The Indianapolis times., 1929-03-12

Robbery Suspect Arrested
in Pittsburgh; Bonds
Are Recovered.
LINK WITH DEATH CASE
Man Held for Angola Job
Believed Member of [
World Ring.
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
PITTSBURG, March 12.--City
detectives today had recovered $751;
900 of negotiable bonds stolen from
the First National Bank at AM
gola. Ind, May 8, 1928, and cap
tured q man whom they believe Is
one of an international ring Of bond
thieves.
The man gave the name Of
Emanuel Steinberg, S5, and said he
was film salesman. Detectives re-
covered total of $77,000 worth Of
bonds with his capture. The others
were identified as paper stolen in
the $4,000 mail train robbery In
the Toronto (Canada) union station
June 28, 1928.
The detectives believe the Angola,
Toronto and other large thefts were
the work of the same gang.
Linked With Death Case
Detectives here say that they be-
lteve the gang included Thomas
Burke, whose charred body was
found in northern Indiana several
months ago, and for whose alleged
murder former Sheriff Charles zim-
ymerman is under indictment at
Angola.
Detective agencies are searching
through this country and Canada
for William Bovan, Kirby Davis,
Bill Lewis and Morris Hendel as
suspected accomplices in the inter-
national thefts.
The Angola robbery was one Of
the matters investigated by state
police and g. special grand jury dur
ing a general cleanup attempted
several weeks ago.
Bank Head Abducted
Five bandits appeared at the
home of President E. F. Croxton at
Angola May 8, 1923, about a. m.
They put guard over Mrs. Croxton
and young man who roomed there
and forced Croxton, under guns, to
go to the bank.
They hid in the bank until 8
a. m, when the time locks on the
vault opened. Then they tied uu
Croxton and left with the $4,000 in
bonds and a large amount of cash,
picking up the guard at the Croxton
home in their flight.
Detectives of the Indiana Bank
ers' Association from Indianapolis
and operatives for agencies Of the
American Bankers Association
soon were convinced that there was
connection between the Angola case
and other large robberies.
The Toronto holdup happened q
month and half after the Angola
crime.
Trade With Broker Barred
Pinkerton detectives and Cana
dian police kept on the trail. Not
long ago they learned that Morris
Hendel had deposited $4,000 worth
Of the bonds stolen In the Toronto
robbery with a broker in Buffalo,
N. Y, and had taken In return
$4,000 in cash and $4,000 in dunn
my mine stock.
He slipped detectives in Buffalo
and the trail was lost until a special
delivery letter came to the Victoria
hotel for Hendel.
The letter contained a receipt for
the $4,000 in bonds which Hendei
apparently had left in Pittsburgh.
Emanuel Steinberg, the man cap
tured today, had sent the receipt. He
carelessly wrote his return address
in Clarksburg, w. Va, on the back
of the envelope. Through Clarks-
burg, the detectives learned the
Pittsburgh address of Hendel, and
raided this apartment earlier today.
Authorities believed here that
Henry T. Davidson, held in Okla
homa City, Okla, and Jesse Schlar-
baum, held in Chicago, for investi-
cation in connection with the $1,000
robbery of The State Bank OF
Rensselaer,, Ind, last September,
may have been involved in the In
ternational ring.