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Two Brothers HeldFor Bernard StickupClever Bit of Police Strategy Infolds Sheedy And McCandless In Toils of Law—Confession of Pair Is ReportedBecause they picked out someone they knew as the victim of their holdup attempt, two young men were being held in local police station today on charges of robbery,Albert Sheedy, 27, of .122 North Eighth Street, anil John McCandless, 21, of New York City, salt! by police to be brothers, arc the men In custody. 33oth have confessed participation In the holdup of the barber 9hop of Dan Bernard at Portvllle Monday night.Sheedy was recognized by Ber-*:---— -- —-nard as one of the men involved and Police Officer Jordan accompanied by Sergeant Bund stet ter and Trooper C. W. Craig of the Stale Police effected the arrest of the pair last night through aclever hit of police strategy*Auto Accident PrctensoThe three officers went to Sheedy*!; home on the pretense of investigating an automobile accident, They were told that Shcedy was not at home but that his brother. McCandless, who had been with him at the time the accident was supposed to have occurred, was present.McCandless was brought to police station without explanation where he confessed his part in the rob-1 bery, police said.A short time later, Sheedy entered the police station to see his brother and learn details of the accident, walking into the trap police had laid for him. He was immediately arrested by Captain Schelterle and Officer Ed Finger. He is alleged to have admitted his part in the holdup,McCandless told authorities that he entered the shop first and looked over the ground. Later the two entered and held Bernard up at the point of the gun, police said, McCandless said ho rifled the cash drawer while Shcedy kept Bernard covered. He added that Bernard made the remark that he knew Shccdv nnd was taken by surpriseOil Output109,000,000Barrels LessPetroleum Production LastmYear Suffers Heavy Decline Over 1929 Record Output—Contraction Due To Curtailment Planwhen the gun was leveled at him.Leaving the shop. McCandless said that the pair split. He walked down the state road while his brother walked the Shawmut tracks Into Olean where they met at the city line.Ignorant of Amount He professed to be ignorant of the amount taken from the cash drawer saying that he kept the change nnd gave the bills to Shcedy. Bernard reported $22 had been stolen.Sheedy mid that after the two parted he walked along the tracks until he reached a point oppositeWASHINGTON, Feb. IS — tl% American petroleum production last year was estimated yesterday by, the Commerce Department at S9S,-000,000 barrels, a decline of 109,000.-000 barrels from the record output of 1929.The contraction in production was the result of a general campaign in the industry to prevent the creation of an oil surplus.The summary showed that for the first time since 1926 oil producers had been successful in bringing about a reduction of crude stocks on hand. On Jan. 2. these totaled 512.797,000 barrels, 23,296,000 barrels less than Jan. 3, 1Q30.In addition to domestic supply, the United States utilized imports of about 273,000,000 barrels of petroleum, reilncd or crude during the year and exported 130,606,000,A prediction that tee proposed restriction of oil Imports would add millions to the nation’s gasoline bill was reiterated before the House Ways and Means committee by Representative Nelson, Republican, Maine.The committee was consideringKtverhunt Park. Here he slopped, «« Capper-Garber MU to limit pe-he said, long enough to throw the ^olcum imports to 16,0u0,000 barrelsrevolver he had been carrying into the river. He said he met his brother at the city line in Olean.According to Sheedy, the pair next went to a lunch car in West Stale Street where they ate before going home.They will be arraigned before Justice of Peace Johnson in Port-ville sometime today. 1-During 1930 the Chicago elevated railroad carried about 1S2,900,000 passengers.imports a year.Meanwhile the House Commerce Committee began hearings on a bill by Representative Hoch, Republican, Kansas, to separate oil companies from their interstate pipe lines and place the latter under the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission.It made public a letter from the commission declining to Indorse or approve the measure because of insufficient information.
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Olean Evening Herald
Olean, New York, US
Wed, Feb 18, 1931
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