Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-21
-FOUR YEGGS SET !
FREE BY MISTAKE
Captured Saving Way Out OF
Boxcar, They Find Court
Accommodating.

The local Federal authorities are
looking for a quartet of young yegg-
men who were arrested last Saturday
by Erie detectives and released from
the Hudson county jail by mistake
on Monday.
The whole four, who are believed
to be members of gang of thieves
operating in Jersey with headquarters
In Camden. gave fictitious addresses.
and since their release by the Hud-
son county authorities the Federal
officials have been unable to locate
them.
They were arrested at Seacaucus
by Chief Charles H. Henry. Of the
Erie police, and his assistant, John
v. Ryerson, as they were crawling
through q hole they had cut In
the bottom of freight car. The
men said they boarded the car at
Hornells. N. Y. and shut the door.
which locked automatically. making
them prisoners.
A dozen hats were found hidden
about the persons of the prisoners,
and Chief Henry took them before
the recorder at Seacaucus, charging
them with stealing goods in Inter
State shipments, which was made q
very serious offense by Federal act
of last February.
Following their arraignment and
partial confession, the recorder at
Seacaucus committed the men to the
Hudson county jail to await the ac-
ton of the Federal authorities. 1t was
thought.
All Pleaded Guilty and Are Discharged
The quartet, however, was brought
before Judge Tennet at the Court OF
Special Sessions last Monday and
each pleaded guilty to larceny. Judge
George McCarty. assistant prosecu-
tor of Hudson county, did not oppose
their release and they were dis
charged.
Deputy United States Marshal Louis
G.. Beekman called at the jail with
his assistants. for the prisoners to
bring them to Newark for prenm-
mary hearing before United States
Commissioner Richard Stockton. !,
When told that the prisoners had
been released he was stupetied. he
Immediately communicated with
Chief Henry, who said he understood
the men were to be held to await
the action of Commissioner Stockton.
Chief Henry was very much upset
by the release of the men. as ne re-
garded them as very important
capture and one which would ulti-
mately lead to the breaking up OF q
gang which had been systematically
robbing the Erie freight cars for sew
eral months.
Marshal and Chief Chssrined.
Very much chagrined Marshal
Beekman and Chief Henry came to
Newark to confer with Commissioners
Stockton. The latter issued a war;
rant for the four men and Marshal
Beekman with several secret service
men are now securing the state look
ing for the quartet.
Judge McCarty said that according
to the papers he had In his posses
sion the men were charged with lar
ceny. and nothing was said about
holding the prisoners for the federal
authorities. This would put the blame
for the release of the prisoners on
the recorder at Seacaucus.
Chief Henry said today that he had
signed the affldavits at Seacaucus In
blank and the recorder had made
them out after he had gone. He de-
clares that he charged them with
stealing goods in interstate shipment
and asked that they be held until
thew could be arraigned before Com
missioner Stockton.
He was unable to state how the
men could be charged with larceny.
The men gave their names as Bert
Lewis. William Parks, Charles stan
lev and George Fitzgerald. They
ranged in ages from % to "a years
chief Henry said. Judge McCarty
however, claimed they were mere
bows. arrested for the first time"