Evening Star Newspaper, April 8, 1923, Page 6

[ * BURNS SAYS PALS - HIDE MAIL BANDIT U. S. Bureau Director De- clares Chapman Will Be Recaptured Shortly. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., Chapman, million from New York, “is being well taken care of by his confederates who fur nished the money for his escape from the Atlanta prison.” of Willlam J. Burns, director of the April 7T—Gerald bureau of inve: partment of ation of the De- . who said shortly before leav for New Orleans o night that he belleved Chapman would be recaptured soon Mr. Burns said he took * the story from Faving found Cha g in the boiler from which he escaped day night” escape of Chapman tary. Be added, which led him to belie: members of a New York gang visited he penite Information had come to hi Atlanta and spent money freely in| preparing the way and heiping Chap- mun in_his fight from the prison walls. He expressed the opinion that arrests would be made in h alr within the nnection Ject” his stop here Chapman’s escape from the Athens where he was undergoing treatment for wounds recelved in pistol battle with officers precédi his caghure, is being looked into closel” by the federal Justice De- partm=nt operatives, it is understood. ollar mail bandit | in the opinion | | They are sata to bve checking up | closely on the story told by the guard | of having seen Chapman in the boiler | room and of his having escaped In | the excitement caused by a nurse | fainting . Mr. Burns would give no indication of the identity of the men he suspects | | be in custody before very | that the circumstances surrounding | the matter would be cleared no. L. J. Bailey, head of the Atlanta | office “of the Department of Justice, j was left in charge of the investiga- | tion and the hunt for Chapman on | the departure of Mr. Burns. Burns is en_ route to Los nterview Herbert Wilso . who claims to know b which caused the Wall stre osion in 1920. AGENTS PROBE ESCAPE. | By the Associated Press. ATHENS, Ga. April 7—Agents of | the Department of Justice here ure orking on a theory late today that ald Chapman, the million dollar robber from New York, was sted in escaping from the federal p = ntiary in Atlanta and subsequently | from the hospital here, by two men and a woman. The operatives de- clined to divulge the reason for this theorv but it is known that every possible angle is Dbeing explored. Just what value the secret service ! aperatives attach to _the story of Henry Bishop, a guard, Who said he |, scovered Chapman in the basement morning is ed from of Justice 3 ned to have doubts about Chap- man being the man who was in the basement. are understood to be checking high afficials were in- ¢ incldent of the story told by { Chapman had not been ap- tonight, although the searc t been relaxed. 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