Evening star., 1936-03-17
RAID MAY SOLVE
$4,000 HOLD-UP
Seven Men, Three Women
and Miniature Arsenal
Taken in New York.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 17.-An early
morning raid on an upper West Side
apartment In which police arrested
seven men and three women today
and confiscated a miniature arsenal
may result in a solution, police believe
of the s427,000 hold-up two years
ago of an armored pay truck.
Police said that William O'Brien, IS
one Of the prisoners. was wanted IN
connection with the bafiiing Brooklyn
robbery. His fingerprints. officers said
checked with those on wanted card
at police headquarters.
In addition to the hold-up in front
of the Rubel Ice Co., police said the
arrests may solve number Of out-of-
town bank robberies, Fifth avenue
jewelry robberies and numerous high
jackings OF trucks loaded with silks
and other merchandise.
In addition to repeating rifles,
sawed-off shotguns and pistols. police
found thousands of rounds of ammu-
milton, a supply of guncotton, set
Of new Georgia license plates and q
short-wave radio transmitter.
Among those arrested was man
booked as Joseph Heel, %, of 22l
Newark avenue, Newark, N. J.
Police said that Mrs. Madeline
Tully, landlady of the apartment house,
which is Just on Riverside Drive or
Ninetieth street. would be charged
with harboring criminals.
Mrs. Tully, they said, was a ma
terial witness In the Vivian Gordon
murder case several years ago, hav-
ing lived in the same house with
Harry Stein, who was tried for the
murder.
EyewitneSses to the spectacular
Brooklyn armored car hold-up agreed
on the pictures of three unidentified
men in the rogue's gallery as having
been members of the gang Of II that
staged the daylight hold-up with ma
chine-like precision.
The gang seemed to disappear after
fleeing from under the guns of the
armored car guards. A widespread
search throughout the East failed to
turn up any substantial clues.
Police did not disclose today II
OBrien, whom they described as a
laborer. was one Of the three picked
out by the eyewitnesses two years ago
The gang was caught today COM
pletely by surprise and were arrested
without shot being fired.
Acting on information" the police
raiding party went to the apartment
house at midnight and after ordering
Mrs. Tully to open up. made system
attic search.
Four Of the men arrested were
seated around table, eating ham
and eggs and, police said apparently
holding an important conference.
They surrendered without making a
motion for the shotguns on the floor
at their feet.
An eight-State teletype alarm was
| sent out describing the prisoners, all
Of whom, except Mrs. Tully, were
charged with violating the Sullivan
law by possessing firearms without q
permit.
Holdup Carefully Planned.
The $427,000 armored car robbery
was one Of the most carefully planned
in New York police history. In broad
daylight, before scores of Witnesses
employees of the ice company and
tennis players on courts across the
street.-the bandits unloaded the
money and made their get away In
less than three minutes.
Members Of the gang lettering about
the plant waited for the truck tt
stop at the ice company to make the
last collection of the day. Uncoverine
a machine gun from push cart. they
covered the truck drivers just as the
money compartment was opened.
Three other cars drove up, tht
transfer was made and they spec
away under fire from one of theil
own machine guns, turned on then
by a guard.