Evening star., 1945-12-09
by Star STAFF Artist Newman suddutl

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I the second bandit.
ration by Star STAFF Artist Newman sudduth.
machine guns. They had gone there to
kill the proprietor, man named Reg
nelli. Failing to find him, they had
violated an underworld tenet by lining
up the patrons on the dance floor and
robbing them.
Mike was on the spot Joe McCann
told him, go down to Washington and
put up with my brother-in-law, Joe
Boley."
even took a day off from work to
show him the sights of the Capital
He wasted no time on the Folger Shake
spearean Library or the Smithsonian
Institution. Instead, he walked down
to Market place with his guest. They
just stood around and watched a man
feed the pigeons.
See" said Joe with a nudge, didn't
tell you?"
He was looking at two girls who had
Washington at Seventh and c streets
They followed the girls at a very dis
Greet distance. 1t wasn't the turn of the
ankles or the sheen of hose that took
their eye 1t was a satchel of the type
usually used to carry money. They fol-
lowed the girls into the Kann Store,
saw the satchel opened and big bundles
of money removed and paid out to
Government employees waiting in long
line as they cashed their checks.
An Expert at "Casine"
Mike Quinn went away and came back
a few days later with Joe McCann and
Skiskowski. McCann "cased" the job.
McCann was an expert. He had cased
that he was known as "the Farmer" in
the Philadelphia underworld.
He watched the money go over to the
bank daily. He determined that Friday
was the biggest day when the stores
own payroll demands were added to the
check cashing service. He watched the
money go over again and again to assure
himself that the messengers were not
covered by men with guns. He charted
the course of the getaway car.
He sent Skiskowski out to rent back
yard garage in the northeast section
and to steal car to put in it. AL this
was in the first part of March. They
went away and returned in the middle
of March but decided for some reason
that the time was not right. They
returned on March 49,
They went out to the rented garage to
test the car. To their disgust they
found the battery had run down. They
left it at the curb and stole another
automobile. They slept in. Joe Boley's
room that night-four crowded into the
small quarters.
In the morning, according to plan,
Joe Boley left at $50 and went to work
Skiskowski left at $50, got the car and
drove 1t to Market space. McCann and
Quinn left at $50 and walked down to
Market space.
McCann found SkiskoWski at the
wheel of the car, but it was standing
in the wrong place. He had it alongside
the little park in front of the bank
McCann called him some names re-
f1ecting on his mentality and had him
drive it around the block and head it
east on Indiana avenue. In the robbery
it was McCann who welded the lead
pipe on Mr.. Phillips and Quinn who
showed the gun into Mr.. Goodies face,
Boley said.
Car Is abandoned
The getaway route was Indiana ave-
nue. to Sixth, right to G street, left into
C street behind police headquarters and
left into Louisiana avenue, where 1t
borders Station Plaza. Bronco Skiskow-
ski, who had reputation for sharp
turns on two wheels, almost hit a
woman when he turned into G street
After that, at McCann's orders, he
slowed down and drove at ordinary
speed. They continued into North Cap
itol street and at H street Skiskowski
let McCann and Quinn out. They took
New York avenue streetcar there to
Ninth street and went up to Joe Boley's
room. Skiskowsk parked the car In
Seaton court, wiped it against finger
print detection, took later streetcar
and joined them. They waited there
all day for Joe Boley's return. They
knew they had perfect hideout. Po-
lice had not checked on Boley for YEAR,