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' THE Hfctt: OMAHA. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1920.'
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Mystery of Big
Mail Robbery in
Bluffs Cleared
s Six Men in -Custody; Cur
rency Recovered ; Bonds Are
Burned; Man Who Gave
"Tip' Being Sought.
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i,.4S, 27S3 Seventh avenue: T. A.
, Jjaiy, 2753 Seventh, avenue.
Eight mail sacks recovered,
v, seven empty. Four tacks recov-
' ered in Spoon lake, one in Coch
n P"rk. one near the Eighth
..... Avenue school and one at the home
- of John Bell, negro, 1502 Elev
V enth avenue. The sack recovered
, unopened was found near the
scene of the robbery. Ten sacks
t in all ; ere stolen, two thus re-
maining unaccounted for.
Arrest of sixth and last man ex
V. pected vesterdav.
, H Mrs. T . A. Daly was arrested fol
lowing efforts to involve her hus
, baiulji
Efforts of federal agents now are
being centered on the search for
' the sixth man and in a hunt for
t , ' that part of the loot which is said
to have been in possession of Fred
Poffenbargcr.
Four Have Confessed. .
. ; Federal agents 4re convinced of
the guilt of all five of the men now
,in custody. ..Confessions, which at
least, admitted partial complicity,
..have been made by four of the men,
;,the two. Phillips boys, Poffenbargcr
;.and Reed.
Operatives also are inclined to be
.Jieve the statements of Poffcnbarger
; and Orville Phillips that all of the
securities were burned and that only
. tne currency - was retained.
".- capture ot ithe hve men was
" brought about, agents said yester-
day, Through the Poffenbarger boy
v ; Poffenbarger "Key Man."
- The first clew gained by the op
eratives was the discovery that rof
'"fenbarger had become suddenly
possessed of a large sum of moneyf
and was spending it freely.
' The subsequent investigation led
to the arrest of Poffcnbarger and
; Merl Phillips. The identity of Reed,
alleged by some of the government
'. men to be the ringleader in the huge
; robbery plot, was learned through
"one of -Poffenbarger's confessions.
, " Orville and Merl Phillips continue
'to try to save each other in their
..statements. Orville stoutly denies
that Merl was id on the plot and in
.Csists his brother tried to persuade
him not to enter into the robbery.
Boys .Shield Each Other.
Merl is equally emphatic in his
statements that Orville did not take
part in the robbery 1
Only i in minor details do the
Stories fold by the alleged robbers
- differ.
As now disclosed J&e robbery,,
while "pparently-eeWd -ratgely
by mere lads, was carried out in a
way that would do credit to expert
criminals. " '
In Center of Train.
The car which was robbed was
'the center of a mail train which left
the transfer in Council Bluffs at 7
o'clock in the evening bound for
Chicago. The automobile used Q
the robbers was driven alongside the
train as it began to slow down for
V an Illinois Central crossing. .-'Almost
before the train had come to a full
stop the glass in the side door of the
car was smashed. Reaching in, the
catch on the door was released, one
of the men leaped inside, threw out
10 sacks of registered mail and re
entered the auto, all within five or six
minutes. N
As the car and men drove away"
from the scene of the factual rob
bery they dropped off at different
places, each taking a portion of te
' sacks. , . .
i Here it, was thought that the dar
ing of the robbers ; began to- fail
them and the neatness and dispatch
with' which they . performed the
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Upper left i Mrs. T. A. Daly, Z 733 Seventh avenue, "the woman
because of.her attempts to shield Daly and H. A. Reed, alleged ringleader of the robbery plot. I '
JJpper right is the interior of the chicken coop in which a large sum in $10 bills was recovered. It was in the corner of the chicken
a quilt containing the plunder was found buried. t , '
, Lower left shows the robbery scene. This is the barn to the rear of the John Belt home where the automobile remained in waiting
t thrown out of the car. . -.y .
Lower right shows the building in Cochran. park in which one of the looted mail sacks was found empty.
a"ctual robbery was lacking in the
getaway.
They blundered. And they
hlundered again when they discov
ered the enormity of the amount of
the loot. So frightened were they.
apparently, at what they had done
that they hastened to burn all of the
securities, keeping only the cur
rency, and tried to "hide the empty
sacks.
Gradually the score of federal op
eratives located the greater number
of the empty sacks followed their
clews closely and soou had the fiye'
men in custody.
