Show GANG NG LINKED IN S. S La L. L ROBBERY HOLES ALONG i I RAIL TRACKS I YIELD SWAG McKee Calmly J leara ears Himself Ide Identified as as Minn Minneapolis apolis ap- ap olis otiS Bandit j HEARING IS CONCLUDED 1 I U. U S. S J Judge dge te on Sus Suspects Suspect's Sus pacts pact's Removal While Frank Fank anI McKee alias Gene Gene Thomas gangster calm calmly ly listened t to testimony identifying ing hint as a p r In the cur curi rency shipment ro robbery in lis his last winter police and federal authorities au Friday linked the infamous mob with the O. O S S. L L. mail maa ma clerk robb robbery ry here bere- last Jast April a and d announced announced announced an an- recovery of ot the loot Recovery Re overy of at the loot from the O. O SL SI robbery wrote another chapter in a Aa nationwide investigation operations of opera of ot the T Touhy gangsters whose activities activities ties tics in be beer ber r. r and mail maU robbery r rob bery have n netted cUed as much as as' as according t to best estimates r I Announcement ement of ot the recovery reCovery- atthe of at the in securities t taken k in Salt Lakes Lake's sensational 0 O. S. S Lm L. L mail clerk holdup of last April came almost simul simultaneously tan with McKees McKee's appearance before U. U S. S Gould B B. B Blakely Biakely following his arraignment Thursday on a a warrant seeking his re removal m moval val to Minn Minneapolis apolis Identified at Beaning J McKee deKee was identified at u the hearing g by A. A D D. h a Minne Minneapolis postal Inspector as one f the participants iri In the daring robbery Janu ry which netted when two ni men thes held up a postal clerk at th the point of at agun a Do agun his life Ute gun threatening Commissioner Commissi ner Blakely ruled there thero was ViM was probably cause cause for removal no Io copy Opy opy of ot an indIctment indict indictment ment meat has bas been received the commissioner commis abner empowered to order orde tile the removal aria ria the pru prisoner rier Wa was ah h held ld for Federal Judge Tillman TIilman n D p. p Joh Johnson so McKee will be betaken taken before beor the judge Saturday at al 11 3 a. a m. m for decision on removal The loot in the Salt Lake robbery was recovered investigator revealed from froin three holes along the Union Pacific c railroad trac tracks between Third West and Fourth West streets and between Thirteenth and S Seventeenth Seven Seven- ven South streets Are Found In Boles Holes In the were holes holes holes' were found alt all securities ties ies two tw mail bags and other articles with the tho exception of 1200 which was was' was part loot 7 The robbery occurred on the night of ot f April 28 26 when three armed and masked bandits surprised two mail man clerks on O. O S. S N. N train 41 an hour before its scheduled departure for lor Butte The clerks W. W V. V A. A Connelly Connely hotel and Fred Ralph Ninth East street were sorting mail mall near earthe the front of the car Two of the bandits were armed with pistols and a third carried a sawed awed off oU shotgun The shotgun was was' found round cached with the loot White WhIle one ne of the men forced the clerks against a wall of the car a companion seized a registered mail pouch pouch- and some ome loose letters and the three fled led to 0 North Temple street revealed revealed- The bandits investigators have been identified as members of the he gang which were responsible for the he Minneapolis Sacramento CaL and perhaps the Chicago postal robberies rob rob- the the four important holdups of ot the he year Approximately in loot oot from all the robberies has been recovered The officers implicated Gloomy Gus us Schaffer who is in St St. Paul on n charges George Red Kerr Cern arraigned in Chicago as as a suspect suspect sus sus- in the mail robbery In Sacramento in February and a m man identified as Louis Emery not yet a ap- ap Police revealed that Detective Sergeant Ser Sen geant cent C. C H. H Olson and Leland Daley have been on the trail of th the gang locally locally lo lo- cally ally since last prior to tha the time line of the mall man clerk holdup They bey revealed that Emery came to Salt ait Lake In iii February rent rented d a house at LI 1553 South West Temple Continued on Pate PAce T Ten n SALT LAKE MAIL LOOT IS IS' FOUND Officers Link Touhy Gang With Sens Sensational tonal Robbery Here in April C Continued from Pate Pare One shortly after the Sacramento robbery and nd was joined soon by and William Barry alias allas Ed Frazer arrested arrest arrest- ed d here September 17 in connection with the Sugarhouse branch bank rob rob- bery ery Alter After an accidental shooting of Schaffer and Barry in the house in March the officers said Barry went to o San Francisco to obtain treatment for or his left leg and was replaced by I Kerr Auto Reported Stolen Prior to the mail robbery the oUi er