Evening star., 1935-02-02
|MA|S AND LEGENzA.
ARE ELEcTROCUTED.
First Dies at 7::50 Am.
Today in Chair at
Richmond.
Continued From First Page.)

entrance and witnesses to the eXecu.
tions were carefully searched. Ever
the guns of city detectives who entered
the prison were taken away.
Supt. Youell revealed that Mai,
wrote eight letters last night. LegenZs
wrote none.
The crime for which the two gang
sters were put to death occurred rear
the Broad Street Station about dusk
on the afternoon of March 8, 1894
Huband'S truck was blocked as II
crossed railroad bridge by the gang
ster cars and he was shot down ir
cold -blooded murder as he sat in the
truck with raised hands. A colured
companion, who was not injured, said
Huband was unarmed.
The gang gained nothing but worth
less Cancelled p. w. A. checks in the
mail sacks they believed to contain
securities. Huband was driving q
Federal Reserve Bank mail truck.
Other Gangsters Slain.
big George" Phillips and George
Kaufman, who aided in the crime
met violent deaths. the former shot
by Washington police and the latter
taken for a ride" in Philadelphia
Arthur Dutch" MiSunas, an admitted
machine gunner for the tri-State
gang, was captured in San Francisco
and admitted participation in the rob-
berry, naming LegenZa as the killer
After serving as States evidence in the
trials Of Mais and LegenZa he was
sentenced to IS years in prison.
Mais and Legenza were captured ir
Baltimore, the former being shot six
times In the arrest. After their con-
viction here they shot their way Out
Of jail while awaiting transfer to the
death cells, fatally wounding one off,
Ger and injuring two others in q
withering blast of gunfire from SNUG
gled pistols.
They returned to their old haunts
in Philadelphia and New York and
pursued their careers of murder and
robbery.
Police Trail Woman.
It was Marie McKeever, friend OF
Mais. who unwittingly led Federal Of.
fcers and Philadelphia police to them
Legenza in hospital and Mais in q
hideout. Brought back to Richmond
they were sentenced to die within II
days, the minimum allowed under the
law.
1t was recalled here that Legenza
who admitted that crime was his pro-
feSsion, had said:
I don't like women in gangs. They
always get you in trouble"
His statement was prophetic. ON.
GERS trailed a woman to their lair. She
with two others arrested with the
gangsters who died today, are held ir
Philadelphia for completely in the kid.
nap-murder Of William Weiss.
Five Local Crimes Listed.
Following Is a list Of crimes at.
tributed to the Tri-State gang:
Baltimore, hold-up of q car barn
loot, $4,000.
Baltimore, brewery hold-up, loot
about 1000.
Washington. brewery hold-up, loot
about $500.
Baltimore, hold-up of a biscuit firm
cashier, loot, about $4,000.
Washington, hold-up of drug com.
pany messenger, loot, $4,000.
Washington, hold-up of a drug com
pany messenger. loot, valueless can
| celled checks only.
Washington, post ONCE robbery, ont
man wounded, loot. cancelled anc
worthless checks.
Baltimore. bank robbery, loot $13..
500.
! $4,000 Loot in Cigarettes.
Petersburg, Va, truck hold-up, loot
$4,000 in Cigarettes
Bowie, Md, bank robbery, no loot
building burned.
Norlina, N. C., truck robbery, loot
$35, 900 in cigarettes.
Hyattsville, Md, robbery Of $3.50 II
machine guns, rifles and ammunition
from a Government armory.
Richmond, aold-up-murder Of Ewel
NJ Hubbard.
Richmond, murder OF Madelyn,
Whelton.
Philadelphia, kidnap-murder Of VII
liam Weiss.
To these crimes the men have beer
linked through their own admission
or the admissions of other member,
of the band. A score of other similal
acts have been thought their work.