Ogden Evening Standard | 1910-08-30 | Page 1 | Breaking up of a Gang

Ifum Officers in Kansas Close in on Postoffice jobbers Wichita, Kas.. Aug. 30. Federal of- llcers today made the final close in on a gang of Kansas postoffice robbers rob-bers they had been following for two years when they arrested John Callahan, Cal-lahan, alleged leader of the gang, In the city. Dan Carney, William Carron and William "Blank" Ryan wore previously pre-viously arrested near Wyniore, Nebraska, Ne-braska, at the same house where. It Is said, they vere engaged In preparing prepar-ing nitroglycerine for use on safes. Chief of police Frank S. Burt of Ibis city vcafl engaged by tho 'federal officers to act as "go between' aud ho claims he received stolen stamps from Callahan and took them to I S. Naftzger, president of the. Fourth Na tlonai bank of this elty. who, be says, sold them. It Is alleged that $5,000 worth of.stampB were disposed of in this city since last spring. United States Marshal Mackey sas Mr Naftzger Naft-zger s cose will come up In tbo September Sep-tember term of court in this city. He has not been arrested. The alleged egmen under arrest will be taken to Topeka tomorrow. Mr. Naflzgor admits buying some rtnmps from Mr. Burton and also says ho resold some of them, and claims he did not know they wero stolen He says the chief of police lold him he got them on rewards for making arrests and In other legitimate ways. Mr. Naftzger says other bank officials were present when the stamps were bought.