100 YEARS AGO Disguise didn’t work

Edward F. Mcevoy, for whom a statewide search was underway by state and federal officials, and who skipped his $8,000 bail bond on two conspiracy and fraud charges in federal court in Syracuse the previous Thursday, was seen in Schenectady by two old neighbors who saw through the disguise he was wearing. The two women claim Mcevoy was dressed as a priest on a Schenectadysaratoga train bound for the Spa City, and was within speaking distance of two detectives, a policeman and a traffic cop at times during the trip. Department of Justice agents in Albany said they were on his trail and expected an arrest to be made soon. Mcevoy was known as the mastermind of the Canadian National and other bogus lotteries that swindled