on october 4, 1931, after an extensive manhunt, new york police arrested coll at a hotel in the bronx. he had dyed his hair black and grown a mustache and was wearing horn-rimmed glasses. he surrendered peacefully. during a police lineup, a defiant coll said that he had been in albany, new york, for the past several months and refused to answer any other questions without an attorney present. on october 5, a grand jury in new york city indicted coll in the vengalli murder.