Evening star., 1934-06-05
''TR|-STATE" GANG
LIKELY TOLEAD TO
CRIMES SOLUTION
Authorities See Cleanup in
Shooting of One and
Capture of Two.
PRISONER IDENTIFIED
IN HEURICH H0LD-UP
Washington and Baltimore Police
Hunt for Three Still at
Large.

Solution of variety OF crimes in
widely-scattered sections of the East
was looked for by investigators today.
following the shooting of one member
of the notorious "Tri-State" gang and
the capture of two others In Baltimore
yesterday.
The shooting of Robert Mais, %,
and the capture Of William Davis, 40,
and Marie McKeever, "a, left only
three members Of the mob" still at
large, police Of both Washington and
Baltimore pointed out, and the hunt
for them-John Kendrick, SO; Herbert
Myers, SO, and Arthur MisanaS, 81
was pushed forward with renewed
vigor.
At the same time, Inspector Frank
S. w. Burke, chief of the Washington
Detective Bureau, announced that one
Of two men brought here from Rich
mond had been identified as both an
associate of the gang and participant
in the 81 $40 Heurich Brewery hold
up of last October.
John (Slim) Dunn and Dewey Jen-
kins were brought here from Rich
mond last night, Burke said, and the
former was picked by witnesses as one
of the four bandits who staged the
brewery robbery. Although the wit
nesses failed to identify Jenkins,
Burke said, he will be held for in
vestigation in connection with several
other hold-ups here.
Dunn was linked to the gang, Burke
explained, by virtue Of the fact that
police photographs of Davis previous
ly had been identified as those of one
of the participants in the Heurich
robbery.
Meanwhile, Mais, who according to
Burke has been identified as the man
who shot Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Fon-
taine, 81, also known as Mrs. Leonora
Gooslyn, in Upper Darby, Pa, several
weeks ago. continued to fight for his
life in Baltimore hospital.
Given Transfusions.
With six bullet wounds in his body.
Mais was given two blood transfusions
in an effort to save his life. Police
men supplied the blood for both
transfusions, according to an Asso-
ciated Press dispatch from Baltimore
Capt. John H. Mintiens, chief of
the Baltimore Detective Bureau, an
nounced. the dispatches stated, that
the McKeever woman had admitted
she was present when Mrs. Fontaine
was shot. She declared, however,
that Mrs. Fontaine shot herself.
Police, on the other hand, have as
serted all along that Mrs. Fontaine
was shot in an effort to prevent her
1iyory he 1%it 1F
Baltimore police also disclosed that
two automatic rifles and four 45-cali-
her automatic pistols found in the cot
tage in which Mais. Davis and the
McKeever woman had been hiding
were stolen from the Hyattsville, Md.
armory a few nights ago. The
weapons were identified through their
serial numbers, police said.
Both Davis, who was described as
an intimate of Morris Kaufman, VIC
tim of a gangland ride" in Pitts
burgh about two weeks ago, and the
McKeever woman were questioned ex-
tensively by Baltimore detectives,
working in cooperation with the JUS
tice Department.
Captured After Chase.
Mais and Davis were captured after
an automobile chase begun when they
drove up to the cottage, in the north
ern section of Baltimore, where they
and the McKeever woman had been
in hiding since May 26. Federal in
vestigatorS traced the trio to the house
last Saturday and since then had been
keeping It under constant surveil-
lance.
The agents. assisted by heavy de-
tail of Baltimore city and county
police, riddled the car with bullets
during the chase, finally blowing out
one of the tires. The fleeing machine
halted then and its occupants leaped
out and headed for a nearby woods.
Mais went down in the fusillade of
shots that followed and Davis sur
rendered. The McKeever woman, who
had been hiding in the two-story
stucco cottage, gave herself up a few
minutes later.
Il wish you had gotten me-" Davis
was quoted as telling one Of the de-
tectives. 1T would have been a good
way to go out"
At the hospital, meantime, Mais re-
fused to make any statement to police.
other than to ask that somebody
please tell my mother" He gave her
name. Mrs. Charles Mais, and said
she lived in Philadelphia.
Members of the gang are wanted
for crimes in Baltimore, Richmond,
Philadelphia and other cities, as well
as here, according to circular issued
recently by the Post Office Depart
ment, which offered $4,000 reward for
their capture. In addition to the
Heurich hold-up, the gang also is
wanted for the Union Station mail
robbery of last December, in which
a guard was shot.
Seeks Men From Baltimore.
ct don't know whether We'll be able
to bring any Of them back here or
not" said Burke. Il sent Detective
Sergt. Floyd Truscott to Baltimore to
help with the case, but where they are
taken depends on which Jurisdiction
has the most serious charges against
them"
Kendrick was last reported seen
near Williamsburg, Va, evidently fee
ing southwark from Richmond.
Misanas was reported seen here q few
days ago, but police were unable to
trace him. Hendricks wife, Barbara,
%. meanwhile, is being held here for
further questioning.
Another alleged associate of the
gang, Samuel c. Berlin, is held in
Baltimore as a suspect in the brew