Evening star., 1949-04-22
3 Men and Woman
Seized in Tennessee
In ; Bank Robberies
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NASHVILLE. Tenn. April p ~-
~OrAl admissions O. ti1rre bank
robberies that neited moTe than
$40 600 were announced by the
Federal Bureau Of Investigation
last night after the arrest OF three
men and pretty young woman
in Tennessee.
d. s. Hos;etter. agent in charge
OF the Memphis FBT once. said
the robberies involved we're those
of:
Occi6en; Federal Saving & Loan
Assoc citation. Baltimore. January
%. in which s. 900 was taken
Union Trust Co. Baltimore
February Is. in which So ooo Was
taken.
The National Bank Of Follan$-
bee, w. Va, April IS. in which
S.. 400 was taken
Had Overlapping Parts
Those arrested yesterday and
another man already under arrest
in West Vrginia-Roy L. Mann
took overlapping parts in the rob-
berries, Mr.. Hostetter said.
He gave this account Of yester-
days arrests:
Carl Close. 81: Joseph William
Moran. "a, and Audrey Fay Lynn
were arrested on a farm in the
hills OF Hickman County. Tenn.
early yesterday afternoon. A short
while later James Edward Ber-
nett. %. was taken unarmed in a
drugstore in q Memphis hotel.
Bernett. Close and Mann are
charged with robbing the two Bal
timore banks. Bernett. Close and
Moran are charged with the Fol-
lansbee robbery. and Miss Lynn
whom Mr.. Hostetter identified as
Closes girl friend Is charged
with aiding and abetting in the
Follansbee robbery.
Says Woman Aided Escape.
The FBI agent said Bernett
told officers he took part in all
three robberies. and that two
other men - whom he did not
name - were accomplices. Mr..
Hostetter added that Moran ad-
mitted that he, Close and Bernett
robbed the Follansbee bank. and
said that Miss Lynn took part in
their escape.
Close and Moran are from Pitts
burgh. Miss Lynn is from Phil
adelphia and Bernett Is from
Latrobe. Pa. Bernett. Mann and
Close are brothers. in law.
Meanwhile. the wives OF Close
and Bernett were taken to Balti-
more. along with Mann, 2s-year-
old former military policeman
charged with taking part in the
Baltimore bank holdups. The wives
are charged with conspiring to rob,
Acted on Tip.
On q tip that Bernett and Close
were hiding out at q farmhouse
near Nunnelly. In Hickman County.
highway patrolmen. IS cars strong.
closed In on the farmhouse about
noon.
They found 1t had been vacated
but traced a 1887 sedan TO an
other farmhouse near Only. some
IL miles away. .a..
There. Mr.. Hostetter said. the
officers took Close. Moran aald
miss Iynp..Avtu had bee tatgkts
shooting with a pistol in the yard.
The men fled into the woods but
were taken after one shot was
fired.
State safety Commissioner
Sam Neal who came to the scene
just as the capture was made.
said q submachine gun was found
in a car left by the men ct the
first farmhouse, ......, ..
Mr.. Hostetter said 1850 was
found in Closes wallet and $50
in possession Of Miss Lynn. Ber-
nett had $685. on his person when
taken at Memphis. he added.
Pennsylyonion Is Charged
With Kidnapping Policemen
SHINNSTON. w. Va. April %
R).-West Virginia police plan TO
charge a 26-year- Pennsyl-
vanian with the bold kidnapping OF
two policemen from Weirton.
w. Va. 10 days ago.
State Police Capt. x. Z. Stout
said last night . kidnapping charge
would be filed against Orvills
Kittle. arrested IN Mapleton. Pa.
Wednesday night On . car theft