unregistered Liberty oohdS WI
they were taken into custody, aecora-
;ss 20 Detectives Fay and Fitzgerald
Of the Old Slip station, and operatives
OF the William J. Flynn Deteeuye
Agency. who mado the arrest ~
addition 20 this, IL was said lAfse
number Of non.negotiablo bonds pc
longing 10 Wall Street firms we're dlA-
covered as the result OF the arrests
The thefts Of which the men arc sus.
neeted total more than 100000 out
they are specifically charged WIZ
grand larceny in connection with the
dissppearanee of $1,000 In currency
and $4,000 In Liberty bonds from the
once Oh Edward de Ulzeren, president
al the Cuban Sugar Refining Com
pany, at il2 Wall Street. on oe'o-
Der f..
Two Porters and Hat Clerks
The Blynns. who arc brothers, are
porter. and Weiss Is hat clerk. lhey
are said by the police 70 have opoIaSegi
bv obtaining duplicates 70 The keys OF
the ofiee they Intended 10 rob through
one or the other Of the Blynns, who
had previously taken Job theTe on
the strength Of eight or nine years OF
previous experience as porers IN the
Wall Street district. Detectives, who
have been trailing the trio for several
weeks, say that at a convenient opPof-
tunity the brothers would quit their
positions and later return az night let
themselves In with their duplicate
keys and ransaek the ofhee. Michael
Blyun Is accused b. the detectives OF
doing the actual stealing, while the
others arc said 20 have aided him and
afterward disposed Of valuables taken.
In the robbery OF the Cuban Sugar
Refining Company. for which Michael
Blynn worked until a few days before
the theft took place, the safe was
blown; In the other cases the robbers
either forced desks or had obtained
the combination Of the safes, supposed
ly while working in the Office.
Brokers Identify Descriptions
Brokerage firms which have suffered
Losses were furnished with descriptions
Of the Blynns, and are said by the
police 20 have declared that these de-
scriptions fit former employees who
left them just before their respective
robberies occurred. A complete list OF
the securities found at che time OF the
arrest will also be furnished Wall
Street houses that have reported
thefts, and all such firms will be ask >
TO try TO Identify the three prisoners.
Joseph Blynn and Weiss are alleged
70 have confessed that Michael Blynn
robbed the sugar eompany's ofiee and
turned the bonds over to Joseph, who
gave them 20 Weiss. The latter Is said
10 have sold them 10 Oscar Horowitz.
who owns a poolroom at 35 Rutgers
Street HOroWitZ 10 alleged 20 have
disposed OF them, and is expected TO
be arrested as a material witness.
James &. Dunn, former United Statee
Secret Service agent, now with the
Flynn Detective Agency, which was re-
tained by the sugar company, worked
with Fay and Fitzgerald. The three
men we're arraigned before Magistrate
Nolan In Tombs Court yesterday aft
ernoon and held In $4,000 bail for ex-
animation December 20. Michael Blynh
gave his address at POS Water Street,
Brooklyn, while his brother said he
lived at is Peek slip, and Weiss az iss
I Madison Street.