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Evening star., 1937-01-31
NO. 10.
THE ENGELSHER CASE.

THE ENGELSHER CASE.
- ANGWILL ENGELSHER and
= Larry Leibson, two Broad
7 way boys, were star members
of the famous Cowboy"
Tessler gang that operated in New
York City.
With 40 robberies and several nur-
ders on their record. most Of the
Tessler gang ran afoul Of the police.
Landed in Sing Sing. The gang
went out Of circulation.
Egelsher and Leibson evaded ar
rest. They decided to desert the big
town, go West and show up on the
Pacific Coast, by the Golden Gate.
Engelsher travelled under the alias
George Benson. Larry Leibson had
two aliaSes-Laurion S. Cavelli and
Larry Benson. The youths decided
to quit ordinary crimes to become
counterfeiters.
Where they secured their spurious
money-almost perfect reproduction
of Federal Reserve bank $40 notes
the Secret Service may never know;
but the two Broadwayites bent on
beating their way West let loose a
flood Of spurious currency that fooled
inhabitants Of dozen States and the
District of Columbia.
They Travelled in a high-powered
roadster down the Atlantic seaboard
to Miami, Westward across Louisiana
and Texas to San Francisco.
En- route they visited Atlantic City,
stopped off in Philadelphia to view
the Liberty Bell, saw the sights in
Washington, D. c., headquarters of
the Secret Service. After a trip to
the Bureau Of Engraving and Print
ing, where Uncle Sam makes real
money, the boys hastened> to the
races at Miami. "Bookies'' bet good
money" against their counterfeit
currency. Night clubs, hotels, res
taurants, garages and gas stations
accepted the phony twenties. Banks
let them pass.
A young society girl in Miami was
attracted by the easy manner of
Engelsher He had verve. She believed
her prince charming had stepped out
of the story book. Later he forsook
her for a girl of the Golden West.
Because Leibson possesses a talent
for shaping rhymes, chimes and
jingles, he set himself up as lyricist
and scenario writer when he and his
travelling companion got to Hollywood.
Actually Larry had the screen moguls
buying his wares. When he enter
tanned, in return for hospitality, some
of the notables found themselves pos
SCISSORS of unaccountable $40 bills.
They began to wonder whence came
the counterfeit money.
Quietly the Secret Service was noti-
fed. Leibson and Engelsher departed
for precincts unknown. Nevertheless,
when the lyricist got tangled up with
the Secret Service the most loyal
friends he had were in Hollywood.
Some of the biggest men there wrote
letters pleading for mercy. Names
signed to those notes are known all
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said: Sarge. I believe I've discovered a
pair of counterfeiters."
"You do?" the sergeant said. III
that's so, we'll have to call the Secret
Service. Where are your counter
feiters?"
Engelsher and Leibson were nearing
a cigar store.
There they are" Wilson said. The
sergeant went over to investigate.
"Zangy," the ever ready, when the
officer stepped up to him, said:
"Just a moment while I make a
phone call, sergeant"
"Zangy" had a newspaper under his
arm. He entered the phone booth.
When he came out the paper was
gone. Leibson disposed Of a bundle
by throwing 1t into trash barrel.
THE suspects were taken to the In
= spector's Bureau for investigation
merely as a precaution. Even some
of the wary officials thought their
money was good. One of them said
II wish it was mine" Until TEX
Strange of the Secret Service came
along. An expert eye then appraised
fourteen $40 Federal Reserve notes
for what they were worth-nothing
It was the old sixth sense of the
secret service.
Back at the cigar stand, Secret Serv-
ice men retrieved a bundle of bills
hidden in a newspaper discarded in
the telephone booth. Other notes
were found in the trash barrel.
With purchase receipts from Market
street stores. Secret Service men un-
covered long list Of counterfeit ac-
tivities. On the men arrested were
several hundred good dollars received
in change-and the keys to their hotel
rooms.
At the st. Francis Hotel "Zangy''
had a private safe deposit box. Man
ager McCabe opened this for the
Secret Service A veritable fortune in
jewels-mostly pearls-came to view.
All the valuables had been purchased
with counterfeit money, later check
up proved. In the deposit box there
were 140 of the $40 Federal Reserve
notes-$2,800 in counterfeit money.
Now the trail led backward. In
"zangy's" room was telegram from
a Joe Gould, telling the traveller to
keep the car as long as needed. II
That divulged the ownership of the
roadster.
Secret Service agents in New York,
Dallas. Miami, FL Paso and other
places went on the job. Across from
Nogales, AriZ.. in old Mexico, they
found a japanese proprietor of a
night club who had been "gypped'
plenty by the Broadway boys. The
Jap gave out good Mexican pesos fol
phony American money-in change
Plus a good time.
Engelsher and Leibson denied hav.
ing seen each other-untr "Zangy'
gave Larry "a ride out of Los An.
geles." Through a check-up Of hote
| phone calls between the men, TEX
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RST TRAFFIC PLAN HAILED -: AVIATION NEWS
lifted Miami Society Girl
Proves Undoing of Two
Counterfeiters.

