Evening star., 1935-07-28

know any of the principals about whom
he was asked. There was nothin,
suspicious about the guns, and wha
if he had handled liquor and othe.
things?
1t had so happened, however, that
in the search of his home an inter-
esting book had been picked up. 1t is
such book as one can get for quar-
ter or so, being designed for kodak
pictures.
There were several hundred pic
lures in this book, but one was
especially attractive to the oflcerS.
1t showed Rettich, Harrigan, McGlon'
and Dugan in friendly pose, ant
disposed effectively of his contention
that he didn't know them.
About the time Rettich was giving
up Detective Daniel Sheehy Of tht
New York police force was sitting by
Harrigan's bedside in Mount Sinai
when who should walk in but the
much-wanted Dugan. He recognized
Sheehy and turned to 60 with an airy
wave of his hand to his bed-ridden
friend, and a "just called to say
hello, Charley. Guess I'll be on my
way"
mot today" said Sheehy dryly, a.
he reached out and collared Dugan.
This is the first time ever visited
a hospital and it will be the last
grumbled the prisoner. Look what
happened to me-"
Two days later McGlone was trace
to his mothers fiat and brought ou
on ruse to fall into the arms of de
tectives and postal inspectors.
p ECOGNIZING Lieut.. Hymar
Levine, one of the squad. Nc
Clone heaved big sigh.
Thank God, it's you Hymie," he
exclaimed. II thought I was being
put on the spot"
1t had taken just a few days more
than three months to complete tn
roundup.
When the case was put before Fed
eral grand jury the six principals AM
the Rubins were indicted, the latte
couple as accessories after the fact.
Mrs. Rubin, unable to bear separa-
ton from her infant son, cracked"
and turned over more than $4,000 a.
the price of freedom on bond. In a.
about $4,000 was recovered and tn
hunt still goes on for the rest.
| As the six men went on trial Horn
stein turned States evidence, anC
Fisher, in a counter-move, attemptet
to shoulder blame for the Job anc
clear the others. His story was that
the dead Merola and two men known
to him as Doc" Miller and Tommy
Porter were the other actual per-
petrators. The jury, however,
thought it was a couple of other fell
lows. One of the reasons, no doubt,
was a truck introduced in evidence.
1t was the vehicle used by the ban
dts, and, by a strange coincidence.
was the property of Rettich. It was
really work Of art.
To the casual observer it appeared
nothing more than a numbering open
conveyance, such as would be used for
barrels. There were side panels at
the front, though, and these masked
two secret compartments in which
several men could stand erect. It
was in these that the bandits, with
their mail loot, were driven away by
Merola after the mail wagon had been
rifled on the outskirts of Fall River.
Without much ado the three New
Workers and Rettich were found
guilty and, with Fisher, went up for
sentence.
They got the limit. Twenty-Five
years for the robbery, and two for
conspiracy, running concurrently.
Hornstein's penalty still is to be de-
cided, as is the disposition to be made
Of the charges against the Rubins.
And now Elwyn Thurber Is about
to cash in on his interest In automo-
bile accidents, for there were rewards
Of several thousand dollars offered in
connection with the case.