Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1910-09-29

engine in the Pennsylvania railroad
yard. Bob broke the door with q
shoe pin. They brought out five
dress suit cases filled with clothes.
They gave me one to carry. In mine
there were two suits of clothes and
few shirts and about fifteen or twenty
neckties. We separated that night.
/ left my suit case near the Cement
Works near the Lehigh Valley rail-
road. then / went up to Hall avenoe
and State street. / was sitting on a
porch there. I was looking for Bob
and / seen him coming. I skipped
and took car as far as the McClel-
Ian hose house; then l went home.
That day Kazoo came to my house.
That was about 10 A. M. / seen
Kazoo and Bob take my suit case
from the lumber field.
"All this time Bob carried a 38
gun, Kazoo carried a 81, and l had a
80, but 1t was a broken one. One
night we were at South Amboy and
we wanted to get something to eat
out of a car. We were trying the
door of one of the cars when a detec-
tive came up to us and said, Boys,
have you got the door open?' / said
no and Bob said, Is that any Of your
damn business?' and the detective
hollered stand and / started to run.
Bob pulled his gun and fired six
shots at the detective. Bob said to
me, Why don't you use your big gun
and shoot the ' We
kept On running until we got to the
draw of the C. R. r. between South
and Perth; then we walked to the
Central station at Perth.
THAT night Kazoo took a freight
to Asbury Park. / lost my cap that
night coming over the bridge, SO we
separated at the Central station and
l went home. The next day Bob
came after me again / did not GO
with him that day. The next day he
came around again. He had new
light suit on.
Bob and Kazoo and I held up the
Jew huckster on New Brunswick
road. We were in the Jewish ceme-
terry We made up our minds to
comes peddler on his way toward
and caught the horse by the head.
Flew, IF you holler | Will shoot you
jerks him off the wagon and keeps
on hitting him in the head with the
gun I says, Don't hit him. If you
want his money take it off him, but
don't kill him. and Bob says, I will
kill him. The Jew broke away. Bob
runs and catches him again and
knocks him down and takes $1,000
In paper money from him and $500
In silver. While the Jew was In the
wagon ] held him by the coat. Bob
done all the assaulting and went
through him. Bob gave me $500
or $3.50 out Of the Job and gave Ka-
zoo the same.
Bob and / and Kazoo held up a
Jew on Central r. r. near Hall ave-
nue. and got $500. He made a
fight Bob and Kazoo choked him
and / took his pocketbook. Bob and
Kazoo and l robbed Encherman's s
store. We got ten or eleven boxes
of cigars and lot of canned stuff
and some cheese, sardines, eggs and
a boiler and fancy crackers. We put
them all in the boiler and we took
them to Coutts' house. We hid the
cigars in the L. V. r. R. lumber
field. The next night We took the
cigars. Kazoo had about six boxes
and L had five.
When We were going over by
the cigar factory on our way to AM
boy avenue we ran into the cops. I
dropped my bundle and ran towards
the Hall avenue bridge. / seen no
more of them that night. Bob and I
robbed the Port Reading station. All
we got was a few packages Of to-
bacco and some candy. Bob and !
robbed the Sewaren post office. We
got lot of stamps and camera and
gave the camera to my brother Lar
ry. We got some money. Bob only
gave me $500. We attempted to rob
the Central station at Perth Amboy.
Bob got in. was on watch. / seen
two cops coming towards the depot.
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