Mysterious silence has
Shrouded the activities OF the
United States Secret Serpice
for more than q halt century.
The country has n,arDeled
ouer the breaking up OF coun-
terteit rings and capture
of the men inUolued in this
nefarious business, but the
GetailS haze heretofore been
buried in the terse report,
ease closed" How the Secret
Service Succeeded-the meth
ods used, the dangers faced,
the thrill-packed battles-is
no,U described in a series of
articles of aDhich this is the
tenth. The eleuenth In the
series 1DiH appear nert Sunday.
Evening star., 1937-01-31
Driver .
Can You q
AnsUer This .
A. A. A. TRAFFIQUIZ.

1. What is the title of the new Sc
ries of driver education textbooks now
widely used in high schools and COL
leges?
az How to Drive.
BE Better Driving.
&C } Safety for Motorists and
Pedestrians.
d SportSmanlike Driving.
2. What is the operating experience
of the greater number of drivers in
volved in accidents?
a( Less than three months.
= b( } Five to six months.
&C Six to IL months.
d One year or more.
3. How many students are now en-
rolled in school safety patrols through
out the country?
g 100000.
Be } 250,000.
&C 125,000.
dc 100000.
4. Which of the following four cities
reported the greatest decline in motor
fatalities during the 50 weeks ended
November 81?
az } Chicago.
b Baltimore.
C } New York.
d } Washington.
S. What is the average condition Of
the highways when the greatest per-
centage Of accidents occur?
a( } Surface dry.
b( } Surface wet.
&C } Snowy surface.
d( Icy surface.
Answers to TraffiquiZ.
Cd; q (d);3 (b); 4 Id; S (a).
Evening star., 1937-01-31
Automotive Briefs

Joseph Cherner, president Of the
Cherner Motor Co., announces the fol-
lowing additions to his staff, as well as
some promotions: Hanlon E. Davies,
salesman, has been made branch sales
manager Of the new-car showroom,
1912 Fourteenth street northwest.
!. :. les sales force has been augmented
by the addition Of Williamd. Soleau,
M. L. Palmer and Robert F. Carter
all well known in local Ford circles.
Bob Lee. formerly associated with
the Cherner Motor Co. at 1881 Florida
avenue northwest, Is again with the
Cherner Motor Co.
James r. Tyrrell has been appointed
manager Of the sales and service
branch at Connecticut and Nebraska
avenues northwest. On Tyrrell's sales
STAFF will be e. r. Burns and Mai.
Harry M. Horton.
Morris Weger, who formerly man
aged the Fourteenth street new-car
branch, Is taking charge of the out
door display Of used cars just opened
at 1887 Sherman avenue northwest.
Evening star., 1937-01-31
4, Chicago, Dayton and