Negroes Are Released
Five members of the family of
John Bell, 1502 Eleventh avenue,
were released this morning. One
of the empty mail sacks was found
at the Bell home, but after question
ing the three men and two women
federal officers released them, con
vinced that they had no knowledge
of the robbery. , '
F. A.l Poffenbarger. father of Fred
E. Poffenbarger. was taken to the
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federal building this morning for
questioning, .
It is believed he is being examined
in efforts to find out what his son,
Fred, did -with $10,000 in currency
which1 Mrs. T, vA. Daly said the
younger Poffenbarger took from the
loot cached at the Daly home, Sun
day morning. , -
She saiaVheftold her he was going
to get the money changed because
he feared it. was "marked."
It was this money and Poffen
barger's thoughtless spending that
followed which led federal men to
suspect him.
Reed Arrested Last Night.
Poffenbarger was still at, the fed
eral building at 2 o'clock, but it is
not believed he will be placed under
arrest unless the questioning Should
unexpectedly reveal that he had any
knowledge of the robbery plan, 1
Reed was arrested at 7:40 last
night following his implication in the
case by Fred Poffenbarger. After a
lengthy grilling he gave information
which led to the arrest at 2:40 this
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Stolen Mail Sacks WaK Recovered
in the case." Her husband is held
morning of Daly, at whose home
Reed lived.1 ; ''
Reed 'is said to be unemployed.
Daly is said in the Huffs to work
at the Omaha Grain exchange. x
An -. automobile believed to have
been the one. in which the loot was
carried off was found last night in
a garage at Nineteenth and Fifth
avenue. In the car steel dies with
numbers from 1 to 10 were-4?und.
It is believed these dies were used
to change the engine number.
Yesterday federal officers made a
search of Omaha for a taxicab driver
whom ther at that time believed was
driver of the robbery car.
The search proved fruitless, how
ever. Several men were questioned,
but all proved perfect alibis.' Wheth
er the officers in . the . search were
acting on an erroreous tipfwas not
revealed ttoday, but indication!, were
that the government men still have
hopes of landing a taxi man who
they believe will be able to throw
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shipping. money by registered mail,
insure this money and if there were
negotiable instruments and currency
in ine looica man car ai council
isiuns wnicn was smppea oy Danics
and corporations it undoubtedly
was insured, Thomas said today.
"We have a blanket insurance
policy in the bank which is filled out
for the amount of the shipment, the
day the jnoney is sllfpped. The only
requirement made upon us by the in
surance company is that on the
same mail we ship -the money wc
also send a blanket statement of the
amount shipped, the destination and
the time of the shipment.
. Sends a Bill.
"Each month the company, usual
ly a marine insurance company,
sends the shipper a bill for the
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surveillance
Coop shown in the picture that
while the mail sacks -were being
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afnount due on registered mail ship
ments." The rate charged by insurance
companies, on negotiable instru
ments, which includes government
bonds and instruments payable to
bearer, and the rates on currency
are the same in Nebraska. Thomas
explained. The rate for shipments-
in the state is 5 cents for each $1,000.
The same rate is in effect for ship
ments to Chicago!. Currency shio-
ments to New York is IS cents, for
each $1,000 and 10 cents per $1,000
on negotiable instruments.
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Woman in Case Found
By Federal Agents
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spectors of being the ringleader of
the robbery, was arrestee: eany
Thursday night.
Tries To Save Husband.
"My husband knows nothing of
the case, Mrs. miy stouuy ai
firmed. "Both he and Reed were
home the night of the robbery.
She admitted, however, Fred Pof
f,nr.arcrir. the secend man held in
connection with the case, appeared
at the Daly home early Sunday
morning and took away about
S10.000. , . ,
'I'm irnincr to chalice thlS for
honest-to-God money." Mrs. Daly
quotes him as saying. "1 m afraid
this stuff is all marked."
Went to Rear Room.
Mrs. Daly declared Poffenbarger
had taken many packages of N cur
rency to her home Sunday morning
and. with her husband and Retd,
tnnir thpin into a rear room.
' She said she asked them if that
was the money taken in the robbery,
btrt said tljey only laugnea ior an
vver.J.'
When she told them she was vX-
Tecting company Sunday afternoon
tney iook tne 1001 nuo mc sauji
and concealed it in a sack, she de
clared. -
She said she ovvheard them say
they had burned everything except
the currency. .
