New Britain herald., 1927-09-01
|PLANTSY!LLE BANK
RObbER ARRESTED
William Kapella Accused Of Be-
Ing in June H0ld-Up

William Kaprolla, aged 81 wears
alleged to be the missing member OF
the quarter which is accused of nav.
ing held up the Plantsylle National
bank in Southington on June -. has
! been arrested in Chicago at the in
! stance OF officer Paul LaVan. a mem
Der of the Connecticut State Police
Although details OF the capture arr
meager, kappella was arrested as he
sat IN an automobile having bullet
proof glass enclosure.
Ihic" members Of the gang were
arrested on the same day as the
bank holdup. They are Thomas De
Marco and Albert Meyer of Cicero.
LII, and Stewart Florian of South
lhSton. The trio is now in the Hart
ford county jail under bonds OF S5u.-
600 each. awaiting trial in the Sep
TENDER term of the superior Corl'.
Upon their arrest, the police say.
the men stated that fourth man
was implicated. Information rc-
ceived from the arrested ones dis
closed the fourth mans identity and
state Policeman Ldvan was assign
ed 10 the case.
Last week, the state policeman,
following clues received since the
holdup, went to Chicago. There the
officer found a warm trail and after
searching about. he found his man
and asked the Chicago authorities to
arrest him.
ENtradition papers are being pre-
pared and will be signed by Acting
Governor Brdinard today. They will
then be despatched to Chicago.
According TO the confessions of
the two Cicero men, the police say.
kappclla is named as one OF the
two men who entered the Plants
vile bank and held up Cashier Ray
mond Olson and his wife, both OF
whom We're i'll the institution at the
time. Meyer remained in the auto
mobile and acted as chauffeur when
tho Robbery was completed.
The bandits secured more than
$1,000 and sped over the back roads
to The woods surrounding Granniss'
Lake near Lake Ccmpounce. Con
stable Thomas Murphy and Graham
followed them shortly in
another automobile and traced them
to The woods. They followed the
wheel tracks into a wagon trail in
the foods and soon came upon the
a abandoned car of the bandits.
a POSSE of policemen, state Of
licg@s and citizens was quickly
formed and in the afternoon, De
Marco was apprchcndcd in the
woods by Fred Callcn and William
Of Ilainvilc, Meyer
was captured that night when he
h1il1C two Soutnington youths and
asked for d ride in their automobile. |
They were suspicious of the man
ard TUNED him over to a policeman
in TorestvIlc.
Florian was arrested at his home |
in plantsVille after the two had i'm |
pli?Ht,d him and named him as the !
nstigator of the crime.
Alout s1.5oO was found on De !
Marco and SIS was found on Meyer |
when they were caught Meyer I
stated that he had buried the re /
nalnd"r of his share of the loot in /!
he woods. A few weeks ago. Con- !
tabll Thomas Murphy of Southing- |
Oh recovered S195 from two South !
n%tCn men who had found the !
money in the woods while hunting
mushrooms.
It has been thought by the police
hat the fourth man made off with .
he remainder of the loot It was
rot until after DeMarco and Meyer
lad been put through severe
'rilIine that the police learned that /
here was a fourth man in the party.
'lnC@ that time, ar unceasing search
las been instituted eliminating in
he capture of Kappella yesterday.