▁covered ▁on ▁front ▁pages ▁in ▁the ▁Daily ▁News , ▁Brook lyn ▁Standard ▁Union ,   E agle , ▁Cit izen , ▁New ▁York ▁Post , ▁New ▁York ▁Journal - American , ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁and ▁others . ▁At ▁least ▁one ▁poem ▁was ▁written ▁about ▁the ▁rob ber ies . ▁ ▁En right   cont in ued ▁to ▁be ▁heavily ▁critic ized ▁for ▁his ▁in ability ▁to ▁catch ▁Cel ia ▁Co oney , ▁as ▁they ▁ro bb ed ▁more ▁stores . ▁As ▁the ▁rob ber ies ▁continued , ▁En right ▁stepped ▁up ▁his ▁efforts ▁to ▁catch ▁Co oney , ▁naming ▁Mary ▁C ody ▁and ▁Rose ▁Moore ▁as ▁suspect s . ▁F . ▁Scott ▁Fitz ger ald ▁would ▁later ▁claim ▁that ▁his ▁wife ▁Zel da ▁Fitz ger ald ▁had ▁been ▁accused ▁of ▁being ▁the ▁Bob bed ▁Ha ired ▁Band it , ▁being ▁stopped ▁on ▁Queens bor o ▁Bridge ▁in ▁Queens . ▁The ▁newsp apers ▁continued ▁to ▁cover ▁the ▁ch ase , ▁with ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Her ald ▁ ▁and ▁others ▁comparing ▁Co oney ▁to ▁a ▁modern - day ▁Robin ▁H ood . ▁En right ▁soon ▁assemble d ▁ 8 5 0 ▁detect ives , ▁and ▁made ▁catch ing ▁Co oney ▁their ▁top ▁priority , ▁giving ▁the ▁detect ives ▁permission ▁to ▁shoot ▁on ▁sight . ▁Despite ▁having ▁an ▁additional ▁ 2 0 0 ▁polic emen ▁on ▁pat rol , ▁Co oney ▁still ▁ev aded ▁capture . ▁ ▁En right ▁eventually ▁established ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁eight ▁detect ives ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁“ b ob bed -