Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-03-17
Jas. Rogan Fired
At Fleeing
Mar auders.
WERE TWO MEN
Fail to Gain Entrance to Fords
Post 0ffice--Mrs. Rogan
Awakened by Breaking
Glass--R0b Store in
This City.

Burglars visited three places last
night, the post Office and grocery
store of Mel Clum at Fords; Jam es
e. Rogan's hotel, on the Amboy-
Metuchen road; and the grocery
store of John Tunisi, at 245 New
Brunswick avenue, this city. 1t is
believed that the three jobs were the
work of the same thieves, who evil
IDENTIFY began operations at the Fords
post Office, but being unable to gain
entrance, proceeded to Rogan's.
When Mr.. Clum went to open his
grocery store, in which the Fords
post Office is located, this morning,
he found a pane of glass In one of
the front windows broken. On in
vestigating he found that someone,
during the night, had forced a piece
of iron between the shutters and
broken the glass. The iron, which
was still sticking in the shutter and
on the ground below was a similar
rod.
Realizing that the place had been
visited by thieves, Mr.. Clum made a
further investigation and saw that
the thieves had been unable to get
inside. The doors and windows had
evidently all been tried by the rob
bers. who finally left without enter
ing. The shutters on the windows
were firmly fastened on the inside
with iron rods, and resisted the eff
forts to pry them open.
MIR. Rogen Shoots at Thieves.
The thieves, In all probability,
then went to the Summit Hotel, of
which James e. Rogen is proprietor,
short distance from Fords. and
smashed the window in the front OF
the bar-room. They would have
been successful in their attempt to
rob the place had not Mrs. Rogen
heard them and aroused her hus-
band.
Mr.. Rogen grabbed his revolver
and ran downstairs just in time to
see two men running away. With
out hesitating an instant he fired
two shots at them, but neither, 1t is
believed, took effect, and the rob-
bers disappeared in the direction of
this city. Mr.. Rogen notified the
police of this city at once and the
sergeant on duty instructed the pa
trolmen to keep close watch for
the two men, whom Mr.. Rogen de-
scribed. One was tall man, with
smooth face, and wearing dark
clothes; the other was a short man,
and very thin, and wore white
sweater.
Came to This City.
While none of the patrolmen saw
the two robbers, it is believed that
they walked from Rogen's to this
city and broke into small store
kept by John Tunisi at 245 New
Brunswick avenue. Rocco Tiriola.
who owns the building. reported to
the police this morning that some
one had entered the grocery store
last night by breaking the front
door and after forcing open the cash
drawer robbed It Of about 81, and
also stole some fruit. The police
feel certain that both robberies were
committed by the same parties and
a close watch is being kept for two
men of the foregoing description to-
day. Detectives Huff and Long are
also at work on the case.
Mrs. Rogen. in conversation with
a NEWS reported, this morning, said
that she was not feeling well last
evening and was lying awake in bed
when she heard crash OF breaking
glass. At first she thought 1t had
been caused by her husband, but on
going into his room, she found that
he was in bed and asleep. She
aroused him and his prompt action
saved the hotel from being robbed.
Blood was found on the front porch
of the hotel, underneath the window,
which gives rise to the belief that
the thieves cut their hands in break
ing the window. 1t is possible that
one of them was hit by bullet fired
by the proprietor, but Mrs. Rogen
does not think so.
Recently grocery store on the
Metuchen road, just across the city
line, was robbed, and it is believed
that the, same men were at work last
night.