The Snyder Gang -- part two

January 24,1926, Floyd County Deputy Sheriff Daniel Mayfield was shot and killed. A major break in the investigation came on February 4, when workmen discovered the body of James P. Murray in a culvert near Rising Sun ... he was a member of the gang and the driver of the car, which was later found abandoned on E. Main Street on the morning of the shooting. On January 17, the White House had been robbed, suspects were Frank Taylor and James Forrest Norris, who were later arrested ... Frank implicated Emmet Snyder, Phillip Strack and his son Jack ... Phillip had been a politician and a former New Albany police officer, he was appointed in January, 1926 to a "secret undercover" role with the city police department. Witness, Mildred Norris was the wife of James and the granddaughter of Phillip. March, 1926, Glen was on of the eight members of the gang whe were indicted, Emmet & Bernard were also indicted for Daniel Mayfield's murder ... sentencing information is given in the article, excluding the outcome of Emmet & Bernard, who were in federal prison in Atlanta, Georgia. Photograph of Captain Whitlow, NAPD Chief of Detectives