Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-11
MANY CRIMES
CONFESSED BY
ROBBERY GANG
Quartette H e I'D H re
Admit Other Jobs In
Coast Cities.

Weathcring under several hours Of
determined questioning by Deputy
Sheriff Tom Sharp, John Casey, one
of the bandits arrested in Calexico
yesterday by Deputy Sheriff Fred
Elliott for the robbery of the In
gram service station in Imperial the
previous night, broke down finally
and confessed to a list of jobs in
various cities of the st2t' which
have puzzled police authorities of
those parts for some time past.
Casey's confession, taken down i'll
shorthand bv Mrs. Hazel Living
stone, was corroborated by his wife,
Gladys Casey, and the other woman
mixed up in the affair, Mrs. Eva
McCallum. Jack McCallum, the
partner of Casey in all the holdups,
has refused to talk to officials at
the jail.
According to Casey's statement
they pulled off The following jobs:
B.1wccn Marci ) end ), they held
up u service station in Redondo
Beach, taking al3 in cash and a
wrist watch from The attendant.
On Fcbrua'y ! they held up "
salesman in Riverside at tie point o.
Il shotgun, reli aeng hirn OF ~ corts
in money and a watch which they
afterwards pawr,c Ter - in Los
Angeles. Another piece of work in
Riverside ncttcd them 81. gallons of
wine, several electrical plates and
an electric toastcr which they took
from farm house. IT WIS or this
job that they secured the shotgun
used in the other lollup.
In Los Angeles. between the 22nd
and 24th of February, the pair
stuee. up man, taking from him
$sl in money. a watch and n $500
diamond ring which vas later sold
to saloon keeper in Tijuana for
$50. The watch is now il the pos
session of Sheriff Gillett.
Furthermore. Casey stated, they
had intended to rob the Westmor
land bank sometime today or tonight
il they had not been captured for
the Imperial robbery. They had the
whole thing planned ont, had looked
over the ground and We're ready to
go ahead with the project when they
were taken by Elliott in Ca!cXieo.
The two women stated that they
were deathlv afraid of the man, par
ticularly of McCallum. They had
pleaded with him to stop these Grim
inal operations, but he would not
listen to them and even threatened
to shoot them if they did not stop
their protests.
The holdup for which the quartctte
was arrested happera1 Sunday night
at 7:i5 when they entered Ingram's
service station at Imperial and
and ordered the attendant to accom-
pany them into n rear room. Here
they made him lie on the floor and
proceeded to tie him up after relicv-
ing the till of some $50. A total
Of $40 in cash; $3.50 in checks and
several watches, taken from Ingram
and four customers who followed,
was the loot taken by the robbers.
Buried Loot
Warning their victims to remain
quiet for three minutes if they
wished to remain above q found, the
men then went to the house they
were occupying nearby, While pull
ing off their job they We're dressed
in blue overalls but changed these
for blue serge suits and then pro
ceeded on their way to McXicai
where they remained all night.
The victims at the service sta
tion were able to give not only an
excellent description of the holdup
men but also the license number of
their ear. 1t was in this way that
Deputy Sheriff Elliott was able to
pick them up when they crossed the
border again yesterday.
In his confession to Sharp, Casey
admitted Sunday nights work and
took the deputy to the exact spot
where the loot had been buried near
the fair grounds. II was all rcc0V-
cred, money watches and trinkcts.
The men will be prosecuted here
on highway robbery charge dcs-
pitc the fact that kilograms from
cities where the men are wanted for
other jobs arrived at the Jail this
morning stating that officers would
arrive to take them into custody.