Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1910-09-15
Many Shots Exchanged as Officers
AdvanCedMen Fled and Several
Made Good Their Escape.
ONE FOUND IN FLOWER GARDEN
Early This Morning Search Led TO
South Amboy But Without Result
Second Man Found in Barn.


that the thieves had made for the
Perth Amboy cigar factory a few
minutes before, and the police in
tended to meet there finally
Patro1men Harding, Gutowski,
avenue. A block further north, on
Jeffries street, Patrolmen Quinn,
Martin, Lybeck and Rymarczyk
crossed the avenue--in the same
direction. Someone In a house on
of police Cautiously he leaned
told the police he had seen the men
a few minutes before across va
cant field in back of his house.
Fired Upon.
Suddenly shot rang out. 1t
was followed by two more. Harding,
Calvin, Dunham and Gutowski had
located the robbers crossing the
field, and they had opened fire on
the police. Fearlessly Patrolman
Lybeck rushed toward the line of
fire, closely followed by Patrolmen
Quinn, Martin and Rymarczyk.
From the street below Patrolman
Gutowski rushed, hoping to hem in
the trio.
When the robbers saw they were
cornered they again opened fire on
the police 1t was returned. Wav-
ering for an instant, they broke and
ran, with the police In pursuit
Stakaway headed across an open,
level field, making for a clump of
houses and outhouses a quarter of a
mile north. Gutowski and Martin
followed him, firing as they ran.
Suddenly Stakaway fell, and at&the
same time Gutowski went down
fifty feet behind him. Regaining
his knees, Stakaway turned and
fired at the officers, and when his
revolver was emptied he reloaded it
as he ran. Then he jumped fence
and disappeared.
In the meantime Patro1men Cal
vim and Durham pursued the two
men who had fed southwark. But
the men disappeared. Unmindful of
danger the officers, assisted by
Patrolman Harding, instituted a
search for the men, but they could
not locate them.
Detectives HUFF and Long and the
patrclmen who had started north
ward were notified of the battle, and
arrived on the scene at a dead run.
But they were too late; the robbers
had escaped.
Thought Him Wounded.
Patrolmen Martin and Rymarczyk
felt sure they had wounded Staka-
way. Martin persisted that he was
still among the clump of houses.
Two searching parties ewere orga-
nized and the cellars and rooms,
outhouses and yards of every house
were searched. 1t was believed that
he was still there, however, and the
police continued searching.
About 10;45 o'clock an upper
window of a house at Hall avenue
and Johnstone street opened sand a
man beckoned to the police. He said
something and then quickly shut the
window again. He was not under
stood, however, and again the sash
was raised. my dog barked," he
told the police, "and l believe one
of those men is under the porch
Found in Flower Garden.
A slight movement was noticed in
q flower patch, and Patrolman Hart
mann and Detectives HUFF and Long
investigated it. 1t was found to be
Stakaway, lying face downward
among the flowers. He was aware
of the detectives approach. PATROL
man Hartmann flashed spot light
on him and leveled a revolver at his
head. "It's all right, Larry" he
said, believing Hartmann to be De-
tective Long, 1.-The games up"
Stakaway was handeuffed and
marched towards police aheadquar-
ters. On the way there he told the
detectives that his two companions
would make for the ice house on the
Central railroad between South Am
boy and Morgan, the place having
been previously agreed upon as a
rendezvous.
AT police headquarters a long tar
get revolver was taken from Staka-
way He had sharpened the bullets
SO that the lead was brought to a
sharp point. About s11 in cash,
number of stamps believed to have
been stolen from the post office at
Sewaren last week; a pocketbook
and a notebook, together with sew
eral bullets, also sharpened, were
found in one of his pockets, wrapped
In a handkerchief
Of To South Amboy.
Working on the tip that his COM
panions were In South Amboy, Chief
Burke ordered an automobile from
G. A. Sexton and bundled several of
the police into IT. In the party were
Detectives Huff and Long, Sergeant
McDermott. Patrolman Hartmann
and reporters who had been with
the police when the shots were ex-
changed.
On the county bridge the machine
passed several of the police guard
ing that entry into South Amboy.
In South Amboy the party was join
ed by Chief Of Police Mcconnell and
Officers James Gleason and Patrick
MeCabe. Through the woods the
police proceeded at once, walking
Indian file, with drawn revolyers,
through q narrow sandy path In the
woods. The Swan Hill Terra Gotta
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