 Fearful for his life, imprisoned gang member Ray Renard started cooperating with federal prosecutors.On November 15, 1924, Colbeck, Louis "Red" Smith, Steve Ryan, David "Chippy" Robinson, Oliver Dougherty, Frank Hackethal, Charles "Red" Lanham, Gus Dietmeyer, and Frank "Cotton" Epplesheimer, were convicted of a Staunton, Illinois mail robbery and sentenced to 25 years imprisonment.With the 1924 convictions of Colbeck and his associates, Egan's Rats fell apart.