Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-02-13 | Page 25 | Robbery Suspects Held in Five Prisons

ROBBERY SUSPECTS HELD IN FIVE PRISONS Federal Officers on Trail of St. St Paul Revenue Stamp Thieves I CHICAGO ij CAGO Feb l Three 0 the eight suspects held for th robbery of the St St. Paul go gover ver m nt building of wort of f revenue stamps early in January January Jan January uary free on bond tonight j the other five were held in separate Jails to keep them from communicating Declaring they had secured a cork con cor Cession from one of the eight federal authorities said other arrests were due When arraigned before Unit United d States Commissioner Foote this afternoon Michael J. J Flannigan a saloonkeeper held In connection with the robbery and his wife gained their freedom on bonds of and respective respective- ly Mrs John J. J was freed on on bond George Bissett and Eddie Leonard accused in warrants as the actual robbers robbers rob rob- bers berg were held on failure to give bonds bonds' of each Mrs Leonards Leonard's bond 4 was set at bond was wa fixed at and Frank Bissett was was was' held on suspicion without bond Dond The brothers were arr arrested armsted sted this afternoon when secret service men broke into their room and ov overpowered them Captain Porter of the United States secret service declined tonight to state states which one of the suspects suspects' had Uon- Uon to the St. St Paul robbery He declared however that the confession made no mention of the New Westminster West West- West West-j minster B. B C. C Ct bank robbery in hi connection connection tion with which Flannigan was held Porter said all nfl of the suspects dented denied knowledge of ot this robbery rubbery