The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-21
AUTO THIEF BETRAYS
DARING ROBBER BAND
Confcsscs to Stealing Many Cars
Here and In Other
Cities.
CALLS DEALER TEMPER
Police Arrest Two Men Ac-
cuscd by PrisOner-Search
for "Receiver."

There Will be no Tammany ball.
When that message reached Daniel Reilly.
a prisoner in the Union county. New Jer-
sey. jail. he knew that the real mean
ing was that his friends could or would
not help him make "A getaway Aftsr
that. when ho was placed in a dungeon.
he reached the conclusion that as 1t was
a matter of self-preservation he would
answer questions put to him by New York
detectives.
Through his confession the police here
were enabled yesterday to unravel the
mystery OF the theft last year of seven
Packard cars in this city and one Pierce
Arrow car Ia Philadelphia. They got
, clues also that may lead to the tracing
of many more automobiles that were
stolen here. They learned how auto
mobiles valued AT almost $4,000 were
stolen by one gang of men
The arrest Of two men here quickly fol-
lowed Rcilly's confession. They are
Chester Travis. or Trayersi. an Italian
chauffeur. at 2l0 West End avenue. and
John Schandler. a nRchinist and chaut-
feur and brother OF former Police Lieu
/ tenan, Alexander Schandler. Old jack
Walsh. who is in the Elizabeth jail with
/ Reilly. is also wanted as an alleged men,
I Der OF the band of automobile thieves.
Dealer sought as Receiver.
The police, 1t was said last night. were
searching yesterday for John Gargieri.
an automobile dealer and garage keeper
OF Lakewood as the receiver of the stolen
goods. but the County Prosecutor and the
Justice OF the peace there said they knew
OF no warrant for the arrest Of such a
/ man.
There is in the town John Gargare.
who runs an automobile supply concern
| and has an automobile transportation line
between Lakewood and Point Pleasant.
He also owns a motion picture house.
Gargure was in Lakewood yesterday
morning and part OF the afternoon. lie
had talk with the County Prosecutor,
and after that could not be found up to
10 o'clock last night.
The police say that Gargieri has made
ut least 100000 in the last few years
They attribute part OF his wealth to the
fact that he made speciality OF buying
Z Packard cars from thieves and disposins
Of them. His regular price 20 the thieves
Reilly said. was 5000. Not only Reilly
but Travis and Schandler. the police say
have confessed and named Gargieri as the
receiver OF the stolen cars.
II used TO hang around the knicker
booker garage in New York in Seventh
avenue. between Forty ninth and Fiftieu
streets" said Reilly in his confession
~ repeated by the police. One day Gar
geri came over there. He got acquainted
with me- and Schandler and Travis anc
one or two others. He often took us out Il
dinner and fed us we'll We had all We
wanted TO drink.
offered $500 for Each Car.
He offered US $500 for every car ",
stole. He wanted Paokards and he uset
to SAY: You fellows ought to steal
DO .Lar I'd N pnf Ira az fO
you and vii pay you cash on the spot
After We had eaten we would go GU
with Gargeri He would spot car am
tell us the one he wanted. one OF u
fellows would get In 1t and drive away
, He would pick MS up around the corner
. Then we would beat II quick for the ferr
before the police began search for tn
, stolen car. ". got away with IL ever
time. We would ride at once To Gargicri'
place in Lakewood and he would han
, us the cash.
Between February and May last W
I, stole car from in front of "A place i
=. Forty-ninth street. between Broadway an
sixth avenue. another from Amsterdam
avenue and 1920 street one from Fifty
afth street. between Broadway and Sew
enth avenue: another from SlNty-fft
street, between Broadway and Amster
dam, and still another from Seventy-sev
enth street and broadway.
{. Then We got frightened and went owe
to Philadelphia. We registered under dii
fercnt names. all except Gargierf, and "
=. stole "A Pierce Arrow from in front or
A hotel right across the street from wher
: I'VE stayed. We drove it to Lakewoo
o that night.
a Finally our gang quarrelled. We spl
up In pairs. ! Went with one chap an
o Travis and Schander went together w
h stole other cars-one from Fifty-hft
e street. between Fifth and sixth avenue
and another from Fifty-frst street, b'
y tween seventh and Eighth avenues.
|. "Gargieri used to come over TO Ne
York and urge us to get busy
e There We're 25s automobiles stolen b.
j. tween January l. 1913. and January
d 1914, and only 1888 were recovered. In a
a about fifteen Packard cars were stole
!, and never recovered.
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