New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-10-26
HARTFORD POLICE
SEARCH FOR AUTOS
Two Machines Said to Have Been
Stolen In New York

Hartford, Oct. 26 R>-Hartford
and Connecticut police were today
bending their efforts towards the re-
covery OF two moro automobiles said
TO have been stolen In New York by
members OF the Frank C'Cowboy'D
Tester gang and alleged to have
been disposed a here by Eugene r.
Reising, East Hartford inventor and
pistol expert, In the expectation that
the cars would be secured during
the day. This would bring the num-
Der OF cars recovered to six. and
the police now estimate that the to-
tai humber OF cars they say Reislng
sold here Is 10 or ~.
1t was said today by the Hartford
police that Reising disposed of prac-
tically all OF these machines to
friends Of his. In making these sales,
they say, he often did not act him
self as the salesman. but had some
intermediary do the actual selling at
his direction. In tracing the cars, the
police have found It necessary only
" iSOh up pSpplo hhoNh " pV LNcio7
ings friends, they say.
While the Hartford police were
pursuing these lines. the New York
police were concentrating their ef-
forts on a roundup of further meln-
beers Of the cowboy" gang and
search for witnesses to the murder
Of Abraham Pefka, New York fur
rier In an effort to prove that the
murder was committed by members
of the gang. A gun found by the po-
lice In their Investigation of the
crime has been identified aa a
Reising gun, Detective Sergeant
John i. Madigan of the Hartford
police said today, following his re-
turn from New York last night, but
the New York police have not yet
been able definitely to prove that
members OF the gang were present
at the scene of the killing.
: It was said today by Sergeant
Madigan, and by Detective Sergeant
J, P. Moriarlty. who. with State Po-
liceman Fred Hansen, Is investigat-
ing the stolen automobile situation
in Hartford and vicinity, that the
police here now have more informal
ton about the stolen automobiles
than the police In New York. Sew
oral Of the automobiles found or be-
ing traced, Sergeant Moriarity said,
were recovered here and traced to
Reising and the cowboy" gang with
no information about them having
previously been received from New
York--they We're machines, Sergeant
Moriarity said. about which the New
York authorities had no knowledge.
To straighten out this matter, Ser
giant Moriarity and Policeman Han
sen expect to go to New York later
in the week for conference with
the police there.
Sergeant Madigan said that he
too will probably make another trip
to New York later this week for fur
Their investigation of the case.
Sergeant Madigan also said today
that he thought the loss of L. S.
knock and company, hardware mer-
chants, from whose State street store
merchandise has been stolen and
shipped to the gang in New York,
will amount to about $4,000. Only
one case OF hardware from this store
has been recovered, Sergeant Madi-
gan declared. and he does not be-
lieve that worth more than 5000.
Arthur Tilman and Louis Young
arc under arrest here charged with
thcfts from the Knock store In
which they were employed and APP
pleboum, also 3 former Knock en-
ployee is charged in the warrant for
his arrest. with theft from the
Knock company.
Members of the gang being held
in New York will probably be given
hearings during the week, Madigan
declared. with Reising himself
heard probably in a week or two.