THREE BANK ROBBERS CAUGHT
“Public Rat Number One” Trapped
(Received February 26, 8 p.m.)
New York, February 25.
At Armonk, New York, Merle Vandenbush, an ex-convict and bank robber, who has been dubbed “Public Rat No. 1,” and two confederates, were captured a few minutes after they had robbed a nearby bank and escaped with 17.600 dollars. He had been widely sought by Federal agents in connection with a kidnapping at New Jersey. He was ignominiously trapped in the baggage compartment of an automobile. Three village policemen who took him into custody at first were unfamiliar with his identity.
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Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 131, 27 February 1937, Page 12
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