Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-02-03 | Page 3 | Bank Looting Case Leads to New York

BANK LOOTING CASE 1 LEADS TO NEW YORK Confidence Game Trailed 10 Door of Gotham Police Lieutenant B BOSTON n OSTON Feb 2 Further 2 Further revelations revelation L concerning tho the looting of or the tho National Na No City bank of ot Cambridge will bo be published here tomorrow Most of or these are arc made on the tho authority of ot William J J. J Kellher the confidence man who robbed George W. W Coleman of ot money which the latter a bookkeeper had stolen from t the tho c bank I Big Bill Kellher as he Is known made a business of or defrauding those I who believed themselves to be his I partners In a fixed faro fare game in New NOW Y York lork rk At t that end he says his real I partners double crossed him and now he Is anxious to help John L t. t Bates Bacs I receiver for tOr th the bank bank to recover some someI of or the stolen funds I In the new statement credited to the confidence man says sas a large c part of ot the stolen mone money was wasI 11 In a safe sat deposit box In Erie Pa I According J to an announcement made madeI here District Attorney Whitman of or I New York Is considering the Bonding of an assistant to o this city to Interview Interview interview Inter Inter- I view Kellher regarding the former New York police lieutenant who ac according according ac- ac cording to Keliher Is alleged to have hae profited to the extent of in helping tho confidence men rob Ic tin i in Inlew New lew York Whitman is quoted a as saying over tho the telephone to parties In Boston I OIl will go so the thc limit to obtain any am evidence of or police grafting g that Kellher Keliher Kell- Kell her mo may possess In all probability one of m my assistants will go to Boston and Interview Keliher Should I deem such action necessary I will request Governor Governo Gover Gover- no nor Foss Toss to permit Kellher Keliher to come comeI here and testify J I