This money which was found by
federal agents scattered throughout
the Daly chickencoop, was taken to
the federal building Thursday night
wrapped in a browrj 'leather bag,
which showed signs of having been
buried in the earth, and a bed quilt
sewed together.
Postofiice officials are not yet sat
isfied with Mrs. Daly's statements
to them.
Her exact connection with the
case has ntft been established to suit
them yet. s
Suicide Attempted byt.
) Recaptured Prisoner
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the fleeing figure ,but he didTiot halt.
The thrccj-Kansas City officers left
the train at Broken Bow and in con
junction with the-local officials im
mediately organized a posse that
f tirsued him.
He, however, succeeded in eluding
pursuit until today. Only yesterday
posses were organized at Alliance,
where it was reported Chester had
been seen, but after a fruitless search
of several hours' duration gave up
the chase. '
Caught in Montana.
Chester was being returne from
Great Falls, Mont., where he was ar
rested November 8 for the murder of
Florence Barton, pretty Kansas City
society girl, on the night of Octo
ber 2. ' ,
Miss Barton and her fiance, How-
ard Winter, were motoring in Kan
sas City when they were accosted by
three men in an automobile. During
an attempted robbery of, the -couple
by the three bandits Miss Barton
made am outcry and was shot and
instantly killed. Winter was shot in
the arm at the same time. Follow
ing the murder the bandits jumped
into their car and esc .ped. Chester
was later identified by Winter from
Bertillon pictures of him in the pos
session of the Kansas City police.
Last Games Scheduled Today.
San Francisco, Nov. 19. Final
games of the 1920 Pacific Coast con
ference foot ball race will be played
tomorrow when the University of
California meetsStanford university
at Berkeley, Cal., and the University
of Oregon plays the Oregon Agri
cultural college at Corvallis, Ore:
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Much for Paroling,
Says M. Andreasen
M.Aadreasen, former adult pro
bation officer for Douglas . county,
declared yesterday tliat Governor
McKelvic is being condemned too
much for paroling of penitentiary
prisoners. '
"The. governor has no parole pow
er and does not parole anyone. He
is not even a membertf the parole
board and won't be until January 1,
1921, after which date the parole
board will consist of the governor,
secretary of stdte and attorney gen
eral .
"The governor, however, has pow
er to give furloughs and pardons to
tUuse not eligible to parole. At
present 11. H. Antles, head of .he
public welfare department, has the
parole power.
"In regard to Ben Marshall, the '
ma sentenced to 30 years, concern
ing whose proposed release so much
agitation was started, he is not eligi
ble to parole. This man, in spite of
the terrible nature of his crimes, has
been a model prisoner in the peni
tentiary for 12 years, has not vio
lated any rules and is now 57 years
old. I believe, however, that the
governor did not know the true na
ture of Marshall's case-or he would
not have put him on the list of those y
to be paroled." '
Accidental Poisoning,
Jury Verdict in Case
Of Young Kearney Girl
Kearney, Neb.; Nov. 19. (Spe; .
cial Telegram.) That poison caused
the death of Mildred Montross was
the finding reached by a corouer'i
j-jry here, lhe verdict held thai
poison was accidentally aamtnis
teed, either by the young woman
or parties unknown. '
Miss Montross, according to evi
dence, took ill with a severe head
ache on Tuesday morning. She call
ed on a Joctor. according to a state
ment made prior to death, and was
eiven three tablets ior relief of the
pain and took them in the presence
if the phvslcian. An hour later she
was taken violently ill, suffering in
tense pain and was only semicon
scious until death, which occurred
shortly before midnight. ; .
No Kearney physician, according
to testimony, had seen the girl un
til called in on the case atter shi
was taken ill. There was nothing
to indicate that Miss Montross took
the poison with suicidal intent. ,
Hubbell Community Will
Form Public Welfare Both
Hebron, Neb., Nov. 19. (Special))
The Hubbell community is" incor
porating a community association tc
look after the recreation, amuse
ment and anything pertaining to the
public welfare of Hubbell and com
munifyi The corporation is to hav
authority to buy material, purchase
sites and erect buildings necessary
to carrying out its plans. One of tht
first movements of 'the association
as now planned will be the purchase
of a site and erection of a commun
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Khron, Cancels Bout
Dallas, Tex., t Nov. 1 19. Harr j
Khron, Akron, O., middleweight has .
called off his bout witKJack Reeves,
San Francisco, scheduled here foi
Thanksgiving day, to meet Happy
Littleton of New Orleans, in that
city on the same day.
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