Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-09
BOY WHO STOLE
$1,000 IN Cash
UNDER ARREST
Disappeared After Being Sent
to Bank from Broad Street
Store.

Dressed in the newest of new
clothes and tired after six days pass
ed living as millionaires and in the
town lookup at Meadville. Pa. Thorn
as Markey, sixteen years old, of 30
Bergen street, and his chum, Joseph
Galati, eighteen years old, of 3s4
South Tenth street, were placed in
cells in police headquarters today.
Markey Is charged with embezzling
81, 1922 in cash and checks from
William Oppenheim, proprietor of the
Lining Store, at 657 Broad street, and
I Galati is charged with receiving
stolen goods.
The boys were arrested in Mead
vile last Sunday night at the request
of Chief of Police Long, OF this city
They were brought here from Mead
Vile by Lieutenants Meehan and
Donovan. of the detective bureau to-
day.
Mr.. Oppenheim told the police that
Markey, whom he described as a
trusted employee was sent 10 the
Essex County National Bank 10 de-
posit s1,492.52 last Friday. There was
$1,000 in cash. Mr.. 0ppenheim said,
and the rest was in checks.
Young Markey Mr.. Oppenheim said.
never reached the bank. Instead, his
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Galati, who was employed as helper
on a delivery wagon by a Marker
street department store. Then, he
said, the boys left this city, although
he was unable to give the police any
clue as to their destination.
Lieutenants Meehan and Donovan
were assigned to the case. They
went TO the home of young Galati
and there found a calendar bearing
an advertisement of Kepler's Hotel,
Meadville, Pa. The detectives learned
from the boys mother that her son
formerly was employed in the hotel
as a bellhop. and that he had been
corresponding with a girl in Mead
Vile Mrs. Galati showed the deter
tives letter the boy received from
his Meadville sweetheart recently.
This asked him to come to see her
and bring a friend"
Traced Through Letter.
The detectives told Chief Long
about this letter. and the latter tele-
graphed TO the chief of police in
Meadville asking him to arrest the
boys. This was last Sunday after
noon. In few hours word came
from Meadvilie that the boys were
confined in the town lookup.
Lieutenants Meehan and Donovan
were sent to Meadville to bring the
boys back to Newark They found
the wandering youngsters. dressed
like the lilies of the field and suffer
ing acute distress in the slender ae-
eommodations that the Meadville po-
lice offer persons who are their
guests.
The Meadville police laughingly
told the Newark officers how their
youthful prisoners had gone about
making themselves comfortable in the
prison. Among their causes for worry
was the prevalence of vermin in the
cell TO which they we're assigned.
Also the Meadville prison consists of
one large cage, sub-divided into sew
eral small cells. The other cells were
occupied by a motley collection OF
I Fourth of July prisoners, including
several negroes and number of for
! eigners in garb and personal condition
furnishing a marked contrast to the
natty youths from Newark.
Gaiati Causes Excitement.
Galati took one look at the benches
on which he and Markey were sup
! posed to sleep. Several crawling OBJ
I jects met his eye. He asked the po-
/ liceman in charge of the lookup to
get him some newspapers. Then -he
placed these on the bench and set
! them on fire. AS the dense clouds OF
smoke drifted through the jail the
other prisoners set up howls of fright,
1 So much noise was made that a
/ frightened citizen sounded a rioe call
aud the entire police and IRE depafS-
ments hurried to the place to stop
/ the noise.
The police say the boys confessed
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