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Show Alleged Swindler Is Placed Under Arrest SALT LAKE, Sept 6. William E. Meade, alleged confederate 0f "Army" Sullivan. E. C. Rice, and others, supposed sup-posed to be connected with the Robert Norwood gang of swindlers operating in cities of the west coast, was arrested arrest-ed yesterday morning by Salt Like detectives. de-tectives. He was In company of his wife in a fashionable apartment houp:-when houp:-when arre6tel The man Is being hclJ on $ir.00 bail as a material witness In the murder case against Rice, who slew Edward A Mnyer In the Roy hotel last Thurr.day Upon posting fl50n cash ball. Meade was given his liberty.4 "Not wanted here: thanks," was the message from Los Angeles. This cume in reply to a wire notifying Los Angeles that Meade was in custody and furnishing fur-nishing a description of the man, w hlch is --.aid to tally with that of the "Meade ' concerned in the operations of the Norwood gang. Norwood was shot and killed in Los Angeles in 1919 by one of his ronfederates following a scries of quarrels over the division of money obtained In swindling garner ARRESTED 81 i Meade was in the party in the Roy hotel when Rice and Mayer became in volved In an altercation over monev realized in a ri ent confidenee game. Rice shooting Mayer, killing him instantly. in-stantly. At that time the police did not hold Meade as a material witness Early Sunday morning, on Information from Ios Angeles that he might h:f had some connection with the gang which murder 1 Norwood, he was arrested ar-rested in an apartment house and Jailed. He was held there until the Los Angelog police replied t6 the message mes-sage saying he M0 held for thtir die-position. die-position. Half a dozen Los Angeles murder? that remain unsolved are linked there with the operations of the 'Rice gang ' Ruby Reed, a woman of the underworld) was connected with the Rice" gang as a decoy She was blamed when an aged man slipped through the designs of the gang after someone had "squealed." On March 26 She was murdered In her apartment In Los Angeles and suspicion pointed to Little" Spencer- well known confidence confi-dence man, but lie was never appre-! appre-! hended. ORi.AM,1 s . (. The Robert Norwood gang of confidence confi-dence men, highwaymen and burglars was first organl.td in 1015 Robert Norwood, whose real name was Lee Leiphton, was then using the name of r.' i t Iawson He had been a burglar and highwayman then for at lrtst IS years, for In 1902 he was caught on one of his first jobs" and imprisoned for five years in the Kansas state penl-tentiary penl-tentiary He served a full term and went to Los Angeles. After serving seven years In prison for the robbery of a grocery store he obtained his freedom ant formed a new gang llliam E. M- adc. the Christ Kid." "Army" Sullivan, alias Edward A Mayer, and fit. wi re included. in-cluded. The first virtim was an old man from Paola, Kan., who was fleeced of $70,000 The money obtained was kept by Norwood and the gang swore to get" him Norwood was seen first in Los Angeles by Sullivan, who suspected' a conspiracy between Rice and Norwood to rob the other members of the gang of their share. |