New Britain herald., 1925-10-21
Says He Thought Men
Were Only Hi-Jack-
ers Probably Will
Face Added Charge
Of Burglary in East
Hartford S Stolen
Cars Sold In Capital
City.

G. Reising OF $50 Burnside avenue
East Hartford. inventor OF the Refs.
ing target pistol and former presi-
dent OF the Reising Arms company
here, was a recognized member OF
Cowboy" TresSler's gang in New
York and had exchanged three
Maxim stlencers with them for
five stolen automobiles. was revealed
by confession he made TO the New
York authorities following his ar
rest yesterday. Assistant District At
torney Murphy declared today.
Reistng was TO be arraigned to-
day on the charge OF violating sec
tion 1897 OF the New York penal
code.
Did Not Know An
Although Reising was intimate
with members OF the gang and had
often stayed at one OF their
rendezvous in the east side Of New
York and although several of them
had spent one night at his home. Mr.
Murphy said, Reising did not know
the extent OF their crimes until ap-
proximately three weeks ago. He
had believed. however. according 10
Mr.. Murphy that they were hi
iackers who wanted the sllencers for
use IN holding up hootleggera ...
Burglary Charge Too
Reising will probably face
charge OF burglary In East Hartford
also. Chief of Police William ]. Nc
Kee OF that town declared this
afternoon. He said a member OF the
gang has admitted that Reising en-
gineered the burglary at William r.
Mobiles drug store in East Hartford
on September >. where booty from
sl2S to $3.50 was obtained,
Mr.. Mckee decalred that the IN
tormant said two men entered the
East Hartford store and n third
waited outside in an automobile.
Five Cars Stolen
The New York attorney explained
, that one OF the stolen cars is known
to have been sold In East Hartford
and the other four in Hartford. II
was said today that at least two OF
the Hartford owners voluntarily
notified the state police that they
bought the cars from Reising after
they had learned OF his operations
from newspaper accounts. They pro-
fessed to known nothing OF the
thefts, but admitted they bought tlc
machines from Reising.
Confessions by two az the "cow-
boys" Peter Stroh and Murray Mark
who spent one night at Reising's
home last summer, brought about
Reising'S arrest. New York detec-
tives decoyed him from his home
yesterday on a trumrer-up charge
that he owned stolen automobile
and he volunteered TO go TO New
York with them to refute the
charge. In New York the automo-
bile was dropped and new one,
that OF possessing a silencer, was
preferred. He was indicted on this
charge and locked up in the Tombs.
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IS calibre. found at the scene OF the
murder OF Abraham Pefka, West
cath street furrier, had been identi-
fed and will be used as evidence 10
! connect Tessler's gang with the
crime. The attorney declared that
Reising brought a alencer 10 New
York to ft this weapon and has ad-
mitted that II was the one which
was bored to be fitted with the
silencer. The New York police
charge to the cowboys" series
OF sixty or more holdups. Six men,
bers OF the gang, including Tessler
were arraigned yesterday and held
In $50, 900 bail each. Five OF the 20
calihre Reising pistols were found
by the police in the gangs hangout
and homes OF those arrested.
90 Stolen Autos
The Connecticut state police are
Investigating the disposition OF sixty
automobiles stolen In New York,
which are alleged to have come In
possession OF Reising.
Chief Mckee OF East Hartford
says that Reislng. who was sup
posed to have been in poor financial
circumstances has had many auto
mobiles, usually recent models.
Reising has ssid he had a factory
In Chicopee, Mass. whero silencers
are made. but no such factory can
be located In Chicopee,
| Murray Markule, whose confes-
sion last week led 10 the arrest OF
the Cowboy" Tessler gang has been
taken from the TombS prison 10 one
unnamed TO protect him. TeSsler and
eleven OF his followers are under
arrest. including one woman, Rose
Hemeline, Some OF them have said
they used sllencers In holdups.