Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-06-23
CONVICTION OF
H0LD-UP man IS
PLEASING TO MANY
Detectives Believe Bold Gang Of
Thugs Will Be Finally
Broken Up.

Assistant Prosecutor Frederick R.
Lehibach Is receiving congratulations
around the Court House today and a,so
by phone from New York and Brook
lyn police officials over the quick con-
vtction he obtained yesterday in the
case Of Leonard Niesbbalski, alias
Oscar Schneider, the first of six men
accused OF the daring hold-up and at
tempted robbery Of the Thirteenth
Ward Building and Loan Association
on the night Of December 10 last.
The fact that six men were jointly
indicted, and that severance was
obtained in the case of Niesbbalski,
bach. as 1t was necessary for him to
get before the jury enough evidence to
convict Niesbbalski without disclosing
the entire strength Of the States cases
against all sjH defendants.
That he did this Is evidenced by the
fact that the jury was less than forty
minutes in finding Niesbbalslxi guilty.
Coupled with Lehlbach In the glad
words of praise being handed out are
Thomas Meyer, county detective, and
Detective-Sergeants Tuite and Horter,
Of the Newark police force, who worked
up the evidence In the case.
The conviction Of Niesbbalski means
the end of what II characterized by the
police Of Newark. New York and
Brooklyn as one of the most danger
GUS gangs of hold-up men that has
ever been known in these parts.
Niesbbalski will be sentenced by Judge
Davis tomorrow and will probably draw
stiff term In prison.
In Jail here waiting to be tried next
fall, the case having been put over to-
day until the fall term, are Joseph
Szewezyk and Peter Nurzinski, alias
Peter Nurek. In Sing Sing prison,
serving a sentence OF twenty years for
completely in the robbery Of the bank
of Cohen Brothers, in the Greenpoint
section Of Brooklyn, on January 6, is
Victor Danowicz, also under indict-
ment for the building and loan rob-
berry, and generally conceded to be the
leader of the gang.
Arrested with Danowicz and charged
with the Brooklyn robbery, which also
included the murder of Marcus Cohen,
were Vladimir Argapoff, alias Tomkoff,
and Michael Lontos, alias Vladimir
Mordes. The latter is now in the death
chamber at Sing Sing. he having been
found guilty Of numbering Cohen.
While Argapcff and Lontos are not
under indictment in connection with
| - or to
be members Of the gang.
Two other men whose names are still
withheld by the county authorities are
named In the indictment, but have not
been apprehended. 1t Is said that these
two men are also wanted by the Brook
lyn police in connection with the Cohen
bank robbery.
Although the holdup occurred in De-
cember. It was not until March that
Tuite, Horter and County Detective
Meyer were able to make any satisfac-
tory progress in locating the robbers,
At that time they learned Of the con-
nection Of Niesbbalslki. Nurzinsh and
one of the men not vet under arrest
with Danowicz and Lontos. and from
information received In the Italian Sec
ttons of New York, Brooklyn and In
the Silver Lake section of Bloomfield,
gradually worked up case that led to
the arrest of Niesbbalsh. Szewczyh
and Nurxinsld on April 21 last
It is thought that following the quick
conviction Of Niesbbalsld, pressure may
be brought to bear on Szewezyk and
Nurzinsld that will result In the un-
covering Of the hiding places of the
two men still at large. 1t is generally
believed, though, that they have fed
the country and are now in Europe.