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Reckoning of a Bank Theft and a Farro Gang Plot
A Bainbridge Massachusetts bank hides a $400,000 plus shortage after bookkeeper Robert Tollman siphons funds over two years. The Boston gambling circle led by Bill Kelliner and John Mansfield financed the scheme with Tollman’s help. Detectives traced Tollman through New York and Kan sas City to unravel the intricate crime ring and arrest Kelliner Mansfield Tollman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
National Bank Examiner
Faro
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Bainbridge
Mass
First National Bank
Boston
Washington
Billy Gard
Ee Bank
Robert Tollman
Gard
Tollman
Bank
Laura Gatewood
John R. Mansfield
McDougal
Columbia Avenue
Miss Gatewood
Siddons
Mansfield
Edward T. Walls
Bill
Kelliner
Winthrop
New York
Back Bay
West Twenty-eighth Street
Keeper
Gatewood
Comforter
Walls
Bank of
Wallis
Jie
Stephens
Expressmen
Faro Gang
Detroit
Mich
Grand Junction
Colo
Twenty Eighth Street