Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-12-12
IDENTIFY NEGROES
AS HOLD-UP MEN
Two Nabbed After Fight With
Policemen Are Accused
OF BIackjacking.
CANDY MERCHANT, HIT
ON HEAD, ROUTS THUGS
Other Tradesmen Say Prison
ers Attacked and Robbed
Them, Too.

The police are today marshaling to-
gether the complainants against two
negroes, who were arrested last night
after a daring attempt to hold up
Louis Finkel in his candy store at II
avenue. The pair are be-
lieved TO be responsible for dozen
or more hold-ups that have taken
place in this city. West Hudson and
within the past few weeks.
Thc prisoners are George Williams.
21 years old, who says he has no
home, and George Parker, 19, OF 100
Iackawanna avenue. Williams, who
is known as the Black Diamond"
was captured by the Fourth precinct
police after a battle in which Patrol
man Bender lost three teeth, and in
which several shots were fred. Ques-
toned by the police, he disclosed the
address of Parker, who was pulled
out of a closet by detectives from
headquarters.
The capture of the two is due
mostly to Fikel's nerve. Two negroes
entered his shop shortly after IL
o'clock, Just as he was about to close
up, and asked a small boy who was In
charge to make change for them.
The boy declined to do so and the
men left. When they returned, few
minutes later, Finkel himself was in
the place. Seizing the proprietor, one
of the negroes struck him three times
on the head with a blackjack.
Although dazed, the shopkeeper
managed to grapple with his assaii-
ant and push him through the glass
panel of the store door. Then,
frightened, both negroes fed.
Patrolman Bender and Richard
Boylan, of 30i Eighteenth avenue,
formerly chauffeur of the Second pre-
cinct ambulance, from the Fourth
precinct window saw two negroes
rushing up Boyd street toward West
Kinney street. Bender and Boylan
gave chase and caught the men at
Livingston and West Kinney streets
One of the men managed to escape,
but Bender, who was struggling with
Williams, managed to hold him. Ben
der, however, had three teeth knocked
out when the negro slammed his face
against the ground.
Tries to Draw Revolver. ass
While Bender and Boylan were
holding him Williams tried to draw
a revolver. 1t caught In the lining of
his coat. It was .3S-calibre weapon.
and fully loaded. When Bender saw
Williarns's companion fleeing he drew
his revolver and fired three shots In
the air to scare him.
In the meantime Edward and Jo-
seph jacobson, sons of Abraham Ja-'
cobson, a druggist, of 110 Avon ave-
nue., who attended Finkel after the
negroes had left his shop, had noti-'
fed the Sixth, precinct police of tho
attempted robbery. The Sixth pre-
cinct in turn notified the Fourth pre-
cinct and Lieutenant Koerber sent
out Sergeant Jones and Patrolman
Heurich. They met Bender and Boy
Ian as they were taking Williams to
the police station.
Then Lieutenants Keogh and Cor
dano and Detective Adubato, of head
quarters, rode in an automobile to
los Lackawanna avenue, where Will
Jams declared his companion lived.
There they found Parker hiding in a
closet, arrested him and took him to
headquarters. In his pockets were
several boxes of cartridges, but no
revolver.
Boylan identified Parker as one of
the men with whom he and Patrol
man Bender had struggled.
IOhY MaUaf- o1oo4a
of 106 Somerset street, identified the
two negroes as the men who had held
him up at the point of gun in his
saloon on the night Of November 20
and taken sl2 from him. James
Parkes, a shoemaker. of 1851 Acad-
emy street, identified Williams as
having robbed him of 500 at his store
on November 10 after beating him
with blackjack.
Finkel also identified the men to-
day, and it Is expected that at least
q dozen more storekeepers will ap-
pear as complainants against them
when they are arraigned in the
Fourth Precinct Court tomorrow.
Plainclothesmen McGrath and Hell
Ter, of the sixth precinct, arrested
Robert Thornton, q negro. 80 years
old, of % Badger avenue, last night
while the police were looking for
williams's alleged accomplice. Thorn
ton is night watchman and was
let go.
The stores of the following were
entered by two negroes answering the
description OF the prisoners: James
Kesker, proprietor of a barber shop
at 197-197ts Academy street, on No
vember u, was entered by two men
and the cash register robbed of SIS;
Rekus Unitus. saloon. $50 Jefferson
street, robbed on November "a; Bar
bate Zarra, saloon, A Belmont. ave-
nue., silver Lake, robbed on Decem-
Der 2: Angelo Demerote. 666 North
seventh street. saloon, entered on No
vember 20. proprietor was attacked
and hit with a blackpack on head but
the thieves were frightened away by
the proprietor's wife.