Boy Bank Robber Nabbed After Onboard Confession
A 17 year old, John Pietkewicz of East Detroit, confessed on a Chicago to Detroit rail trip to taking part in a $28,000 Boston bank robbery. Detectives McDonough and Coney, posing as agents, persuaded him to surrender after he revealed his share of the loot and identified himself at Michigan Central. He said an older man had pressured him into the crime. The youth will be held for Boston authorities.
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McDonough
Bbston Bank
Coney
Michigan Central Terminal
Chicago
John Pietkewicz
Philadelphia Avenue
East
Detroit
First National Bank of
Boston
Pletkewicz
Edward H. Fox
Pitkewicz
Pietkewicz
Albany
Buffalo
Massachusetts General Hospital
Luna
Dubok
John Coyne
Luna identified as mastermind in Chelsea Street car robbery
Police say Luna planned the crime and perfected the car theft details. The gang split after turning into Chelsea street with Luna returning to his room to tend a wound. Other members laid low until Saturday night as investigators review antecedents and check rogues gallery records.
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Luna
Big John
Chelsea Street
Pennsylvania
Boston
Train Conductor Recounts Run-In With Woman Passenger
A man recalls a woman passenger who smiled and tried to lure him into a game of deception en route to Buffalo. He feared she was a policewoman planning to arrest him, causing his nerve to fail and prompting him to leave the train at Buffalo Station.
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Coney
Buffalo
Chelsea Bank Robbery Bandits Arrested as Two Remain At Large
Police recover 26014 of 28444 stolen from First National Bank in Boston and hold Dubok on 15000 bond. Luna hospitalized with fractures shows improvement. Investigators hunt two remaining gunmen, aided by Detroit and Chelsea authorities and a Polish Chelsea link.
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Chelsea
Henry Harrison
Chelsea Police
John L. Connors
Brennan
First National Bank
Detroit
Boston
Edward H. Fox
Charge He Cheated In Sale of Alcohol
Fred Sullo formerly of Lynn now of Boston was sentenced by the Lynn District Court to six months in the House of Correction for stealing 550 dollars from Fred Brando in a fraudulent sale of alcohol. The case charged that alcohol receptacles contained water while a pint was placed in a false container. Sullo appealed the sentence.
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Fred Sullo
Boston
Lynn
House of Correction
Fred Brando
Sullo
Jury Visits Buzzards Bay Home of Butlers
A jury viewing the Buzzards Bay crime scene visited the Butler home as part of selection for the Young Bravas trial. The panel, drawn amid rain, examined the cottage and wooded area cited by Miss Butler as locations of the alleged assault, with defense and prosecution guiding the tour.
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Jury
Buzzards Bay
Butlers
Homble Cottege
Bustards Bay
Bravas
Miss Butler
Howarth Returns to Toronto Under Extradition Decree
James H. Howarth, once from Fall River and New Bedford, sought in Toronto for theft of six registered letters containing a large sum, was arraigned at the federal building as a fugitive. United States Commissioner Nelson waived extradition rights, and Howarth returned to Toronto under Royal Mounted Police escort last night.
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James H. Howarth
Fall River
New Bedford
Toronto
Federal Building
Canada
United States
Nelson
Darling
Royal Mounted Police
Hartford Prosecution Reveals Rum Running Scandal Openings
In Hartford Connecticut on November 28, testimony opened in the bribery and blackmail trial of Albert A. Greenberg, New Britain police court prosecutor. Salvatore Varcola testified of paid bribes and extortion linked to bootlegging and the murders tied to the rum running network. Evidence referenced the murdered bootlegger Emil Rinaldino and ongoing probes into related prosecutions.
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Hartford
Conn
Albert A. Greenberg
New Britian Police
Greenberg
Salvatore Varcola
Southington
Varcola
Edward C. Dennison
New Britain
New York
Dennison
Richardson
Emil Rinaldino
Rinaldino
Jacob Winkle
Family Alone in Auto Fraud Case Narrowed to Whitaker Family
Washington reports that the Justice Department Bureau of Investigation chief said the auto fraud inquiry centers on the Whitaker family. No nationwide organization found, with activity between Boston and the Pacific Coast but mainly in the East. Hazel Whitaker was arrested in Philadelphia.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Hazel Whitaker
Burns
Justice Department Bureau of Investigation
Whitaker
Boston
Pacific Coast
Mentha Sulphur Offers Relief For Skin Troubles
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Gil
Boy Bank Bandit
Nees Nese By
Phonograph
Columbia
Atlantic Ave
Dewey Sq
South Station
Japan
Irving Street
Scranton
Henry J. Harrison
Yess
Pinkerton
Bosson
Michigan
Edward D. Hilison
Gar
KE. W. Grove
Lewis
Charles J. Allen
Dartmouth
Frank Covery
Arcade Prairie
John O’brien
Hermioine Lablanc
Frederick A. Shurtleff
George W. Briggs
Taunton
Honore Boyle
Martin Shanney
Charles 8. Burns
Lyman M. Gammons
John J. O’brien
Brigge
Henry T. Lummug
Butler
Howarth
Canada Police
Court
Dr. Edwards
Edet
R.h.white Co
Willard and Lessing
Jordan Marsh Company
New England
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