Show I. I I I AGENTS f T TRIO TRIn INAR IN tm AR THEFT RING Nabbed fobbed abbed While in Posses Posses- ion ion of Alleged Stolen Armed and Prepared Pre Pre- Autos Autos' I pared to Resist C Capture What t department of Justice be one of at the 1 hints t claim to largest larges of automobile thieves DIS gs f coast to coas coast in violation from li g i the Dyer n. n r act was smashed here when W. W WL L. L Payne and tt w j 1 Cassidey of at the department If took into custody Lawrence Law Law- y rence of j Howard goward 22 R. R R. R Ege 31 r nd d W W. R. R Campbell 50 O shortly their arrival here with three fter r stolen in Los Angeles said to be chief of Pa- Pa Jc coast operations for or a a. organization dealing in stolen r with ramifications ing into every section of ot the confessed Thursday after after- f oon on W his Identification with the reves and divulged Information hl Ih h is expected to result In theIr the Ir rest Or f several m members of at the here and and in other Ides Ege Ego and Campbell added Ir confessions to that of Howrd How- How ird rd and complaints ch charging the rt with violation of at the Dyer act transporting stolen automobiles n i rom In one state to another were Isled Is- Is led aed by United States Dis District At- At orney ornet orne Morris Dies tools accessories and fire fire- me every every requirement for Immediate Im Im- im- im mediate edla e repairs alteration of at iden- iden n of ot stolen cars ars and for forr r ted resistance to apprehension ere vere ere found upon the persons ote of ot 1 e C e prisoners From admissions made ade by DY Howard in his confession h ann annual al loss through operations Jl t f the g gang ng will exceed federal agents say BECOM BECOMES ES SUSPICIOUS y t Arrest of ot the trio came through Suspicions ns aroused by the the- travel- travel orn appearance of ot one of the Wen stolen cars a a. coupe driven by How- How lii rd Agent Payne l leaving the post- post bides Wednesday noticed the car ear Streaked with mud in such fashion I U to indicate indicate- its having traveled t a terrific speed over bad roads tile he was looking the car over Howard approached After Atter some som conversation the federal igent ent Identified himself and told Howard that tha unless s he could sat- sat establish his the ther r would detain him Paynes Payne's action was based on the tho fact that while talking with Howard How How- ard ird he be had become convinced that he be car ear was wag stolen from Indica- Indica O one loas of at altered number and the inside the car within handy reach there was secured a ar r bh rh power rifle loaded in the Howard departed to return with I who he said would Iden- Iden shadowed the suspect sus sus- I him Payne f ct and observed him engage In with two men west ff t the Newhouse hotel on Fourth South street Two other travel retaIned cars were parked nearby Howard and Campbell were on the dewalk while white Ege sat at the i wheel when Payne advanced upon hem He questioned the trio Ege Ego ased eased himself about the wheel in inAuspicious Auspicious fashion and Payne arned him to move neither hand ness ho he wanted to shoot it out RIO WELL ARMED The The federal agent then lined the therle tree men up From a shoulder I Bolster olater on Ege he removed a a. 41 EoMa automatic He took the three nen en protesting their innocence to he police station pending further investigation Meanwhile Agent Cassidey had hadee the pees peen ee busy rounding up Silous iou machines and preparing a inspection of ot them Payne returned and tho the two agents started t f careful search to find tind something i hleb hith would upset the story told 1 y the prisoners as to their purchase pur pur- chase hase of the cars and to prove the llIs ot sale presented AS Jis spurious finally in a shallow f false lse bottom U Under the floor of or the coupe they found a a. complete set of at steel dies i with Mth sizes to fit tit the various num num- r. r fj ers rs r by which the different parts t-otan t 9 n automobile are marked kA A memorandum book taken from Reward Howard was filled with notes in ini i code Cde which when translated dl- dl the original and the lake numbers substituted on each r stolen With the finding of ot the des 8 the federal authorities became that they had bagged opera- opera tires fl g o of one of ot the nationwide gangs Howard was confronted with this 1 I confessed evidence and OLD HAND AT AT GAME II I II He told the officers that he had work for the engaged In this been I r past three years He and Ege both the tho east Campbell is a came from pocatello man recently recruited to I I the gang For a while Howard subordinate with one I I worked as a of at the eastern rings He lie claimed to I have never been arrested during his career ir About one year ago the operations operations operations opera opera- in the extended to tal take e were to this far west Howard traveled section as second in command toone to toone Stillman transporting two one this city stolen tolen cars en route In suspicion they were under police pollee but after atter presenting their credentials credentials creden at police pollee headquarters and Inthe in inthe the he absence of or any evidence of or criminology they were released Howard said He Be went from here hereto hereto hereto Los Angeles and until this this this' trip to working his loot over ver the had been roads into int Arizona and east through Mexico New ot of operation n of ot these 1 is explained by th the feder federal l gangs to the authorities as ae worked out steal will minutest detail One crew number of about the h headquarters a established With these they have In caravan to another race they will convenient they die dis- dispose ais state When fences cars cars' through nose pose o of or the as to handle bandle them mown known to been properlY hot cars that have with changed numbers disguised as ae one car is sold another gr So noon convenient points I At stolen is the bY worked terr territories tories Where the stolen these cars care meet two crews vIcinity are re traded and the the In return trips I their on bandits their start district headquarters to secured the Among Howard and Ese ge the from expect to effect the arrest arrest ar- ar authorities other members ot of or of several rest inCluding the organIzers organizers or- or organization the directing affairs from the or of local lo- lo A number eat cal Atlantic arrests may also tallow follow It is said |