Washington, Chicago, Dayton and
Oakland.
One of its essential purposes will be
to continue on a wide and literally
financed scale the efforts of science to
guide and safeguard aircraft opera
tions in fog and bad weather.
L. A. Hyland of the Washington
group, has become vice president and
general manager of the new corpora
tion, of which Vincent Bendix is presi-
dent.
The local laboratory will serve the
needs of the Navy in experimental
work and general communications
servicing on new type airplanes, while
the Dayton plant will be In close asso-
citation with the Army Air Corps,
through the Materiel Division at
Wright Field. The Chicago plant will
serve the air transport lines and pri-
vate owners and the California
branch will be available for service
and civil agencies.
A ANNUAL award to the mo. l
Air Traveler'-the passenger who
each year travels the greatest number
Of air miles-has been established by
a committee representing the leading
domestic air transport companies.
The award for 1886 has been made
to Andre Kostelanetz, radio and con-
cert orchestra conductor, vino during
the past year few more than 10000
miles. The trophy was presented to
Kostelanetz during the past week at
unique aerial luncheon held aboard
a new 28-passenger Douglas airliner
in flight over New York. Clyde Pang-
born, first trans-Pacific pilot, pre-
sented the trophy. silver loving cup
topped with reproduction of a COM
mercial transport airplane.
Kostelanetz's record is regarded as
more notable in view of the fact
that while rolling up this great mileage
he conducted two weekly radio pro-
grams in New York throughout the
year, except for two weeks spent in
Hollywood. He never missed a sched-
uled broadcast due to an interrupted
fight.
His record mileage, more than five
times around the earth, required 675
hours, or Is days and hours in the
air. He made 13 consecutive weekly
round trips between New York and
Los Angeles while directing the music
for the new Lily Pons picture.
r EVENUE passenger miles flown by
domestic airlines in the United
States reached new record total of
35,000,000 during December, a ~ per
cent increase over the total for Decem-
Der, 1885, according to an announce
ment by Col. E. S. Gorrell, president
Of the Air Transport Association Of
America
Evening star., 1937-01-31

Is best accomplished by avoiding up
and-down' driving as much as pos
sible. The steadier an engine runs
the less likely it is to load up with
carbon. This is explained not only
by the fact that less fuel is burned
when the engine runs steadily, but
also because sudden slowing down
causes oil to be sucked up past the
piston rings. Most carbon comes from
oil.
Light SCOT on the plugs can be
burned of by taking the car out on
the road and driving it steadily for
q few hours"
Change Grasp on Wheel.
"Feathery" steering-a cars tend
ency to wander over the road and be
too responsive to the touch-can be
obviated in many cases by remember
ing to hold the steering wheel further
down. More leverage is obtained
when grasping the wheel near the top,
and, consequently. steering will seem
too easy. In a high wind it may be
necessary, however, to grasp the wheel
at the top in order to be able to cor
rect movement Of the front wheels
when suddenly turned from their
course.
Tires Make Poor Brakes.
Quite a few motorists recently have
told me that they are unable to pre-
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Strange Of the Secret Service nailed

Strange Of the Secret Service nailed
that lie.
Repair bills and receipts secured in
garages-Atlanta, New Orleans. Dallas
and points south-helped retrace the
route of two men in the roadster
They scattered a small fortune in
counterfeit money.
Through the New York underworld
"Zangy" was liberated on a $4,000
bond pending his trial. Leibson, who
pleaded guilty forthwith. got 10 years
on McNeils Island. His friends in
Hollywood failed him on the money
end
One lad in prison and one at large,
Wilson, the clerk who really put an
end to their activities, drove at night
over the Skyline Boulevard to Santa
Cruz. At least he started toward that
point. A car full of hoodlums riddled
the Wilson auto with bullets. Wilson
escaped with his life. That this was
done by gangsters with New York
underworld background came to light
the next day. Trafic Sergt. Rausch's
wife received telephone call. The
voice said: If you want to see your
husband any more tell him to lay of
the Engelsher case. You know what
happened to wilson,"
Whoever did the shooting thought
Wilson was killed. He slumped in his
seat as If he were hit.
GAN FRANCISCO and . pending
trial got on the nerves Of Engel-
sher. He wanted to see Los Angeles
again and his Hollywood haunts-par-
ticularly the night club singer who
had left him fiat when storm signals
showed. She was one Jump ahead OF
the Secret Service men.
With these thoughts in his mind,
Engelsher jumped his bond. Again
the Secret Service had to get their
man. They found him in New York
back at his old tricks learned with the
Cowboy Tessler gang.
BY one of those old-fashioned
hoaxes Engelsher lured a diamond
salesman into a trap. Diamonds VAL
ued at $1,000 were at stake. Engel-
sher, in the midst of the deal. knocked
the man over, but not out. The sales
man came up with gun in his hand.
Police were called. "Zangy" once
more was in the tolls Of the law.
Back to San Francisco Engelsher
went, in handouts. There the last
of the drama was enacted. He was
held on $4,000 bond.
On the stand. confronted with a
stack Of counterfeit notes passed al
the Miami race track. Engelsher swore
he had never been there.
Before the Judge, under the guild
ance Of Secret Service men, stood the
young society girl the counterfeitel
threw over in Florida. He broke down
and confessed.
Engelsher Joined his compatriot
Liebson. He was sentenced to IL
years on McNeils Island. Thus ended
the tour of two New York gangsters
to the Golden Gate.
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Evening star., 1937-01-31

