The New York herald., 1922-07-05
Scooted on Ledge, Entered
Another Window and
Fled Behind Boxes.
POLICE ON NEW TRAIL
Second Raid by Detectives
Yields Bonds Stolen in $780,
900 Niagara Holdup.

Four hundred thousand dollars
worth of the s2,50o,Ooo in securities
stolen from a mail truck October "a
were found yesterday in the apartment
of George Anderson at IL Gramercy
Park. according to the Post Office In
spectors. This was in addition to the
100000 in bonds found there on Mon
day night after the arrest of Anderson,
Gerald Chapman and Charles Lambert
1t was reported that the 100000 loot
was dug up from under a tree in Long
Island, but detectives denied this and
would not say either that it was found
at the Gramercy Park address.
Chapman, known to the inspectors
as "the Count" and "the Professor"
all but escaped custody yesterday.
The Post Office men, having looked
over the retrieved securities. decided
to subjec. the three prisoners to a
few more questions and thus round
out information that, 1t Is predicted,
will result in the capture Of others
alleged to be implicated in the holdup
and in the recovery of more of the
missing securities.
While the prisoners were being piled
with questions Chapman took wild
chance. The inquisition was under
way on the third floor of the Post Of
fee Building west of the Pennsylvania
station. There was window open.
Chapman had so maneuvered as to
have nobody between him and the
window. He made a short dash and a
leap. The inspectors thought he had
made dive and would land on the
street Instead he stopped on the
broad coping outside the window.
II might as we'll end It this way"
shouted Chapman to the amazed in
spectors. "as let you fellows get me-"
The Leap That Wasn't.
He seemed to plunge off the coping.
The agents tried to locate him or his
body from the window. They saw moth
ing OF the man. Chapman had scooted
along the ledgs TO the corner arising
from Eighth avenue and Thirty-fourth
street. BY hanging on with his fingers
in the open spaces between the grants
blocks he sidled around the corner. A
window of vacant office was open.
Chapman jumped into the building.
More than a dozen persons had joined
the chase inside the building. 1t was
certain that Chapman had not leaped.
They searched office after office. and
presently came upon the man hiding be-
hind a row of large paper boxes be-
meath a shelf
The arrest of three men. at least ono
of whom the inspectors believs actually
participated in the holdup of the mail
truck. came after several months of
work by the staff under Inspectors
Doran, Murphy and Wick. assisted by
Gordon Mccarthy. a special agent OF
the American Express Company.
The police believe the prisoners are
also implicated in the robbery at Mag
ara Falls, of 100000 from an American
Express Company wagon, inasmuch as
So, 600 Of the loot recovered at the Gram
ercy Park apartment was Identified as
part of the Niagara Falls loot.
The men under Inspector Doran found
the American Express Company inves-
tigators on the same trail that they were
on and the arrests were made Monday
night at Broadway and 102d street.
Find Forgery Apparatus.
In Chapman's apartment yester.
day. in addition to recovering the
extra 100000 securities, the po-
lice found automatic pistols OF
American and German make, several
Maxim silencers, ammunition srd the
materials for altering and eraring fig
ures en- bonds and securities and for
washing eff cancellation stamps. Many
Of the bonds which the authorities have
recovered in other arrests have been
found TO have been cleveriy altered and
the serial numbers erased or changed
and the cancellation on many Of the
bonds taken off very neatly. Several of
these altered bonds from the Leonard
street robbery and other jobs have been
passed through the Treasury Depart
ment.
About six weeks ago the arrest of four
men from the Post Office Department re-
suited In the recovery of $4,000 worth
legged to have been trying 20 sell The
post office agents believe that with the
arrest OF those men and the capture of
the three men now under examination
the whole case Will be cleared up.
The job at Niagara Falls, when the
robbers got 100000 from the American
Express wagon. took place in broad day
light. The police believe that "A large
portion OF the 100000 has been lost.
Detective Kiley at the request of Post
Office inspectors went to the Clarendon
Hotel, in Beach 103d street. Rockaway
Beach and arrested man who said he
was jeremiah Seville, rs, taxicab
owner, OF 216 West Fifty-fourth street.
He was locked UP in the West Thirtieth
street station to await action by Fed
eral authorities. The inspector said
Seville drove the bandits automobile on
the night OF the robbery.