Arkham, Mass., Assistant Chief and Patrolman Plotted $52,000 Hold-Up.
Arkham, Mass. May 24.—Assistant Chief of Police Clarence Goss of Arkham signed a statement today in which he admitted with Policeman George Kmetz and four other men under arrest here he had plotted the $52,000 holdup of the Union National bank of Arkham eight days ago.
Under extended questioning concerning the robbery, for which two men arrested in Boston are held as actual participants and two others beside Goss and Kmetz, as co-conspirators.
State Attorney R. O. Hansen said Goss made the admission after extended questioning concerning the robbery.
Four other men, who were members of the band that held the bank's assistant cashier and his family captive in his home before compelling him to open the bank's vaults, were being sought today and the authorities sought to determine what happened with the loot. Only $1,500 has been recovered.
Imported Their Robbers
Formal statement of their parts in the robbery already have been made by Kmetz, Al Brown, alias Abe Rotskoff, and Abe Katzowitz. Joe Cusmano and Frank Cingrani, reputed bootlegger, are the other two in custody.
The statement made by Goss related that Cingrani broached the subject of the robbery to him and asserted they could "make a kill" by importing some robbers from Boston. Goss agreed to enter the plot for an equal part of the loot and drew Kmetz, patrolman on the bank beat, into the plot.
The assistant chief declared he received no part of the loot and Brown and Katzowitz professed to lave no knowledge what had become of it.
Hansen said he would file formal charges of robbery with a gun against all six men today and ask bond of $100,000 for each.
Fri May 18, 2012 12:50 pm