vent the wheels from sliding during
sudden stops. This condition worries
them, because the brakes show up as
perfectly equalized. The truth of the
matter is, they are virtually exceeding
the traction limit of the tires. If one
wheel locks before another it is prob
ably due to difference in tire pres
sure or tread wear. Distribution of
car weight and tipping of the car
during the stop also serve to vary
the actual braking effect at the tires.
Better Avoid This.
A practice to avoid is tightening up
the steering gear in order to make the
front brakes seem better equalized.
The effect of the increased resistance
in the steering gear Is to check its
sensitivity to right or left pull Of the
front brakes, but the idea is merely
a makeshift and one that entails too
many sacrifices in order to make it
worth while.
Declutch at Low Speeds.
It will save the brakes to declutch
when stopping or slowing down If
the car Is travelling less than 20 miles
an hour in high gear. This is espe-
cially true where q car is equipped
with a fast idling carburetor and the
engine is in process Of warming up.
Declutching at lower car speeds will
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over America. They neglected, how
ever, to send the boy money-even
some Of his own.
IN LOS ANGELES. Engelsher met up
with a singer in a Hollywood night
club. With her. he and Leibson started
in a roadster toward San Francisco.
Hollywood had been MIXED for all
it was worth. The two bad men from
Broadway determined to get action in
the region once graced by the old
Forty Miners" In San Francisco the
Fasteners registered at different
hotels.
Engelsher, in the role Of a BRIDE
groom. stopped at the swanky st.
Francis. presided over by a former
Baltimorean. James H. McCabe. Rated
as one Of the best hotel men in the
business, the astute Jimmy McCabe
turned over the bridal suite to what
seemed like a big butter and egg man
from the Atlantic Coast. The BRIDE
groom registered from Durham, N. c.
Leibson, as bachelor, was content
with more modest quarters. He went
to the ultra-respectable William Tay-
lor.
Comfortably situated, the boys we're
ready to turn on the works; have q
good time on spurious money.
TEX" Strange, Secret Service agent
who broke the case, described the
particular bill passed by these two men
as "a honey" Only Government ex-
perts could tell it from the real article.
Consequently merchants on Market
expensive merchandise turned over to
the counterfeiters-until one day a
clerk in a leather goods store grew
suspicious Of Engelsher.
Because this clerk afterward became
the victim of old-fashioned New York
gangster methods, his car riddled with
bullets, Secret Service men are loath
to disclose his identity. They refer to
him as Jack Wilson On Upper Market
street Wilson first encountered
"Zangy." as the boys call Engelsher.
"zangy" purchased a lady's hand
bag. As Wilson recalled the trans
action, the man was hard to sell. He
wanted the best in the house. He got
it. Paid for the purchase with spurious
currency. Promised to bring his wife
next day and buy trunk.
Wilson, the clerk. put the bill in a
special compartment of the cash regis
ter. While his customer examined
other articles in the store the clerk
studied the phony money. He decided
it was counterfeit. "Zangy'' left the
store. Wilson followed.
On the way, "Zangy" met up with
Larry Leibson, who had been working
the other side of the street." The two
New Yorkers went into a women's
hosiery and glove store and purchased
enough gifts to outfit q zeigfeld
chorus.
Traffic Sergt. Rausch supervised
activities at the corner of Fifth and
Market streets as Wilson ran up and
Evening star., 1937-01-31

