Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-02-22
Two Boys Not Satisfied With
Robbing Store, so Fire
Shots at Trainmen.
ARE NOW UNDER ARREST
Will be Arraigned Before Judge
DAILY Friday-Both Confess
to Robbery and Shooting.

Apparently not satisfied and undes-
turbed by the damage wrought In rob-
bing the hardware store of Zaiy CO.
hen at 1873 Smith street for the sixth
time Sunday night, John Dumbroski.
twelve years old, of 4S3 5ayre avenue.
and Walter Wodzinski, thirteen years
old. of 433 Hall avenue used revol-
vers and cartridges stolen us loot to
shoot at train crewti and other rail-
road employees along the Lehigh Val
ley railroad yesterday. They came
within inches of hitting Lehigh VAL
ley watchman with a bullet. Through
efforts of plain elothers officers, Hart
mann, Gutowski, Detective Sergeants
Huff and Long coupled with the activ-
ity of Special Guard John McGrath
i of the Lehigh Valley force, the young
cufprits were run to earth and arrest
ed. They are now in cells at police
headquarters here awaiting arratgn-
ment before Judge Peter L. DAILY or
Friday. Dumbroski Is claimed by the
police to be a confirmed criminal. He
is known as the "Smiler,"- as he al
( ways smiles. whether under arrest oI
! at liberty. He willingly confesses tc
everything he does and always aids
/ the police in apprehending his ac-
complies. With him 1t Is either 9
case Of being an out and out crimina
through mental defect, or a wise DO,
who knows that the authorities al.
ways deal leniently with boys Of ten
der age.
Dumbroski has been arrested al
! least a score of times, the police say
He steals at every opportunity, they
! claim. 1t Is less than week ego that
he was arraigned in New Brunswick
and severely scored by Judge DAILY
The police are at a loss to know what
| to do with him. They say there should
be an Institution where his kind coule
| be kept from society until he was
cured of criminal habits. The State
Home for Boys at Jamesburg and
even the New Jersey reformatory
seem to have little II any effect upor
such confirmed criminals, the author
iities claim. A term in either of then
I seems to only increase their crimina
|, knowledge.
I The Cohen store was entered earl
lS1ndky Atxtt for the sixth time an
! the third time w7thnf Weeks
lDumbroski and Wodzinski came pre-
pared with hatchet in hand about G
o'clock Sunday night. They made a
vain attempt to chop down rear
door at the store. Failing, they knock
toilet they chopped the panels ont of
an inside door and thereby gained
entrance to the store proper.
When they were arraigned before
Recorder Pickersgill this morning, an
officer said they were charged with
stealing two revolvers and several
boxesso cartridges NO, it was three
guns" boldly calculated the Dunn
broski lad. They pleaded guilty to
the crime. Recorder Pickersgill said
it would be worth time and money
spent to go to New Brunswick to hear
what Judge DAILY would say to the
Dumbroski boy, he being a boy with a
record which the police believe rivals
that of any other boy criminal in the
state IL not in the country.
According to evidence in the hands
of the police the boys began to use
the stolen firearms widely Sunday
night. A son of Detective Sergeant
Huff saw them shooting In Fayette
street near State street. He grabbed
one and seized a revolver. The lads
continued their wild pranl<s yester-
day and as a result, Lehigh Valley
employees in the upper yard in the VI
cinity of the Convery place bridge
were in constant danger. Railroad
guards declare the boys shot through
many box cars. damaged goods, broke
many windows and used as targets
most anything from railroad workers
down to trees and stones