Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-25
Nagro CAUGHT al
Newark Not In
Bandit Auto.
PROVES ALIBI

No trace has been found OF the
four men who broke into and robbed
the postoffce early yesterday morn
ing of $4,000 worth of postage
stamps, of all denominations, and
sS7.72 in change. Postmaster Will
liam II. Pfeiffer recovered all the
stamps at Newark, where the auto
mobile containing the fleeing men
became disabled near the First Pre-
cinct and was abandoned by the
thieves. The stamps were found in
the bottom of the car, but all trace
of the $87.72 disappeared with the
burglars.
At the present time officers OF two
cities and the federal government
are actively at work trying to un-
ravel the mystery encountered in
the first postoffice robbery in Perth
Amboy In years. Despite earnest
efforts the officers have been unsuc-
cessful. The Newark men are at
work trying to discover the rightful
owners OF the beautiful seven-pas-
senf or touring car which the yegg-
men used to make their quick get
away, while Detective Sergeant John
A. Hun, OF this city, is working up
the local end. The government has
secret service men on the case, but
their wherea bouts and identity will
not be revealed to the public for
obvious reasons.
Colored Man Has Alibi.
The postoffice authorities became
trife discouraged yesterday after
noon when It was learned that the
colored chauffeur. who was held uu-
der suspicion as an alleged accom-
plice in the robbery, had an alibi
that could not be doubted. He was
held yesterday by the Newark police,
who investigated his statements and
found that they were true. The
:, lored man gave his name as Wal
ter Brown. and his address as 3
Somerset street, Newark. He is
about eighteen years old, and truth
fully declared that he came upon the
scene Immediately after the wreck
of the car, and was not the driver OF
the car. as at first reported.
1t was proven to the Newark
police that Brown, who is a chauf-
feur by profession but a hod-carrier
at the present time because he Is out
of regular employment, was hunting
for work with a Newark contractor
late Wednesday night, probably dur
ing the time of the robbery. He
was not dressed like a chauffeur.
nor did he appear to be in a condi-
tion to stand the driving cold rain of
yesterday morning. The prisoner
was released unconditionally With
his departure went all prospects Of
an immediate close of the case.
Four Robbers in Party.
1t now appears that there were
four robbers instead of three, as at
first reported The Newark news
papers gave much space to the affair
last night. and many interesting
facts concerning the Newark end
of the case. 1t appears that Patrol
man Skillman, stationed at Broad
and Court streets. Newark. to pro-
tect passersby from fallen live
wire. was startled to see big tour
ing car shoot out of Walnut street
into Broad street going at II rate of
sixty-five miles an hour. He waved
to the approaching car to stop, but
the driver. evidently believing that
the police were seeking the robbers
capture, turned on additional speed
and steered toward the officer.
OhliIudu Ju1upcu ~ tHc SiuSWdih n
in time to save his life. and. al
though astonish ed at the actions Of
the driver. blew his whistle to Pa
trolman Deering. who was stationed
at Halsey and Court streets. Deer
ing also waved to the driver, and
again the machine bore down on the
officer at terrific speed The officer
jumped to safety and blew to PATROL
man Reichenbac who was sta
toned at Washington street. In the
meantime, remember, the automO-
bile was Jumping from one side OF
the street TO the other, always luck
lily escaping direct contact with the
fallen wire.
Ccp Has Narrow Escape.
Patrolman Reichenbacher had the
narrowest escape of the three police
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