The Jamesburg record., 1901-12-21
JAMESBURG STORE
ROBBERS CAUGHT.
Captured at Trenton and Now
Safe in New Brunswick Jail.

On Saturday night the stores OF the
Home Supply Co. and OF Perrine &
Buckelew, OF our town, were entered and
robbed of shoes, clothing. knives, etc.
The robbery of the Home Supply Co.
was discovered on Sunday morning, but
that Of Perrine & Buckeew was not
known till the evening. At once teIe-
grams were sent to all the Chiefs of Police
of the larger cities, and Mr.. Quacken-
bush drove to South Amboy in search of
suspicious-looking hoboes. Nothing
was heard, however. until Tuesday. On
Tuesday morning the Trepton True
American said:
On Monday night Patrolman James
Feenane. of Trenton, bundled two rusty
looking personages into the Central police
station, and before they were assigned to
their cells the police determined they
had captured two bold, bad men. The
toughest registered as "Cbimmie' Fer.
guson. of New York. The other was
more select and offered the name of
Leroy Wainwright, with a stopping
place at New Brunswick. Wainwright
had bundle under his arm. 1t con-
tanned four pairs of cheap patent leather
shoes. Each wore shoes which corress
ponded with those in the bundle. Dis
tributed about Wainwright's clothes
were about 25 peDknives and several
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doing the job. In the lining of the long
overcoat worn by "Chimmie" a chisel
was found and a similar amount of pen
knives. In one of the pockets was
number of ccntre-fire cartridges. Each
was rigged out in new underclothing and
''Chimmie' wore three outing shirts.
Neither had been shaved in a week aud
their clothes were secuted with the fumes
of a bonfire.
The men confessed later to Detectives
Pilger and Clancy that the goods in their
bundles were the fruits OF robbery of the
Home Supply Co.'s general store, at
Jamesburg, N. j. In the bundles were
found pairs of patent leather shoes, so
penknives, some half-burned candles,
lot of cartridges etc. The detectives
had been warned by the Chief of Police
to look for the men, as he received tele-
grams from the Home Supply Co.. and
Perrine & Buckelew, of our town. telling
that they had been robbed and asking his
aid in ferretng out the crime. AS soon
as the men confessed, our town firms were
notifid and Recorder w. E. Paxton.
Marshal Lane and Mr.. Cbas. Quacken-
noon train, to identify the goods. 1t
proved valuable capture. One man had
on pair of the Home Supply Co, 3
shoes, and the other had on a coat be-
longing to Recorder Paxton himself, he
being in the employ of Perrine &
Buckelew, from whose store it was taken.
The knives were also identified, being a
new lot Just bought for Christmas selling.
The men were brought to Jamesburg
and were given a preliminary hearing
on Tuesday night, in Borough Hall.
They freely confessed the theft and told
how they did it, but said this was their
first job.
On Wednesday the prisoners were
taken to New Brunswick Jail and will
likely be tried and sentenced at this term
of Court. 1t is hoped they will be given
all the sentence the law allows, on ac-
count of the verv many robberies and
fires from which our Borough has suf-
fered in the past two years. Not. indeed.
because these men are thought to have
moral effect of such IA sentence on other
local or wandering criminals A light
sentence for these men would be great
public misfortune at this time.