Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-04-27
Arrest of Pair illustrates
Alleged Plan to Rob WASH
ington Savings.
ONE OFFERS TO CONFESS;
BOTH FACE NEW GRILLING
Accused Also of Kansas City Fed
eral Robbery-Undergo
Scrutiny Tonight.

Carl w. Hanson, rs, and ThomaS
Boyle, 20, arrested as they are alleged
to have been putting the finishing
touches to a plot to hold up the Wash
ington Savings Bank yesterday after
noon, are wanted by Federal authori-
in Kansas City. .Kans Inspector Frank
s. w. Burke, chief of detectives, an
nounced today.
Hanson and Boyle, also known as
Arthur W. Carlson and Charles E
O'Neill, we're arrested after eight de-
tectives, armed with sawed-off shotguns
and tear-gas equipment, had stood
guard in the bank for about two hours,
waiting for them to go through with
Sergt. Howard Ogle and Detective
Pvts. w. D. Perry. Bernard Day and
r NJ McVearry arrested them at
Tenth and H streets less than block
from the bank.
Guard Source Of Tip.
The tip-off on the alleged hold-up
mediately passed the word along to In
spector Burke. The inspector refused
to reveal the source of the tip, on the
ground at might cause somebody to
be put on the spot"
Information regarding the alleged
hold-up scheme was turned over to
Burke shortly after 10 am. After
ordering all members of the detective
force to stand by. he hurried to the
bank to confer with Robert A. Sisson,
conservator.
Told the robbery would be staged at
Z pm, the inspector placed his men
at strategic points in the bank, or
dering them to wait until the hold-up
actually was in progress before making
any attempt to arrest the bandits;
A short time later, however. Perry
learned Hanson and Boyle had decided
to meet at noon for the purpose OF
giving the bank a final once over
and perfecting their plans OF procedure.
thinking the matter over" Burke
explained, IT concluded letting them
20 ahead and stage the hold-up would
be rather risky business. There might
have been some shooting, somebody
might have been killed. I decided 10
play safe"
Pair Submits to Arrest
Accordingly. Ogle, Perry, Day and
McVearry waited on the corner until
Hansen and Boyle appeared, let them
talk together for few minutes. then
arrested them. They offered no re-
sistance. n
Although Perry's information had
been the pair would be armed. no
weapons were found on them. Search
of their rooms, however, yielded two
revolvers. one a 45-caliber gun and
the other a .38.
While being questioned at police head
quarters, Boyle informed Burke ne had
been shot in the leg during the hold
ago. The wound had not been given
medical attention, he said, and his
leg was paining him severely. He Of
fered to tell the inspector all about
everything" If he were given treat
ment. Burke sent him to Gallinger
Hospital, where he was placed under
police guard.
Both Hanson and Boyle were to be
questioned again today, preliminary to
placing them in the lineup at head |
quarters for scrutiny by victims OF
recent hold-ups.
Meanwhile, the inspector received a
telegram from Police Chief William
Stone of Kansas City, Kans., inform |
Ing him Hanson and Boyle were wanted
there by Post Office Inspector H. A.
Roland Details of the post office sta
ton hold-up were not given, but the
message stated Roland would COM
municate with Burke within short
time.
Check-up OF the pairs RECORDS, on
Ale In the Justice Department, re-
vealed both men have served prison
sentences in Kansas, Boyle for grand
larceny of automobiles and Hanson
for both robbery and theft of cars.
In February, 1882, robbers broke into
the bank, cut through partition and
used an acetylene torch to burn their
way into the safe deposit vault, in the
basement, burning open approximately
so boxes and escaping with several
thousand dollars. 1t is not believed
Hanson and Boyle had any connection
with this robbery, however.