Hide Article Text (OCR)
THFN THF CAMERAS CLICKED!Thi* I. th# T,r*» FUthlieht Photo Ever I aken of • Blackmailer in the Alt; tua! Act ofSnatch.nR H.* hupf -*ed) loot Ihe Shadowy, I urtive I tRiire l» That of Rfmhowik?. I^ter ld#nt«o#d tv Mou»l*chf and lop Coat. flare at RiRht Come* from Second of 3 Camera* Planted by G Men. Circular Glow, Rear Center, Indicate* Third CamerTRAPPED CRIMINAL: BEATEN BROODTop: John R#mbow»ky. Now Doing a S Year “Stretch” for F*lortion inthe Aftiann* 1 nrncv Blackma.t Ca*e Below Mr* R*rrtba»*kv. WhoIdentified the Telltale Photo of Her Huahand in the Act ot “Pick.or Upihe Package.” With Sever.,I of Her t bildren Remhowvky Had BrenArretted Repeatedly for I realm* Hu Children With Brutality.D—- f ft v®® ever are a MtckntilknI wafktn*? We!!, the '* men~ BCef only that, bn* by m *m*«tpin f of patience Mid m ,P'u. '• ms ■ nifty**?*’* *’ * ' '* P'fturn m tk* rr*y erf 0/ pvkmg up tk* packaged*' And Uiat stnfl* cam*** plato*n tkm mmb 0/ erim*mi*9r mmextortionist to m *o» for ftw year* omier the Lindbergh Act,The chronology of thin Wateryfate #**t ia a* foiioer-* t■AAt faaWwiable Stmth«»pto»* L*«f|t-: end, stand* the palatial rmmmt reet-denet of Henry w, Torney, muitt-eaii-tkmaire todnstria) mnmt, ! be ftRPflP0- • t 1 s. . ft ' f •: f 1 »»d *.tm!If (R»pi'itcp, pretty, anuUT# Constance, th, dnttfnter the h**use.t,^ to r.glttmlty her background in.eluucs ev« rv - . • t *A which her posi-ttf'i tfafa t}T‘* ef nrl. Mem!er.ship In Jim '»r Ltacve. A home onI’rvrk Avenue, The ptt speet of one daytaikendaf a great fortune.The Tertifvi ordinarily lead a life offair'v t-eareah e But tnree yearsa,' .fa Apr:1. Its”, 13 - serenity *va*rudely brcken by a moat sinister occur-Tf ere arrived through the mails angnnnymoti* letter. It atoll couched inattr.pie. even illiterate, phraseology, andnaively aphid for a *hionat «m but a donatir n to what ua« not indicated fhe • f |f tru ted the baffled Constance, to whom the letter was addressed, as toIhe prove spot where ‘he was to deposit the Mdonntiea**The genera! tone of this curious misgive was nnid. but the foilewing parage H ; ra • d the 'I« rneya some a,arm:♦ *i *And we dare you or any 00# 0/your turmly or trends to set any traps or? us w -Y A that would bring us intodanger ... And we also dare you orany §nr on this action to $ave atl|r certitu ate . to he legtsteted to trap anyone of out men , . . There wi// he no barm done to you when you go to de-liver the amount™f 1 nee the amount waa act at $45,000 and the I rne-s had a wholesome ds* ta te for blackmailers, they very sen#i-\ . turned the letter over to the Post Office authorities,ftninp intelligent people, the Tomeyswould then have di--missed the matter from their minds if jkomethinK evenmore sm*rular hadn’t happened. Thisyie the receipt at the I rnt\\ mansion of a tecond letter, which read?*[)ear Mist Conntanee:If you filt; f n threat• men letter don'*th’i . «- ,'h »'} Of It I s a tlt;1Ae Nomebody 14 trying to frighten you, I'heperson thitf'a writing that Ifer •# o* *« /us right mind. Pie am do not worry,I art so sorry far you. . , .MThe fir t letter had been written in longhand, in an r*a:-y flowing script Theteelt; nd was carefully printed. It wa-followed promptly by a third. Now the extortionist was gruw ing impatient andd*r t*’!v menacing Tb time $75 oon was demar ■ d. And the message wgfa typed on a mad re c • v: -j v a-’quated.X m thorongfaty ntun), the #0‘tmen of the 1 ‘out office Department determined to run the anon;, up-a*. rorrespon-der.t to earth. Aeconnngly. Inspect,-*-5C. W. V, ebb and •’ ame uniuin wi re aasigned to the btBmg ease. |t inHR $• bring them merited and authentic ,r«»sown.Relentleaaly the barrage of tiumdm*ing letters eon Halted to mundau* thel orneys. 11n the fnsutng tivn*e years atotal of seventeen was roearvod*)By protracted OOfTtKROBdtBO** the*‘f|l:,-lajys SUecti’ded to having tot i»S»-re,and reduced to iJo.'-u.i, anwteie they were hot on tin* h» i-i • lt;f the tea, k-rr.a ler, who by m-w had resorted to thedeath threat. ,,,Two y. ar« after the fir” d hadbf*'n made, Webb ami t.^i atn set anelaborate spare. \ a o!y in the past they had tried to inveigle their eh: ve quarry into a building or inclosed ‘pace, whera, on pretext of debvt ring the money, tb**y could setxe him But the why criminalwas not to lie taken so ea.f If* Always hei,et the spot for his rendexvous ill tht open. |In his latest letter he de«urt a ted a dea-olate field near a high tmmmn t 'wer of the Ixi? g Island Ka rlt; a, 1 -r hm | ur-poirf.s the place was ideal F«r rm leaaround this terrain Is Stterif barren.Anyone approaching ran tlt;« detected1,000 feet away.The ’wo inspector* set three camera* in a triangle around the .