Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-05-10
SayreviIIe Man Tears Mesh
Bag from Woman - Con-
fesses After Third Degree
HELD FOR THE GRAND Jury
Gives His Name as George
France; Tells Police That
He Has Been Out of Work.

A purse snatcher, nahbed by Pa
trolmen Martin and Bachmann, was
held this morning in default of
$1,000 bail for the grand jury on a
charge of highway robbery by Recor-
der Pickersgill.
The man who gave his name as
George France, twenty-six years old,
of Sayreville, tore a silver mesh bag
sen, domestic in the employ of Mrs
o. w. Ramsay, at 159 Rector
street, as the young woman was on
her way home from visit to friends
about IL o'clock last night. The ac-
cused, who could not positively be
identified this morning when arraign-
ed by the servant girl, later today
confessed to Detective Sergeant
Long, after being put through a
third degree"
The man said that he had formerly
worked in the powder plant at Par
lin, where his father was employed;
that he and his father, Ryanhall
France, of Sayreville, had disagree
ment and he left and went to Phila-
delphia, where he secured employ
ment with an automobile firm. He
lost his job and started back home.
he said. He declared that his funds
became exhausted in New Brunswick,
and that he panhandled a quarter
there and came to this city. He said
that he was looking for some place
to spend the night, before proceeding
to Sayreville this morning, and that
he saw the young woman with the
silver mesh bag and determined to
snatch 1t and take the money which
he thought that it must have con-
tanned.
Miss Christensen proceeded down
Smith to High street and down Cor
don TO Rector street. In Gordon
street she noticed a man following
her. She quickened her pace and
turned into Gordon street, which was
deserted When she came near the
home of L. v. Emanuel, of 165 Rec
tor street, she found that the man
was nearly upon her. She started to
run. Immediately she felt her mesh
bag snatched from her arm, as the
chain to the bag snapped. The man
ran in front Of her and she gave
chase. following him to Woodruff
place, into which he turned. There
was no one on the street and she
was frightened so gave up the search,
returning to her home. Mrs. Ramsay
was informed of the affair and imme-
diately notified the police.
Chief of Police Burke has had his
men on the lookout for suspicious
persons in the southern section of the
city to prevent the recurrence of the
series of robberies, which terrorized
that section more than year and
half ago.
.Patrolmen Martin and Bachmann
found the man standing at Rector
and Lewis streets. Martin noticed
that he seemed to be hiding some
thing under his coat. THAT man
does not look good to me-" said Mar
tin to Bachmann, as he eyed the
stranger critically. Me either,''
said Baehmann, and they both ap-
preached the suspect, who was un-
able to hide the mesh bag he held
under his coat He could not ex-
plain satisfactorily where he got 1t
and was taken to headquarters,
where Desk Sergeant Mulligan in
formed the patrolmen that a purse
snatcher had been at work in the
southern section and they probably
had the man. This morning France
concocted a story about seeing an
other man snatch the mesh bag, and
how he picked it up. This story
made no impression on the recorder,
and the man later confessed to De-
tective Sergeant Long, after having
been held in $1,000 bail In the
purse was about SIS In bills, key to