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Police Bag Gang of Auto Bandits
Boston police storm a cottage in South Billerica as part of a major auto bandit operation led by Scanlon and three others. Officers recover loaded revolvers, opium lay out, whiskey bottles, cards, and jewelry linked to thefts across Boston area including Wrentham, Brighton, West Roxbury, Lexington, and Kennebunkport. Seven suspects confess to multiple offenses. two women are detained. notable thefts include 500 railroad tickets and cash, and a Jenney Filling Station robbery in Commonwealth Avenue.
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Boston
Scanlon
Jackson
Ralphael
Gallagher
Lexington
Leonard, Sheffield and Clark
Joy Street
Temple Street
Fitzgerald
Morrissey
Mitchell
Burke
Finn
Flaherty
Mulry
Haggerty
Donovan
Pearl Lewis
Margaret Stedman
Pole Say
Morris Cohen
Cohen
Wrentham
Brighton
West Roxbury
Kennebukport
North Billerica
Colonial
Goodwin Bros
Kennebunkport
Armstrong
Jenney
Commonwealth Avenue
William A. Moore
James Grohan
Billing Field
Riverview Road