-pot whew the extortionist was to feme for his !,-et. Ail were focused on a bur ap bag whicfa supposed to contain the money.Batteries, attar! «*d to flaA gnt b ilbs^were -o arranged tha’ when th* bag wasraised, the circuit would be cc.n-.pieted and the triple flash would go off.. Wcub and Graham opened the fetse* and tookup them vigil as near by as they arvd.The time war midnight.Ti.e eunn.ng *‘CT'-mer. had made a package to suggest eurr, ncy 1 n m the feel of the thing. This w , a !lt; udcn bar which, when pressure wu - put, upon it, would flick a spring to amapet* the cir-Tllfal ihfe had pi»«#sl to fate! bag, and had left for their «nvp t In the breathless blackness tht jhlpgctorsvaitod.pert s. ft dui lead to the criminal’s arrest,confession arc. imprisonment..*• een un»*.lt; *• a t • wcri t! magnifyingg a--, the t rive pr n‘ di closed a man with a mou-’achc. dramitirally crouch-ir / }L w» ■:,* ga ii'tinetive over-roat Tillage ; D* V • d a1 the picture, isa.d otic, afu r profound study and medi-tat c tt IWhy, ! he tore 'hr' s John Rembovt-'* *Who was r.embowrky? Well, he had b* * r at: a- .1 ‘ gn Jer.lt; r n the Tc-liny estate. f«l-t had been let put some t me ago I’lt; ce knew him. John Draw-Mb t||ff Tort-ey caretaker, easily identt-fled the furtiv* figure in the photo asRenboeiky “^sw, thmfs Ms, chorUM' ft wrlf are workers—who alsoknew Rembowslnr, since he eras on relief.Now Die “G’»” played their ace. Ooitb |y and tactfully they asked Mrs. i; m-beiiinr If lb# r»*cogm:picture **0f muese** she replied ir all*«, f.L« »» Iirr cer. e ”1 » n y John « Needless tosav. “rev Jfofal** was absent from hemeThii Trmsd eonc-luyive, But the etQlt;tious **6W men contrived to have lb. n • tskf arrested and jttoi for • 1) h-av*a pistol on the premise? without apermit and «- beating up hi? pati-n’wife and children. These two chare-kept tlie extortionist safety u? i« r ! lt;T and k* y far ten month®, Dur ng ‘at time the Lost Office boys roundeii up de. tails and trmmphan'ly rims*, d theirca*eu „ ~«txV%c:4R/vt ttf* W* ♦ rv (*• «r« * **TtlSriTHeHr1fSuddenly the dark of • I ,• o*vr'’v= | was punctured by three almost mmneous flares of light. Tif trap hadworked! They set off at a gal! -p fortheir objective. But um:of v?v - of night their prey had c ra|* d ruc-y »-g likemad down ’.he railroad tra „s. as itturned out.Eagerly the MG’» v a i d ? r the de-veloping of the camera plate', i wo were duds, light -fogged a nd meaningics. Butthe third held the riddle ..-t. ^It is really one of the most extraordi-nary night shots ever ma :e. iperfv u-all not very informative, pvrhapi?. But ear. fully deveiope-1 and enlarge 5 by ex-embodied astounding details. The firstof the letters had belt; r ,:i tated by himto a reluctant female relative, who undercompulsion did Kembow sky’s bidding.I *.. *.mud letter 'he had written in secret and in good faith, to ease rnn-cmrce’s smart. The rest had been tha work of the blackmailer himself.cted and tried in Brooklyn Fed-I’ourt. the ci, prit drew a 5-year Mrlt; ten from Judge Robert A. Inch.Not the !ea;o notable feature of thasi wa th*- conduct of the prosecution Assistant District Attorney T. Vincent lt;Ju nn. Fhis vva.' brilliant Even defense counsel adm’tted that. Mr. puma has struck extortion a solar plexus blowindeed e n no r 'ed a well-known member lt;*f the Long Island bar.I • r ihe vv 11 c. -• : k: -pf.-?.,rs '*10 had * rapped tht man tb-re wrer* warrarted hurrahs. And small wonder!I* had been a tough assignment, a!! right. To wait and watch unremittingly■ r an unknow* foe « three ?oli i • ars- Summer an; Winter, to keap the eye alert, the hand steady, ’he brain churning to freeze, lit* rally, in f-below-zero vv- at her that bit savagely—to swelter »• d clouds of mosquitoes in bloodteatTo the average man. even the averaged ctive, these would be impossibly her-eulaan jdbt.To Inspectors Graham and W'ebb it was all in the day s work. Y they’re (I -men.***
Newspaper Details
Albuquerque Journal
Albuquerque, New Mexico, US
Sun, May 19, 1935
Page 15
Full Page
Clipped by
Nick N.
IL, USA 02 Aug 2022
Other Publications Near Albuquerque, New Mexico
Industrial Advertiser and Weekly News
Albuquerque Tribune
Albuquerque Daily Journal
Albuquerque Weekly Journal
Albuquerque Journal
