Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-22
YOUNG BURGLARS
ARRESTED WHILE
HARD At WORK
Trio Rounded Up While Trying
to Raid a Broad Street
Pawn Shop.

Policeman Stephen O'Connor, OF the
Second precinct, caught three young
amateur burglars at work last night,
and drew from them a story of some
of the handicaps in the way of am
bilious young cracksmen. One of the
boys was armed with a razor and an
other with a blackjack. They ad-
mitted they were rather ashamed of
the crude offensive equipment, but
said they would have had three of the
fanciest pistols in Newark in half an
hour had the policeman only gone
about his business and left them TO
theirs.
In the Second Precinct Court today
they told Judge Mancusi- Ungaro
that they were: John Tasco, seven
teen. SO Drift street. Sabine Rosa
mando, eighteen, 1873 Eighth avenue,
and Carmine Mascolo, seventeen, 202
Eighth avenue. The three were held
in $500 bail, each, for breaking and
entering, and Tasco and Rosamando
in $1,000 additional each for carrying
concealed weapons. The police say
Tasco had a razor and Rosamando a
blackjack.
Policeman O'ConnOr noticed the
three acting in a suspicious manner
about midnight in the neighborhood
of the old Masonic Hall building at
4S5 Broad street. near Wash
ington Park, which was partially
burned recently. In the building there
is a pawnshop owned by Joseph Sig
man. The boys finally went to the
rear of the pawnshop and were trying
to break through the shutters of 4
window when the policeman backed
them into q corner at the point of his
revolver.
Sought to Be Professionals.
A few minutes later Sergeant
Cronin came along and the three were
taken to the Second precinct. There,
under questioning, they told of their
attempt to get q start as professional
burglars.
After deciding upon their future
they first broke into two gas slot
meters, one at 70 Nassau street and
the other at 100 Eighth avenue. One
meter was empty and the other had
only one quarter in it so they aban-
doned this method of getting bank
roll, the scarcity of loot discouraging
them and two close escapes from be-
ing caught also depressing them to
some extent.
Then they decided to get their
equipment from the pawnshop OF
Sigman, thinking entrance there
would be easy because of the recent
fire. To make certain, however, they
went into the place yesterday AFTER
noon, and after much dickering
bought blackjack. While shopping
there they saw some revolvers they
thought worthy to be carried and de-
cided to get them during the night.
The neighborhood was rather BUSY
last night and while waiting for New
ark to go to bed and give them a
chance they noticed that 1t looked
like rain and thought to kill an hour
or two, and at the same time pro-
vide against the rainy day, which
they believed to be threatening, py
breaking into shoe store and get
ting some rubbers.
Robbed Shoe store.
Going to the rear of the shoe store
of Raffaelo Testo, at 81 Sixth avenue,
thew broke through a rear window
and picked three pairs of rubbers OIL
shelf by reaching through the
broken pane of glass. After getting
the rubbers they found that only one
pair would fit any of them. Rosa
mando got the rubbers and the two
other pairs we're thrown away. They
were about to return for rubbers
which would fit, but decided the city
was quiet enough for their real work,
and went to the pawnshop again only
to find Policeman O'Connor on the
job.
you'll find burglary doesn't pay
very we'll" Judge Mancusi-Ungaro
told them in court today, but they did
! not reply.