Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-09-06 | Page 5 | 'Radio' Cracksmen Sought in Robbery

RADIO CRACKSMEN SOUGHT IN ROBBERY CHICAGO Sept 6 A P A gang of radio cracksmen was sought today by the police pollee for the robbery of the safety deposit boxes of ot Koch Co where they obtained loot variously estimated from to The radio burglars so called by the pol police ce because they are nrc said to set up a low wave radio to notify them If it a Dolice alarm was sent nut while they were at v- v work rk are re b believed i by the a authorities to have b been cn o oper oer operating er on a n nati nationwide scale Police Li Lieutenant Joseph Ronan said the same group o of criminals was responsible for fer a n job jobin in Cincinnati which netted He also said he believed they cut into inton a n vault of ot a bank at Highland Wis last October 9 0 escaping with a large sum of money Last October 26 this same radio precaution the Lieutenant said saved aved the entire gang from capture The radio brought the police alarm to the cracksmen just as squads were ere ordered to trap them in the International International International Investment company where they were preparing to cut up from the basement into the safety box vault The exact amount of the loot in inthe Inthe the Koch Co robber robbery Saturday in which the thieves drilled through a roof of wood concrete and steel awaited the opening of ot the locks to tc- day