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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1920)
8 A THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: NOVEMBER 21, 120 1 Bluffs Robberv Unique, as Guns Were Not Used Officers and Suspects Abstain ; From Using Firearms in Clearing Up Mystery of $3,500,000 Steal. Not a shot was fired in'JttK daring robbery of the rcgisterelt Jpail cr eti the Burlington raitroaQA Court til Bluffs, November 13,tjnw; in the investigation by postoffit33nd fed eral officers in which five: men and one woman have .been arretted, five of the 10 stolen pouches recovered,, and half of the undestroyeoloot rt- taken. This fact alone marks tfrjjjobbety from any other train robbery of any M?e in the history of thci United Si.ites, according to federal officers and special railroad agenls, who worked on the case. , Z , George L. German, assistant chief special agent for the Burlington rail road, has been in the service more than 30 years . , "I do not recall any train robbery of any magnitude during my terra of service in which there was such an titter lack of gunplay," Chief German declared. , . One Gun Used.. V. L Noah, postoffiee' inspector for the St. Louis division, also re marked on the absence of any shoot ing. "I hadn't thought of that," he said, "It is ' strange. Not a 'shot tired." Fred Poffenbarsrer, who federal orhcers say admitted he was one ot me two men wno emcrca me man car and heaved out the pouches, was the only man suspect or offi cer who made any use of a revol ver during the entire mystery case. V He shattered the glass in the win dow of the car with the -butt of a revolver, operatives declare-he con fessed. W. M. Coble, postofticnspector of Omaha, mused a few.ririonients over the point. "It is a peculiar case," he vouch safed, "that there was not one in the robbery itself or the investiga tion which followed who pulled a trigger. Remarkable." t. Recalls Other Robberies. Absence of firing recalletHo many of the officers assigned to-the mys tery the sensational traifl?bbery on the Burlington railroad-just south of Council Bluffs, near Lake Man awa, 14 years ago, when two masked bandits attempted to loot the ex press car. . ,' The two men boarded the"train as it left the city limits, answering a block signal. They climbed over the coal car and covered tK3ireman and engineer with their t&jjjjjvers. ( The train was halted. ' . From the express car, Sny der, railroad express jnscnger, dropped to the ties with .aved-off double-barreled shotgun.2 He lay alongside the teaekand as one of the masked bantH started down from the tender yder let i loose. ... (. J,, JJjJi .-- Bandit Is KilIeC The bandit fell dead. His body had been riddled with bucfesttot with which the gun had been loaded. . The discharge was firedgjt such I close range that the robber's chest j was punctured full of holes. One of I the buckshot entered his "heart. ; The other bandit escaped. The body of the dead, highway jman lay for several days'ni"a Coun ted Bluffs morgue, for identification, which has never been ttillf. estab f lished. I The mail car robbery Tasti Satur ? day. likewise recalled the "escapades J of "Bill" Carlisle, who heja,up two i.trains in Wyoming last year, the ; second after escaping from the peni ; tentiary, and he was capttu-ed- only ' after he had been shot, during" a long search in the mountains. t Council Bluffs police icers, as s veil as the agents of the federal gov ernment and the Postoffice depart ment, also brand this last robbery as "unusually unique because .of the ab - sence of shooting. ..v.- - - 4 Mail Rorrerv Probe -.Leads To Box Car Theft Arrests Investigation of numerous angles of the registered mail robbery in Council Bluffs brought to' -light at least 20 suspects of recent.box car ' robberies in the various., railroad : yards of Omaha and Council Bluffs, G. C Germanv assistant chief of Burlington police operatives, de- - clared. "v. : "We learned the haunts-of many box car thieves." he stateA.. 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Uonds .hurned by the robbers who perpetrated the sensational but un successful registered mail robbery from Burlington trin No. 8 at the Union Pacific transfer s in Council Bluffs last Saturday night ''totalled more than $5,000,000, it became known yesterday. Two' national insurance companies that insured the bonds are threaten ed with ( insolvency, it also was dis closed. ' With the finding of-an iadditional $10,000 yesterday in the bottom of a jar packed with lard in the home of T. A. Daly, 2753 Seventh avenue, investigation of the case is near com pletion. The arrest yesterday of Mrs. T. A. Daly brought the number of prisoners to lix, with a possibility of a seventh man involved, federal officers stated. ' . ; Hearing Next Friday. Hearing of the six prisoners on charges of robbing the -mails will be held next Friday --before United States Commissioner William Byers in Council Bluffs. " The interest of mail officials at Washington, D. 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That the stability of two national insurance companies depends upon the recovering of the bonds stolen from the pouches was admitted by federal authorities. . . " Federal authorities eased up ' in their investigation at 1 o'clock yes terday, Postal Inspector Glen allow ing the officers a chance for sleep. Ather federal officers are following up traces of Keith Collins. ; The recovered currency was to be counted yesterday and then sent t Washington, Postal Inspector Glen stated. Governor Fires Two State Officers for; Alleged Dry Violations Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 20. (Special Telegram.) Two men were ordered removed frdm office today by Gov-H ernor McKelvie because of alleged, violation of the state liquor' laws. " William, I. Dyson, sheriff of Mor rill county, was ordered suspended on charges of drunkenness and mal administration. Anton Sedlacck, constable at Spencer, Boyd county, was ordered suspended. He was arrested recently by R. J. Hart, state prohibition of ficer, and pleaded guilty to a charge of selling liquor for which he was fined $100. Ten Men Plead Guilty at Sidney to Stealing Coal Sidney, Neb., Nov. 20. (Soecial.,1 Wholesale arrest of coal thieves wns made here by Special Officer L. PlywelJ of the Union Pacific rail real. Earl Kruger. Elmer Kruger, Jesse Kruger, Herman Kruger, Jack Binder, W. J.. Perry, G. M. Andrews, JVcls Johnson, Arthur eraser and O. J. Cavanaugh pleaded guilty in county court and were fined in sums of $25 to $100, and double restitution for the stolen property. The fines and costs amounted to $196 and the restitution to the Un ion Pacific, $369. The largest fine was paid by Jack Binder, who runs tne elevator at Colton. Court Clerk Appointed. Broken Bow, Neb., Nov. 20. (Spe cial.) Miss Emma Scott, who has been clerk of the county court the past six years under Judge Ford, has been apponted to the same position by County Judge-elect Chas. H. Hol-comb. Are Held for Mail Train Robbery World-Herald Reporter Held by Federal Agents 7 W. A. O'Malley, a reporter of the World-Herald, was arrested by fed era! agents yesterday morning charged with impersonating a fed eral officer. He was released on $1,500 bond, pending a hearing be fore Commissioner Byers next, Sat urday. 1 O'Malley, it is charged, while seek ing news of the Council Bluffs mail robbery, declared himself to be a federal officer and gained informa tion by this subterfuge which inter fered with the work of the detectives working on the case. Man Held for Trial on Theft of Youth's Savings Les Kalar, alias Pete Patrick. 17, i m,, WEBSSilM YgnKjftfJ&V liFTB!SSSfl ', , JlSi. " f ..... Aluminum Ware W orth $ 1 3.50 Free At This Big Carload Lot Sale! 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