The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-25
One of Group Who Have
Been Sought All Over
East by Pinkertons Ar
rested Here and Others
Captured in Westfield,
Mass.
Made Hauls of Thousands
OF Dollars in Jewelry at
Several Stores, Authori-
ties Say-Dealt Success
fully in Stolen Automo-
biles.

Hunted since last July by
Plnkerton detectives and police
all over the country, for the
theft Of automobiles and the
wholesale robbery of diamonds
from jewelry stores, Harry and
Eddie Johnson, brothers living
at 1Q4 Barnum avenue. and
Richard Moulton have fallen
into the hands of the authori-
ties.
They are wanted for the theft
OF trays of diamonds ranging in
each theft from $4,000 to- 81 900
in New Brunswick and Newark.
n. j., Ansonfa, Conn. and De-
troit, Mich. The police of cities
throughout the East hold war
rants for their arrest on
charges of automobile stealing.
Considered one Of the most daring
groups Of thieves operating in the
East, they fell down and were arrested.
az result of comparatively petty
theft in Westfield, Mass. The trio Wis
ted garage in that town last Sunday.
having driven to the establishment In
a machine which they stole in Harris
burg, Pa
While the tank of the car was be-
Ing replenished with gasoline, Moul-
ton got out of the car and strolled
around the garage. He found the
cash register. which he rified Of S5S.
When his pals came to pay for the
fuel he was missing and the clerk
found his cash register had been loot
ed.ssz The sclerkS caused the johnson
brothers to be arrested and they
were held pending an investiga-
ton. trt r.
Capt Cronan sent Detective James
Bray. to identify them and they ad-
mltted Moulton was the third man
In the party. This morning Detec-
tives Dooley, Bray ~Gerrity and Wash
burn and Pinkerton detective, went
to the home of the johnson boys
mother, at 104 Barnurn avenue. They
surrounded the house and after a
search found Moulton in bed.
Their activities as autom obile
tnleves dates back as far as last sum-
mer: Edward Knapp, a ,ocal jitney
driver, was found to have three stolen
cars in his possession. He claimed
to have bought them from Moulton
and his contention was found true.
'Moulton and the Johnson brothers
had left this city, going to New Jer--,
sey. They hired a room in New
Brunswick, making that city their
headquarters. Then they travelled
throughout NeE Jersey and PennsyI-
n irO xxyl-s
in Trenton, Newark and New Bruins
wick. ~
Moulton went into a jewelry store
in Newark and looked over some dia-
monds. He failed to purchase saving
he would be back later in the day.
He returned while another clerk was
in charge and said he had looked at
the rings earlier in the day and was
now ready to make purchase.
The clerk took the tray of diamonds,
valued at $4,000, and placed it on the
counter. Moulton picked it up while ]
one of the brothers held the door open.
and the other was at the wheel of an
automobile in the street outside.
They rushed through the door
jumped into the auto with the tray
and safely escaped. In Ansonia, not
\
alleged to have worked the same game
getting pray of diamonds valued at !
about $4,000. When arrested in West
field Harry Johnson had in his pos
session three diamond rings valued at
800.
The Newark jewelry clerk was sent
from Newark to Westfield to identify /,
the brothers and he told the police
he is positive they are two of the men
who robbed his store Pawn tickets
found on Moulton's person by Capt.
Cronan this morning show that The .
band worked as far west as Detroit.
OF the II pawn tickets Moulton had,
troll.
All of the trio are we'll known to
the police of this city. Moulton, un-
known to the police at the time, shot
while on a visit to this city
a few months ago. He placed a re-
volver to his breast in Fulton street
and pulled the trigger. walking to the
Johnson home in Barnum avenue
with bullet in his body He quick
ly recovered and left the city.
Last summer, Harry johnson and
another youth took two girls joy-rid-
ing throughout this state in, a stolen
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