Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-16
ONE WHO BEAT HIM
Prisoner He Says Is Posi-
lively the Man Who Held
Him Up.
IDENTlFYS THE REVOLVER
Bandit Wesps in Cell at
Police Station and Says
But Little.

ROBERT SLakaWay, arrested We'd
nesday night after a desperate pistol
battle with the police, is still con-
fined in the lookup here. awaiting
identification by victims of his nu-
merous holdups and assaults. Frank
zimmerman this morning identified
and charged Stakaway with assault
ing him Wednesday afternoon. He
also identified the revolver found on
the prisoner. Zimmerman is the
New Brunswick peddler who was
held up and robbed on the Amboy-
Metuchen road near Rogan's corner,
three thieves relieving him of about
500. He was assaulted and beaten
to such an extent that he is still un-
der a physicians care.
Stakaway maintains a nonchalant
attitude towards the police. When
spoken to he replies in monosyll-
ables, keeping his eyes on the floor
of his cell. Yesterday and last
night his apparent bravado seemed
to be breaking, for at times he
Wept.
The so-called desperate has not
the appearance one would fancy
man of his nature would have. All
day yesterday, last night and today,
people visited police headquarters
and those permitted by the police to
see the prisoner, gaze open-mouthed
in surprise and wonder that one of
his tender years would openly defy
the police for more than a month. He
is young lad, scarcely twenty-five
years old. He wears a stylish pair
of light trousers, a dark coat, new
tan button shoes and a white shirt.
His hair Is rather long and neatly
brushed.
Yesterday afternoon Central rail-
road detectives visited Stakaway. He
was asleep at the time, and on be-
ing awakened, he arose without a
word to permit the detectives to
gaze at his face. He continually
gazed at the floor, however, not once
raising his eyes to meet those Of the
detectives. Only once did he look
up; when the detectives turned their
backs to leave. the prisoner stared
after them, as though trying to pic
tura. their faces in his mind for fu-
ture reference.
Stakaway is still on parole from
the Railway reformatory. 1t is
probable, according to Chief of Po-
lice Burke, that he will be returned
there. In that event, he will be
turned over to the reformatory COM
naissioners and the maximum SEN
tence imposed. That will mean
seven years at hard labor Before
being turned over to the commission
ers, however, he will be identified by
some of his numerous victims here.
According to the police. Stalk
away has long list of crimes at
tached to his record. Stakaway is
not believed to be his correct name,
although he is commonly known by
that cognomen. His name is said, to-
be Stegueveit, and his home, before
he started on his last rampage, was
in Lawton place, this city
l Robberies and hold-ups going
back as far as July /, last, are be-
lieyed to be the work of the gang
of which the prisoner was leader w.
& A. Fines clothing store in State
street, near Broad street, was one of
the first places broken into. Here
the robbers secured several hundred
dollars worth of goods. The three
post office and railroad station rob-
|eberies committed last week, togeth-
er with the post Office theft at James,
burg some weeks ago, are laid to the
robber gang broken up by the ar
rest of Stakaway.
Breaking and entering, however,
was not the specially of the gang.
Their repertoire included holding
up trains, stopping automobiles and
robbing the occupants Of the cars;
assaults and piekpocketing. 1t is said
the gang Was responsible for an au-
tomobile hofd-np zRear Morgan a few
weeks ago, when red lantern was
used to stop the car. On this ven
ture about $12 was secured.
Yesterday a large number of peo-
pie appeared at police headquarters
to make charges of breaking and en-
tsring against the gang.
Despite the CONSERVATION and ter
ror of residents IN the northern sec
ton of the city caused by the crimes
of the band, and the robbers delib-
crate attempt to shoot and kill the
police on two separate occasions,
some one had the audacity last night
to approach Mayor Bollschweiler and
request that mercy be shown the
leader of the gang. What the reply
of the mayor was is not known.
Three or four other members of
the band including the Two VINO es-
capped the police Wednesday night in
the confusion of pistol encounter.
are still at large. 1t is the belief of
the police that the men Ase by this
time out of the city and will not
soon, IL ever, return.
John Miller, arrested by the police
early yesterday morning as being a
member of the gang, is confined at
police headquarters, although not in
the same cell as Stakaway. 1t is not
thought that he was active with the
gang in their crimes, but merely act
ed as an informer, telling them of
the movements of the police.
Continued on page 3D.
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