Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-02
POLICE ARREST
KNOWN BURGLAR
officer Buchan Makes Capture
That May Clear Up Many
Local Robberles
DISCOVERED IN STORE
Offers Fllmsy Excuse and Is
Taken Into Custody With
Two Confederates

Patroiman William Buehan, who
several days ago was eseigned by
Chief Burke to clean up the robberies
that are taking place In this city al
most nightly made a good haul yester-
day morning when he arrested three
men, one an old timer, In the act, SO
he declares, Of robblng the clothing
Smith street. after they had broken
into the place,
The men arrested are George stone,
age 20, OF 5a4 Hartford street, a TIM
smith, George Thomas, age ~, a la
orer OF $50 Smith street, and Marty f.
Connors, a iaorer of s1i Elm street.
They all are charged by Buchan with
breaking and entering and when ar
raigned before Recorder Pickerssili
$1,000 ball each, and viii be taken TO
New Brunswick today by City Marshal
l. q. Moore, IL some one does not fur
nish> bah for them.
Stone Is en- old offender, having
been In the police tolls many times. a
few years ago he was sentenced to y
long term In the Railway Reformatory
and was paroled from that institution
only short time ago on condition thar
he would make good. At one time he
Is said to have been In the army and
to have deserted from there. He Is
the man Who gave Detective Hartman
q long chase several years ago ana es-
capped only by jumping into Staten Is
land sound and swimming to Totem
WILLIE,
The other two men have not been In
trouble before with the local police as
far as can be learned.
During the past few weeks hardly q
night has passed that thieves have
not been Mt work In this city. A short
time ago Chief Burke detailed patrol
man Buohan to this special work
Buchan heard that Stone and some
Of his crowd were seen acting very
suspioiously In different parts OF the
CITY,. 1t was thought they were again
at work and that they might know
something about the holdup of Peter
Pavlosky, a butcher of State street.
who, as told in the News few weeks
ago, had been held up on Madison ave.
nue., by three men and an attempt
made to rob him. but he managed to
get away. As result Buchan decided
to watch Stone and his pals.
On Saturday night he had trailed
Stone and the two men with him for
some time and yesterday morning
about 8 o'clock as he was standing In
the shadow of tree on Smith street,
near Elm street, he heard crash or
breaking glass and rushed to the store
OF Jacobson, where he declares he
caught Stone and his companions
about to loot the place.
Buchan pulled his revolver and told
the three men to get into a corner
near the front Of the store, which they
did. He then blew his whistle for help
and Patrolman James Egan, who was
on duty In that section of the city.
came on the run. While Buchan kept
the men covered. -Egan put handouts
on them and police headquarters was
called on the telephone and the men
taken to the lookup.
When questioned by Buchan and
Chief Burke, Stone and the others de-
clared that they had not intended to
rob the place. but were just standing
near the window of the store when one
of them accidentally put his foot
through the glass and that Buchan
then came up and arrested them, bur
,hey they could-not explain how they
got into the store.
1t is the opinion of Chief Burke and
the members of the police force that
with the arrest of these three men the
mystery of the many robberies that
have puzzled the department will be
solved.