Perth Amboy evening news., 1914-11-17
POLICE DRAGNET
CAUSES ARREST
Of 6; ALL HELD
Man Who Tried to Shoot Cop
Held for Grand Jury; Others
are Alleged Box Car Rob-
berS Praise the Police.

The arrest of John Kjersgaard
twenty years old, an army deserter,
of 404 Washington street, at mid
night Saturday by Patrolman Gut
owski and Hartmann, has led to the
rounding up of one of the most noto-
rious gang of box car thieves that
ever preyed on the freight of the
Central and Lehigh Valley railroads
in this section, according to the po-
lice. The sleuths of the railroads
and the local police landed In jail
this morning four more implicated in
the robberies, with Kjersgaard, max
Ing five the total caught in the drag
net. According to Captain e. L.
SINNERS, of the Lehigh Valley
guards, from fifteen to twenty cars
have been broken open and looted
during the past six months, and he
believes the gang just rounded up
were implicated in each robbery
The goods stolen will total several
thousand dollars in value. Besides
rounding up the gang of alleged rob-
bers, William T. Cook, who is charg-
ed with attempting to shoot Patrol
man Hartmann was taken in custody.
Cook, who gave his age as twenty
one, and said that he was a brake
man living at SO North Fifth street.
Easton, was held in $1,000 bail for
the grand jury on the charge of
atrocious assault by Recorder Pick
ersgin this morning, and In $1,000
bail for alleged completely IN the
freight car robberfes by Justice of
the Peace Pickersgill. John Kjers-
gard, who was arraigned before the
justice this morning was held In
$1,000 ball on two charges of loot
ing freight cars. Fred Peterson of
this city, twenty years old, was held
In $500 bail on one of the same
| charges. The three plead guilty to
two charges of burglary, except Pc
terson, who denied one charge.
David Shumpsky, a junk dealer of
449 New Brunswick avenue, was
arrested early this morning by City
Marshal Desmond and held In $1,000
bail on the charge of having received
stolen goods from the trio of alleged
| thieves. His partner was also held.
Charges of receiving stolen goods
were denied
| Captain SINNERS, Central railroad
/ Ulcers and County Detective Nein-
! meier, of Easton, arrested young
I Cook and Peterson in pool parlor
at Easton shortly after s, O'Clock last
might The local police were noti-
| fed aud the two prisoners were
brought from the Lehigh Valley
station about 9 o'clock this morning
TO the police station, accompanied by
Captain SINNERS. Lieutenant Nc
Dermott and other officers of tho
Lehigh Valley; Captain Kaup. Cap
| tain Hans and Detective P F.
Hughes, of the Central; Detective
| Sergeant Long and Patrolmen Hart
mann and Gutowski.
| Cook declared that he and Kiers-
gard bought their revoivers in State
street a few weeks ago. He said he
did not intend to shoot Officer Hart
mann, but that he was intoxicated
and did not know what he was do
ing. He acknowledged saying Let
| me shoot the - He said that
he had given his gun to Miss Blood
good to keep at the outset of the
party, and that he picked up Kjers-
was only putting it in his pocket
WHen II WAS SIdpbeu ioIu hliH ny
Miss Bloodgood and others.
Peterson, Cook and Kjersgaard
were charged by Captain SINNERS
with looting q car near South Plain
| field October 80, and stealing more
than eighty pairs of shoes and other
goods. The other of the two charges
accuses them of breaking into car
at Fords and stealing beer, lead and
wire.
The sixth alleged accomplice in the
wholesale robbery of freight cars was
arrested shortly before noon by De-
tective Sergeant Long. He gave his
name as William Frelish, twenty-five,
of $50 New Brunswick avenue. He
was arrested Sunday by Patrolmen
Hartmann and Gutowski but was pa
rolled until wanted. He was held In
default of $500 ball for burglary by
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