The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-10
A BOLD, BAD MAN
Young Carney Holds Up a
Freight Car Loaded
With Hoboes.
CHANGES CLOTHES WITH A BEAT
Thought to Be The Man Who Flung
Conductor Smith from the
Train.
CLOTHES WITH A BEAT

There is locked up at Police Headquar-
ters a young tramp who at the point Of
q revolver held up a dozen or more hoboes
IN q Pennsylvania Railroad freight car.
stripped one man and. it is supposed, took
a hand in the pitching of Conductor Chas.
Smith from his train just east of Miiiham
last Thursday night. The prisoner de-
scribes himself as William Carney. He IS
lS years old and says he lives at No. Fs
East Twelfth street, New York.
One of his victims Is Lewis Berger, is
years old. of No. s3s South Warren street.
Trenton. Last Thursday Berger went to
New York to visit his brother Alexander.
who lives at No. 2i9 East Thirty-sixth
street. In the evening he started for
home. He bought a ticket for Newark
over the Pennsylvania Railroad, deciding
to beat his way back to Trenton on a
freight train from that city. With a half
dozen tramps he boarded an outgoing
freight train on the outskirts of Newark.
They took possession of an empty car.
The train made no stop until it reached
New Brunswick. Carney and four more
tramps Joined the party in the car. When
the train was well under way again Car
ney drew a candle from his pocket. lit it,
whipped a revolver from his coat pocket,
and directed every man to hold up his
hands. All obeyed. Carney searched
them in turn. He found nothing worth
taking. Berger happened to have on a
fairly good suit Of clothes which had been
given him by his brother in the afternoon.
Carney wanted tHe suit and without much
ceremony took it. He took underclothes
hat. socks and shoes, and to the amuse-
outfit and turned his greasy and worn
garments over to Berger. With a warn
ing to Berger never to wander from home
again, Carney left the car. He was fol7
lowed by the man who got on at New
Brunswick with him. Berger remained in
the car until the train reached Trenton
Just before the train reaches Mllham,
Conductor Charles Smith was thrown
from the top of a car by tramps. He
sustained internal injuries and is lying at
his home in Philadelphia in a ~precarious
condition. 1t is supposed by the police
that after Carney and his pals left the
car where the .5hold up took place, they
encountered Smith. The conductor or
dered the trarnps to leave the train. They
refused, and attacking him pitched him
of head first. The rainmen kenw Moth
ing about what had happened Smith until
the tram reached trenton.
Bergen reported his experience to the
Trenton police, but nothing was done
about it. Yesterday Berger came to this
city. He was walking toward the ferry
about seven o'clock last night when he
was accosted by Carney.
Your clothes fit me in great shape
remarked the latter. when you go off
on another tramp leave you good clothes
home
Carney walked away, but Berger fol-
lowed and finally turned him over to a
policeman. The clothes Carney gave Ber-
ger were examined this morning, and it
was found that they were made May II,
1895, for the Rev. NJ. Aigner.
The police believe they win be able
to fasten a robbery on Carney in addi-
ton to the theft of Berger's clothes.
Carney is held n Berger is detained as
a witness.
Detective Morris of the Pennsylvania
Railroad was at Police Headquarters
his morning. He said that the tramps
who are committing depredations are
young men With other railroad detec-
tives he IS going to make a round up
of tramps along the Pennsylvania Rail-
road lines.