said Kerr and Emery stole an automobile automobile auto auto- mobile from tram First South and Main streets Kerr later purchased hand hand- cuffs culs and a sawed-off sawed shotgun used Inthe in inthe the he holdup The Thc car car used In the robbery robery rob rob- bery ery it developed later was Wa aban near Seventeenth South and nc Third East streets Detectives Olson and Daley alter after learning earning of these d developments were joined by postal inspectors from all parts of the nation and the officers located Barry using the name of at Mike Tyson at 49 South Main str street t in July He Ic was not apprehended however The trail of Barry and other members mem mem- bers ers of ot the gang led to Salt Lake at atle atthe atthe the le time of the Sugarhouse bank robbery robery rob rob- bery ery an August and later took author author- ties tiesto les to Hollywood CaL Cat and back to Salt SaIt Lake where on September 16 Barry tarry was seen here hete in an automobile with wilh McKee McKe Arrested Following Day The next day the two were arrested with eight men and three thre women in connection with the bank holdup The arrival of ot two federal inspectors from Chicago at that time linked Barry with the he Sacramento robbery officers officers of of- said and also led lcd to the arrest of f Steve Christ l l. l recently re convicted of complicity In the Sugarhouse job In n San Francisco Following this tills Chief Chie of at Police Pollee Wil Wil- liam iam L. L Payne checked Barrys Barry's belongings belong belong- ings in Sacramento and fo found nd evidence that linked him with the Touhy gang and tied up the gang with the Salt Lake mall mail clerk robbery The Investigation continued and a short time ago a meeting of federal agents agent working on the gangs gang's activities in n Chicago provided Information that the he Salt Lake mail robbery loot was cached here Thursday afternoon Chief Payne the federal men and railroad officials searched the area near the tracks racks and uncovered the cache In one hole bole were two mail mall sacks In a second sc-cond a brief briet case cas taken from brain Mr Donnelly with wilh the shotgun in the third was the In securities Loot IM Ii Described The loot officials said consisted of 2560 shares o of Utah Poultry Producers' Producers Cooperative association stock four county warrants from Burley Idaho a n warrant from Mackay Idaho two 1000 U. U S. S treasury bonds registered to o a Mrs Mis Lillian Rodda Bocock two gold cold rings quarterly Income shares Issued to a Phillip A. A sh Shaw w shares wres df Mutual Creamery stock three cou ecu pons was for 15 each from Madison county Iowa Io two for 30 form Pershing county coun- coun ty y Nevada and four tour for 2 25 each from rom the California Joint Stock Land bank and 2750 In school district coupons from Twin Falls FaUs county Idaho At McKees McKee's hearing Frida Friday morn morn- ing Int Mr said he had seen severa sev sev- era enl eral pictures of the gangster but declined de de- dried dined to elaborate upon hi his complete 1 method of identification Mr and other inspectors inv investigated the case U. U S. S Marshal Gilbert M Mecham ham testifying testifying tes tes- tes- tes at the hearing said that when McKee was arraigned Thursday the suspect was asked if it his real name name was Ge Thomas Gent and replied No its it's McKee An expected appearance of oC Kerr did not materialize Frida Friday Reports Thursday were that Kerr arraigned in Chicago as a suspect inthe in inthe inthe the Sacramento mail mall robbery was being taken to the toast coast city by postal inspectors and that th the party would stop in Salt Lake where Kerr would testily testify McKee was a partIcipant participant participant pant In the Minneapolis robber robbery Unconfirmed reports were heard however that Kerr is In custody of federal authorities here but neither Mr nor C. C F. F Dutton local postal inspector would confirm them United Press dispatches said eight In men en including McKee have been arrested arrested arrested ar ar- ar- ar rested in three cities as suspected members of the syndicate believed to 10 have committed mail robberies in several cities Six were arrested in Detroit and md andone andone one in Sacramento McKee being the eighth Arthur Kline alias William R R. R Berry Berry Ber Ber- ry was arrested in Sacramento Kline may be the William Barry alias Ed Frazer who was arr arrested ted in Salt Lake with McKee month last and charged with robbery ry of the Sugarhouse branch of at the First National National bank bank on August 25 R Robbery charges arising n from this arrest were lod lodged ed against McKee named as as Thomas In an the he complaint complaint com corn plaint but were dismissed Thursday for lor lack of ot evidence and md beca because c McKee McKee McKee Mc Mc- Kee Is wanted I b by the federal gov govern govern- rn ment |