Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1923-11-28
SIX ALLEGED
GUNNEN HELD
Suspected of Participating in
Staying and Robbery of
Bank Messengers
GET "TlP OFF" SUSPECT
Two Diamond Brothers Are
Held in CaSe-CIean-up of
Case is Assured

NEW YORK, Nov. 2S Barlow
Morris Diamond and his 1rother
Joseph have made a complete con-
fessicn of their part in the robbery
and murder of the two West END
bank messengers in n Brooklyn ele-
waited station November ID District
Attorney Dodd announced today af-
ter seven additional arrests had
bee made
Both Diamonds denied firing the
shots which killed the messengers,
from whom $4,000 was stolen, but
furnished the names of three gun
men alleged to have done the actual
Staying, according to Mr.. Dodd, VINO
said that descriptions of the trio had
been flashed all over the country
and a nationwide roundup started.
Mr.. Dodd also announced that
Anthony Pantano of Brooklyn, one
of those arrested this morning, had
agreed to make n complete confess
sion of his part in the crime, when
the district attorney said consisted OF
furnishing information regarding the
transportation of money between the
West END Bank and the new Utrecht
avenue branch of the Irving Bank
Columbia Trust Company
The hold-up. according to tha
confessions. was planned at a meet
ing In Manhattan attended by Bar
low Diamond, Pantano and two OF
the gunner, Mr.. Dodd said. tlna'
arrangements were made at a nsn-
dit rendezvous in Kingsbridge, Ne"
York, where an agreement was sald
to have been entered into to give
Pantano ten per cent of the pfocesdS
of the hold-up.
Pantano was said to have lost his
nerve at this meeting and attempted
to quit the plot, but remai1ed when
one of the gunner threatened h.r1
with death.
Pantano, a bond salesman for
merly employed bv the West End
bar,k whose messengers were killed,
was the "tip-off' man for the actual
slayers, police said. Pantano, they
added, was understood to have told
the gunmen that the messengers
were quick on the draw and that
they had better watch their step.
The Bronx apartment where the
five were arrested was bandit rem
devious and ii was there that the
man who instigated the Brooklyn
robbery and Staying called his aides
for conferences, the police said.
They added that the plotter of the
crirle was a master criminal" but
would not state whether he was
among those now in custody.
Pantano, former employe of the
bank, whose messengers were killed,
was ALI ged by the investigators to
have furnished the gunmen with in
formation of the movement of the
messengers and to have warned
them that both of the bank en-
ployes who carried the money were
fearless men and "quick on the
draw" Pantano also was alleged to
have told the bandits that the bank
soon was to use an armored automo-
bile for the transfer of its money
and that they had better hurry up"
All of the prisoners were taken
to Manhattan police headquarters
for questioning by Inspector Cough
lin.
Pantano, the police said, has ad-
mitted to them that he furnished
the information which led to the
robbery and staying. He was alleged
to have told the police that the gum
men by threatening him had learn
ed from him the approximate time
the messengers left the bank and
the route they would follow. He
denied that he was implicated in the
actual commission of the crime or
that he had shared in the loot.
The men arrested in the Bronx
were stated as Angelo Farina, Cracio
Casertta. Vincent Lanni, Nicols Lu-
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