Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-01-28 | Page 3 | Man Claiming to be Crook of Radio Thrillers Held on Robbery Charge

I Man Claiming to Be Crook of Radio Thrillers Held on Robbery Charge I NEW YORK Jan 28 A A burglar who according to his own story baffled detectives throughout a raising hair series of detective stories broadcast over the radio in which he played the role of or a a. modern modern modern mod mod- ern Raffles Rames identified only as The Shadow came to grief early today when he essayed to do his stuff in real life and ran afoul of ot a real uniformed uniformed uni uni- formed patrolman The styled self Shadow otherwise otherwise other other- wise Gordon Barrett 29 told police he was a reporter in Philadelphia and an actor Police records show how how- u ever that he lie was sentenced to servo 13 months for burglary here In 1929 Columbia Broadcasting officials de denied denied de- de nied he was their crook But whether he ho was as the Shadow of the radio thrillers or not Barrett toda today oday was held on charges of robbery robbery robbery rob rob- bery and violation of the law Jaw aw Barrett was captured after he hc and anda a n confederate bound bOWld gagged and robbed Allen W W. an int interior decorator in the tha latter's Jatter's apartment In n East seventh Forty street early today told police pollee that Barrett whom he had met only a 11 few days das ago go called at his apartment with a amale amale male companion and after alter several rounds of drinks had been served seized him tied his ankles and wrists and stuffed a gag in his mouth Then Barrett and his pal charges threw him on a bed and proceeded to ransack the apartment Patrolman Rogers captured Barett Barrett Barrett Bar- Bar rett ett as he was preparing to leave apartment with clothing Jewelry jewelry- and money and with a caliber lis pistol to Barrett was held without without without with with- out bat bal ball for tor the grand Jury Barrett who had b been n living comfortably comfortably comfortably com com- at the Manger hotel denied and the policeman's stories He said he was v a former University of Pennsylvania student