also save the clutch plates. When
the brakes are applied with clutch
engaged at low speeds the clutch
plates are apt to be torn between
engine and braking power.
Where Grease Won't Help.
Inability to obtain easy steering
may seem like problem in lubrica-
ton, but experienced drivers will lift
the hood and make sure that the
steering gear is tight where it bolts
to the frame. This is easily tested
by watching the gear housing as
some one twists the steering wheel.
The housing will rise and fall per-
ceptibly If it Is not tightly bolted to
the frame.
Wheels Need Watching.
The idea many motorists have that
wheels cannot come OF when the car
is in motion Is one that encourages
neglect and entails unnecessary grief.
As q matter Of fact, the wheels Of
modern cars are more apt to come
loose than those on cars just prior
to the era when the demountable rim
gave way to the demountable wheel.
These modern wheels bolt to the en-
larged hub of the axle. If these bolts
come loose the wheel can easily work
of. This holds true for any type Of
demountable wheel.
Evening star., 1937-01-31
Navy and Marine Aviation
To Have Vacancies for SO
Elimination Flight Training Glasses to Open
May Pensacola, Fla, instruction
for Those Succeeding.
By joseph II. Edeerf0n.

ORE than so young men will be given opportunity to enter
MI
wv the Anacosta Air Station.
Of
continuing Guriey u r.
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D. c.. Highway Directors
Program Seen Safety Aid
Circle Changes, Pedestrian Tunnels, Low
Level Road, Overpasses and Street.
Widening Recommendations Made.
BvG. Adams HOsvard.

the National Capital will be enhanced greatly If the recent
carried through according to the opinions leading
-
eliminating old hazard vehicle
operation pedestrians
Evening star., 1937-01-31
YOU AND YOUR CAR.
AIDED BY RUSSELL
Care Should Be Taken to
Prevent Gas Fumes Enter.
ing Windows.
BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL.

The modern girl gives nat tires tne
air long before she owns her own car.
Gas Still Coming in.
Now that manufacturers have made
an effort to prevent engine and ex-
haust fumes from working into the
car through the floorboards it would
be timely to say word about the pos
sibility Of gas entering the car through
the windows. Some body designs have
a way of permitting some of the ex-
haust vapors to suck back into the
car. Fumes from the engine also can
work back into the car from the hood
louvres. Again when the car stops
suddenly fumes may overtake the car
and contaminate the air inside the
driving compartment. Some study
of ventilation is necessary with certain
cars. Expect to hear much about this
in the next year or two.
Power Only Half Story.
Students of automobile catalogues
miss a good bet when they pay too
much attention to the rated or the
brake horsepower of engines. The
tIllIlS tIldI KCdlly SOu01o 10 tS@AoA
nance, and this is not solely depen-
dent upon power. Performance is
regulated in accordance with the ratio
between power and weight. The rear
axle ratio Is also a factor to be con-
sidered. This explains why an open
car usually seems to have more power
than closed job, provided the ratio
of reduction is the same in both cases.
Just because an engine has very
high output does not necessarily mean
that the car will have exceptional
performance. Check the weight in
proportion to the power to get your
real answer.
Aid to Sticky Pedal.
It is not unusual for the accelerator
pedal to work stiffly, and the usual
remedy is to apply some penetrating
oil to the shaft or to the linkage that
runs to the throttle. Sometimes the
throttle shaft itself Is sticky. But II
fabrication fails to free up the pedal
the situation calls for checking over
the throttle linkage to make sure that
it Is not bent somewhere along the
line. In one case it was found that
the eccentric was too straight. A
little judicious bending turned the
trick.
Mechanic Joe Speaking.
"Keepiug carbon cut Of the engine
Evening star., 1937-01-31

over America. They neglected, how
ever, to send the boy money-even
some Of his own.
Evening star., 1937-01-31

THE ENGELSHER CASE.
. ANGWIIL ENGEISHER and
= Larry Leibson, two Broad
II way boys, were star members
of the famous Cowboy"
Tessler gang that operated in New
Evening star., 1937-05-05
BOATS.

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ROOMS WANTED.

COLLEGE GRAD. wants single room in
private home. State full particulars. Ad-
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YOUNG MAN, employed. desires quiet room,
suitable Tor studying. State particulars.
Address Box 7S-X Star office.
LADY, emp. desires single furn room kit
priv. in apt. bldg, close in. Lincoln GA
after 3.
STEADILY EMPLOYED young man law
student. wants room with private family
near Dupont Circle. Address Box 127-X.
Star office.
MAN desires furnished single room walk
ing distance Munitions Bldg. Running
water preferred. Address Box 23S-W, Star