Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-02
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automobile was owned by John
Slockbower Of Al North Sixth street,
and was stolen from the Halsey
street entrance of Hahne & Co.'S
store early Saturday night.
The apartments of William OHara,
second floor; Jacob Wichsler, third
fourth floor Of 81 Wallace street were
all entered. Nothing of great value
was taken. The homes of George Will
son, 80 Littleton avenue, and Mrs.
Jacob Seldman, 1866 Bruce street were
all robbed of numerous small articles.
Thieves Scared Away.
Awakening to hear suspicious noises
at the rear door, members of the fam
lily of NJ. j. Riley, of 81 Orleans street,
aroused the household early today
and scared away two burglars. The
police were notified. and the reserve
force sent from the First precinct by
Lieutenant Troy searched the neigh
borhood. but failed to locate the
thieves.
The police Of the First precinct are
i Investigating Ae following rob-
Charles Hin, a Chinese laundry, at
294 Mulberry street, store entered
through rear WllluOW dllo L4o Cdoh
register robbed of SO.
The residence at 296 Mulberry street
entered through a second-story win
dow by means of a ladder, no name
given, clothing and SIS in cash stolen.
An attempt was made to enter the
shoe-repairing shop at 8 Branford
place at 2:3O o'clock this morning.
A window in the Essex Loan Com
pany's place, at 26S Mulberry street,
was smashed and goods to the value
of $40 were stolen.
The laundry of Wah Sing, at 62
New street, was entered by forcing
the front door last night and gold
bracelet valued at $50 and SIS in cash
were stolen.
Four men who were arraigned be-
fore Judge Hahn today in the First
Criminal Court on the charge Of loi-
tering In the Waverly freight yards of
the Lehigh Valley railroad. were
turned over to the probation officer for
an investigation of their stories.
The prisoners gave their names as
Fred Decker, twenty-four years old.
of Philadelphia, but said that he was
stopping at the North Broad Hotel;
Richard Grimes, nineteen years old,
of 623 Vine street, Camden; Harry
Berger. seventeen years old, of sos
East 140th street. New York. and Jo-
seph Green, seventeen years old. of
Gil East 10th street, New York.
On a charge of being implicated in
an attempt to rob the office of Frank
e. Benedict, coal dealer. at Is West
Kinnev street Saturday night, Ends
ley Holmes, q negro, thirty-three
years old of IA Nevada street. was
held in $500 bail to await the action
of the grand jury by Judge Hahn In
the First Criminal Court today. The
searching for woman who Is ALLEGED
to have told several persons that Mr..
Benedict's place was going to be
robbed Saturday night.
Charles Volker, FORTY years old, of
the Mills Hotel and George Som of
42S Bank street, reported to the First
precinct that they were held up by
four men at the corner OF Campbell
and Washington streets shortly after
3 O'Clock last night and that an at
tempt was made to rob them, but the
would-be highwaymen were frightened
away. Later the police found James
Thorton. twenty-five years old. OF l29
Prospect street, lettering with the
other two The three were fined IS
each by Judge Hahn when arraigned
r
Roland Beetle. of 7s Walnut street,
reported to the police that he was held
up at Mulberry and Mechanic streets
early Saturday night by three men
and robed of $15.
Harry Coy. of 46 Jones street. re-
ported that as he was about to enter
his home about $3.50 o'clock last night
he was held up by three men and
robbed Of a watch and chain valued
at $40 and his hat.
James Heal of 81 Canal street, Soho
section of Belleville, reported that
while he was walking on the tracks
of the Greenwood Lake lection of the
Erie railroad, between the end of the
Mt. Prospect car line and the Tiffany
factory. last night, he was accosted
by two youths
According to Heal, his arms were
filled with bundles when he met the
two men. and after fulfilling their re-
quest for a match, they demanded
money. When he refused he was as
co,,1+ed Tho mon made their escape