The Washington times., 1924-06-14
FIVE UNDER
ARREST IN
Us. MAIL
Thief 7
Part of Loot Recovered by
PoIice-FuII Solution
Thought Near
BY international News Service.

BY International News Service.
CHICAGO, June 14.J. II.
Wayne, wounded man held under
police guard at the county hos
pital following his arrest in COM
pany with two other men and q
woman early today, was identified
by members of the crew Of the
Milwaukee and St. Paul mail train
as member of the bandit band
which Thursday night held up and
looted the train of approximately
million dollars in cash and Sc
curities.
Five postal clerks viewed
Wayne and one of them was posi-.
tive in Identification.
Five arrests today were followed
by announcement by Captain Of
Detectives William Shoemaker that
solution of Thursday nights mil.
lion dollar mail robbery would be
in hand before night.
Wayne. wounded in the Jaw.
chest and right arm and with mis-
body scored as il by a volley OF
shotgun slugS, was held under
heavy guard in a ward in the
county hospital. He said he was
: shot by a Margaret Ray. believed
to be the woman police held at an
J outlying precinct station. ]. ida
honey, said to be an aviator, was
arrested at the Chicago address
given by Wayne.
Others Taken.
Two other men were arrested
/ later in the morning. Walter Nc.
Comb and Paul Wade were seized.
Pending the roundup Of the gang,
I! police were not inclined to divulge
=; the information on which the arr
F.. rests were made.
! Officers also stated that with the
! five arrests practically half of the
/ loot taken in the gigantic robbery
| had been recovered and that ar.
/ rests of the rest of the gang and
recovery of the remainder of the
loot were expected today.
The bandits, choosing only the
most valuable mail sacks, got $780,.
900 cash and bonds valued be.
tween $1,Oo0,000 and 1900, 900.
Wayne was found on the road
side two miles south of Hammond,
Ind, a distance from the robbery
at Rondcut that, might easily
have been traversed by the bandits
between midnight and dawn yes.
terday.
Police search for the four auto.
mobile loads of bandits who held
up the all-mail special on the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
railroad has been concentrated on
finding the wounded member of the
gang, shot by his pals when he
was mistaken for a belligerent mem.
her of the train crew.
Known to Be Wounded.
He was known to be seriously
wounded, as a large pool Of blood
marked the spot where he law
while the bandits loaded forty-two
sacks of registered mail, containing
Federal reserve bank shipments to
the North and West, into the wait.
ing cars,
That an airplane may have been
used in quick flight with the loot
was believed when police learned
that one had landed. loaded ard
taken off near the robbery atdawn
Friday.
The room where Wayne Is under
treatment at the county hospital
was closely watched today. All
beds other than Wayne's had basn
removed, and heavy details of Off.
GERS watched the prisoner.
This man must be watched very
carefully" Captain Shoemaker or.
dered. 1--WE may expect anything
from bandits who have the organ
zation and money to put over this
big a DEAL"
Police broke down the door Of
the McComb flat when McComb and
his wife were taken into custody.
A large amount Of money, which
police declined to designate in
|. figures, was found in the flat. Both
McComb and his wife refused to
talk.
Police Are Silent.
: Police refused point blank to dis.
, cuss Wayne. They would not say
. lwhere. when or how he was found.
! nor would they answer any ques.
tons REGARDING the method Of hia