Evening star., 1934-08-02
M|SUNAS DETAILS
TR|-STATE GANGS
ACTIVITY NEARBY
Describes Criminal Actions
in Hope Of Escaping
Death Penalty.
NAMES TRIGGER MAN"
IN RICHMOND HoLD-UP
Calls William Davis "Stir Crazy"
Because of Long I'm
prisonment.

Arthur CDutch) Misunas, last mem
Der OF the notorious "Tri-State" gans
10 be captured, has given investigator
detailed account OF the groups
criminal activities in the District
Maryland and Virginia, it was learned
today from an authoritative source al
police headquarters.
klsunas made the confession. IT was
explained. in the hope Of escaping the
death penalty for his part in the
hold-up of a Federal Reserve Bank
truck in Richmond. in which Z. M
Huband, driver of the vehicle. was
shot to death. He is being held in
communicate at the first precinct po-
lice station pending the arrival oi
r. Gray Haddon. Richmond common
wealth attorney.
Names Trigger Man"
The ganester, according TO the In
formation obtained at headquarters
named william Davis. alias Walter
Legenza, 20, leader of the gang. as
the trigger man" in the hold-up.
Describing Davis as stir crazy" or
deranged as a result Of years OF i'm
prisonment, Misunas declared the
gang leader shot Huband because the
truck driver did not respond promptly
enough to command to stick 'em
up"
Besides Davis and himself, Misunas
said, the participants in the hold-up
were William B. Phillips, 2S, who was
killed In a gun battle with Policeman
John A. Cation at Adams MIL road
and Ontario place about months
ago; Morris (Big George Kaufman,
81. taken for ride" by gangsters In
Pittsburgh several weeks later, and
Robert Mais, 90, shot and seriously
wounded by Baltimore police a short
time afterward.
Acted as Machine Gunner.
Misunas acted as machine gunner
in the hold-up, but did not use the
weapon, he asserted. The hold-ur
had been planned for about three
weeks, he added.
Herbert Myers, 80, slain by police
IN New York about two weeks ago, and
John Kendrick, 80. captured in John
son City, Tenn, and now in the Dis
trict Jail, did not participate in the
hold-up. according to Misunas. Myers
however. was named as the murderer
of his sweetheart. Madeline Weldon, in
Richmond, and Kendrick as partici-
pant in a cigarette hi-jacking near
Petersburg, Va.
After the cigarette hold-up, Misuna'
said, Kendrick was kicked out" Of the
gang, the other members accusing hin
of having Laid down ON the Job" He
was given his share of the proceeds
however.
Before joining the gang, Kendrick
according to Misunas, was employed
as a muscle man." or protector, al
the Club Forest, an exclusive gambling
resort miles from Richmond. Myers
met him while gambling there and
recruited him into the gang.
For his own part, Misunas, 1t wa:
said, acknowledged being the gunmar
who shot and seriously wounded Fran.
els White, a postal guard, during the
Union Station mail robbery of last
December.
Moved to Coast.
After that hold-up, he said, he went
TO Atlantic City for a while, and then
moved on to San Francisco, where he
was captured. He had resolved to
'go straight" he declared, and after
his arrival in the Pacific Coast city
went into the lunch room business
with woman.
Enemies made in the Baltimore
underworld. where Misunas was sus-
pected of having participated in the
hold-up and killing of a gambler, are
believed to have given police the tip
that led TO his capture. He was
brought to Washington yesterday by
Detective Sergt. Floyd Truscott and
Post once Inspector Leo A. de Ward
who handled the entire investigation
Of the gangs activities.
MisunaS name always has appeared
on police records as Misanas, but
when booked at headquarters he told
Policeman John Harris that was
wrong"