Evening star., 1934-06-09
|POL|CE Of 6 CITIES
|PLAN PROSECUTION
TR|-STATE GANG
Hendricks Arrest Leaves
Only Two of Seven
/ at Large.
baltimore CONFERENCE
| is BEING HELD TODAY
All of Group Wanted Here for
Union Station Mail Robbery
| Last Winter.

Representatives of the Police De-
partments of Washington, Baltimore,
Richmond, Norfolk, Philadelphia and
New York gathered in Baltimore to-
day for q conference regarding the
prosecution of the five members of the
notorious "Tri-State" gang now under
arrest.
Washington was represented by De-
tective Sergt. Floyd Truscott, who
was accompanied to Baltimore by
Post ONCE Inspector Leo De Ward.
After the conference, according to
Inspector Frank s. w. Burke. chief Of
detectives, Truscott and De Ward
were to 60 to johnson City, Tenn,
with fugitive warrant for John. Ken
drick, 80, latest member Of the gang
to be captured.
Arrest of Kendrick.
The warrant, issued by United
States Commissioner Needham c.
Turnage after Hendricks arrest In
the Tennessee city Thursday night,
was based on the act of Congress Of
last May 18, which prohibits fugi-
tives from travelling from one State
to another in an effort to avoid cap
ture.
Pending a hearing before United
States commissioner in johnson City
next Thursday. Kendrick was re-
moved to the Knox County Jail IN
Knoxville, Tenn, ,"for safekeeping, =,
according to an Associated Press
dispatch. His bond was set at $50, 600.
The arrest of Kendrick, an escaped
District Reformatory prisoner, left
only two of the seven charter" men,
bers of the gang still at large. Search
for these two-Herbert Myers, 80. and
Arthur Misanas, 37-was being
pushed all along the Atlantic Coast.
Those under arrest, besides Ken
drick, were:
Robert Mais, 20, shot and critically
wounded by police and Justice De-
partment agents in Baltimore earlier
in the week.
William Davis, 80. also a District
Reformatory fugitive, captured with
Mais.
Merle McKeever. "a, captured at
the same time as Mais and Davis.
Wife Held Here.
Hendricks wife. Mrs Barbara Ken
drick. 20. captured in Philadelphia
last week and still held here.
Mais' condition, according to dis
patches from Baltimore, was growing
worse steadily and physicians de-
clared death appeared to be only a
matter of time The half dozen bull
lets fred into his body by his captors
had not been removed, because Of his
weakened condition. and the doctors
said there was considerable danger
Of blood poisoning.
The object of the conference in
Baltimore, it was explained, was to
outline a plan for prosecuting the
various members CT the gang.
AL seven members of the gang were
wanted here for the Union Station
mail robbery and shooting last De-
cember, the murder of a mail-truck
driver during a hold-up in Rich
mond, a 100000 bank hold-up in the
same city and series of less serious
crimes in the other cities.
Fontaine Case.
In addition, Mais was sought as the
gunman who attempted to kill Mrs.
Mary Elizabeth Fontaine, 81, in Upper
Darby. Pa. several weeks ago. Ac-
cording to Inspector Burke, Mrs. Fon-
taine sweetheart of william B. Phil.
lips, former leader of the gang. who
was slain in a gun battle with police
here early in April. was shot wher
she attempted to intercede for the
McKeever woman during a quarre
with MaS. Now, fully recovered from
her wound, she Is being kept in hiding
here by the Department of Justice
presumably to be used as witness
against the gang members when they
are brought to trial.
With Kendrick when he was cap.
tured was one Ed Henry, who previ'
ously had not been identified as ar
associate of the gang. He was charged
with harboring fugitive.
Miss Jean Ramsey, alias Ruth Nash
who fed with Kendrick as far as
Asheville. N. c., where she was ar
rested, will be brought back here fol
questioning, police said.