New Britain herald., 1924-06-14
One Man, With Five Bullet Wounds In Body, Had Sl,5OO h New Bills Which He Could Not Explain.
Woman Included Among PrisOners-Value of Loot Estimated From Sl0O,O0O 10 Three Million.

Chicago, June IA man shot five times and m possession Of Si,50O ill new bills, was under police watch in the County hospital today as suspect in connection with the inves- tigation of the mail robbery Thurs day night when a Chicago. Milwau- kee X St. Paul train was held up S2 miles north of Chicago.
 Says Woman Shot Him.
 The man gave his name as ]. II. Wayne and said he had been shot by a woman near Hammond IndSs He said her name was Miss Marg.. ret Ray.
 The finding Of the bills and of blood stained automobile cushion in the neighborhood where Wayne was found, add to the police skepticism of his story.
 Four other arrests including that of woman were made at west side house in front Of which Wayne had been found. He was taken to the hospital and detectives sent to the address where ono man was seized and two others arrested short ly afterward when they appeared at the house,
 One of tho bandits was wounded. supposedly by one of his own com panions and was carried away by the bandits as they fled in four automo- piles with the loot whi .h has been es- timatcd at from sl00.0oO 10 s1,00e,. 000
 Police Brcak In
 The other prisoners are Walter Me- Comb, his wife, Paul Wade and James Mahoney. Tho police had 10 batter down the door to enter the house.
 Wayne. the police say. gave two versions Of the hhooting, one that he was shot by Margaret Ray" near Hammond, and the other that he was wounded by bootlegger.
 Two detectives were stationed at his bedside.
 McComb and his wife offered re. sistance, but were quickly overpower- ed and handcuffed.
 Wade, who said he recently came here from Tulsa, Okla, was found ihhiht VII ~ bfuTuOIls
 Mahoney was taken 1b minutes after the ralf when he entered tn, house without seeing the detective, who han concealed themselves He Ified to escape.
 Numbers Not same
 After check-up 4. E. Germer, thief postal inspector. announced that he numbers on the bills found in Nayne's possession did not correspond To those on any of the currency stolen n the hold-up.
 Police Theories
 A theory that the four automobil. 0ads Of bandits escaped in a launch, liyided their loot miles out in Lake Michigan. and singly debarked along he shore. is under investigation to- lay.
 Estimates Of the amount obtained ,y the bandits vary from s10o, 1000 to 3,000, ,O00.
 A. F. Gefmer chief postal inspector, believes they did not obtain more than he lower figure. but Larry Benson, thief Of the railroads police force, es- imaies tt al close 10 s3,000, ,ooO. < hipmert 0f sf50, 0,000 in Liberty bonds Iostined 10 the Federal Reserve bank | Minneapolis is missing and other ,onds taken may be valued at H. 00,00e or more. Federal Reserve ank officials gerr said. they had con ighcd s75,UO to national banks in he northwcs, and much eastern mail n tho train probably contained cur rnet Gr taiusbles
 EtiJsuce gathered by Lake County nioiais has disclosed that z uabih iuBch mysterieuslg appeared or Highland Park. suburb half uag etwern Chicago and inc scene Of the obbery early Thursday night and iHded about % men. some of whom answered. the descriptions Of The ban iis sloft time later tro or ths DIT automobiles used in fhe robbery ere stolen. At dawn yesterday inc Bnch had disappeared.
 BtIisf that the body af a robbEr oundnd by one or lis fellows during Ie hgiI-up vas dumped in some itine CT cai+rrt by 'fe Hefing bsn- ts stsFtrd aB intensive search of ra- .HlF FtEHtti4fN itF El.f htAAAlA'- Ff ,l3sry scene last night.
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