The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-15
POWER CABLE
CUT; WORKERS
HELD
Charged by, Police With
Theft--K Kinney Street Dr.
vision Near Tie-up.

Traffic on several of the trolley lines
which traverse the western section or
the city, principally the West Kinney
street division, came near being tied
,p last night, 4when five laborers at
work on the Boyd street sewer are said
to have cut the main cable which feeds
the various lines in the upper section
of the city. If it had not been for an
emergency cable the lines would have
had no power and operations would
have been suspended.
The Public Service Corporation hal
been missing copper cable throughout
the city for some time.
Last night the most daring act OF
any vet attempted was committed.
When the men began to excavate sew
eral weeks ago, preparatory to the
building of the sewer, they noticed the
heavy isolated cable, and, according to
the police, planned to steal it.
Through some mysterious informer
the laborers learned that the power
was shut off from the cable, which was
within their reach each evening be-
tween 6 and 7 o'clock.
The police say that Carlo Genovese,
10 years old, of 20 Aqueduct alley, was
selected by Tony Rose, 40 years old, of
46 Jefferson street, the foreman of the
gang to do the cutting.
He did not leave the neighborhood as
usual after working time yesterday, blu
remained n went into the trench
shortly after 6 o'clock with a steel saw
and cut the cable which was stretched
from the Public Service Corporation
powerhouse in Boyd street to Eigh-
teenth avenue, practically a half a
block, according to the statements or
the police.
The heavy cable dropped to the bottom
of the trench and remained there for
some time. Genovese signalled for his
colleagues. led by Rose, and he left the
scene while they rolled up the heavy cable
and carried 1t to the junk shop of Barney
Hurnline, Sc years old, of 1853 Boyd street,
near the place of the cutting. They re-
ceived IS, it is said, for the cable, which
was worth close to 500 when new.
When the attaches of the power house
made the discovery, shortly after switching
the current from the emergency cable to
the main one, they were forced to allow 1T
to remain on the latter to prevent a tieup.
They notified their superiors, who in
formed Captain Vogel of the Fourth Pre-
cinct Police station, early this morning.
The captain detailed Plainclothesmen Kaas
and SebOld to investigate, ana Wn1ie on the
way to the scene, they stopped at Hurn-
lines place and found the stolen cable
hidden beneath a pile of scrap iron.
The proprietor was placed under arrest
and then walked in the direction of the
gang over which Rose was foreman. When
Genovese started to run away he was
followed by Plainclothesman Kaas and
locked up at the station two blocks away.
Sebold remained at close range and pre-
vented any of the laborers from going out
of his sight
When Kaas returned he had with him
the names of the other laborers who are
alleged to nave shared in the money re-
ceived from Hurnline. They were placed
under arrest and gave these names to
Sergeant McGovern:
Angelo Caopaupo, IS years old, Of "a
South street. Orange; Pasquale Tongue,
IS years old, of rs Factory street, and
Herra M~onganello, of 6S Lincoln avenue,
Orange.
Hurnline will be charged with receiv-
ing, and the others with grand larceny,
excepting Genovese, who will be the prin-
cipal witness. They will be arraigned
in court tomorrow, and Judge Herr will
likely ask heavy bail for a hearing be-
fore the Grand Jury.
Captain Vogel was highly elated over
the successful work of Kaas and Sebold
and complinfented both of them.