Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-06
HEAVY JAIL TERM
FOR HIGHWAYMAN
Judge Monaghan Ais o
Deals ''Stiff" Sentence to
Phone Booth Robber
SAFE THIEVES AT LARGE
Rotan Urges Magistrates to
Hold Offenders and Adyo.
Gates Quick Trials

Judge Monaghan, Quarter Sessions
Court. today sentenced Michael Eowal-
ski, alias Michael Knowal. 1910. GER
nantown avenue. TO term OF not less
than eight years nor more than ten
years. for holding up Jacob Wagner 633
North Third street
The robbery occurred January 30, at
Sixth street and Paramount avenue.
MIR. Wagner testified that at 3:45 In
the morning, while on his way 70 work.
he was stopped by four young men,
Threatened with revolver and ordered
to turn over his money.
seventy-fve cents was all the money
he had. This the highwaymen took
Kowalskl was arrested on February 3
at Marshall and Callowhill streets on
Mr.. Wagner's description and he was
later identified by Mr. Wagner as the
youth who had threatened him with the
revolver.
Kowalski has record OF prior ar
rests.
Another stiff Sentence
With arrests recorded against him
In all parts of the country. and one in
montreal, Canada, and as many aliases
as arrests. Osmar : Bowers received
from Judge Monaghan sentence Of
not less than seven years nor more than
ten years in the eastern pententiary,
A woman and a man companion with
Bowers at the time of his arrest were
= committed to the county prison until an
investigation is made Of their past.
Bowers. william G. Benson and coma
! irons were arrested February - by
J Detective Mccarthy in the department
( store of Strawbridge 4 Clothler. for at 4.
a n flN..
phone boths by means Of Il false kew.
Bowers and Benson both had KEYS with
2 them when arrested. For quite soua
time the money boxes in the elephona
booths have Been opened and the money
taken from them.
, When Bowers was arrested in Canada
the same charge was preferred asaiust
MN. To open the boxes the KEY had 70
De turned with a certain combination
he said.
The three defendants met while fra %
veling with a Carnaval. The Irons wo-
man said she lived in Wheeling " VA
and probation olscers are goin 10 in
Nestigate her home record, 70 soc
whether or not she was previously ar
rested. Benson's record is also to be
investigated.
Bowers previous arrests were for
burglaries and picking pockets.
No CIuH to safe Thieves
The table which contained the eigbty-
pouno safe lowered by motor thieves
rom the second story OF the home of
Ut. .. j. snyder. at Narberth. last
night, while the family was at sumner
was found today on lot in the rear of
the property. -
The safe contained more than $1,000 IN
Liberty bonds, thrift stamps and lew.
eiry. 1t had been ripped out of the
table. VI '"'
Il believe the thieves Intended ,c
search the eptire house" said pocto,
Snyder today. but accidentally stur7
bled across the table. which was olos,
TO the bedroom window through which
they entered. when they opened the
wooden door OF the table and dscov.
cred the safe they probably decided &c
30 no further"
No clue to the thieves has been dis.
covered by police, who declare that the
robbery is one Of the most daring in
recent Main Line annals
The thieves entered the bedroom win
dow by climbing over the roof of :
porte cochere, shorty after dusk. Will,
Mrs. Snyder and three children were a
dinner.
Doctor Snyder. who Is president OF IN,
Philadelphia OsteOpathic Society, wa
away attending patient at the time.
Wind Aided Thieves
A high wind. according to pocto
Snyder. made the work Of the thieye
comparatively easy since the bedroom
window is on the opposite side Of tn
house from the dining room.
The robbery was discovered by Mrs
Snyder when she went mp stairs TO TAX
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ldraft she went into the bedroom an
fouad the window open, the shade nut
stering and the table gone. Two heav
splanks extended from the porte cocher
10 the lawn, indicating the manner (
(which the table had been removede
That the robbery was committed b
motor thieves was indicated by the fac
that Mr.. Snyder'A, seven-y ear-od 80
had drawn his mothers attention to a
automobile standingN at the corner q
Woodbine and LanSdogra avenue
about an hour before the robbery wa
discovered. The machine was gone whe
Mrs. Snyder notified Constable Ere
Waller Immediately afterward.
Lower Merton township police. aide
by scores OF neghbors. afoOt and in al
tomobiles, secured the surrounding coul
try for miles around. even going as ia
as Paramount Park, In an effort 10 ID
cate the thieves.
Ss5OO In Securities
The safe contained $500 worth
Liberty Bonds, $1,000 worth of Thrl
Stamps and jewelry valued at more tina
$500.
Among the pieces Of jewelry stol,
.were eeveral diamond rings, one of the
n two-carat engagement ring The
also were a platinum chain containir
two diamonds. a gold belt buckle bearir
the initials A. e. $. gold watch,
gold and pearl neckchaln and larl
quantity OF other pieces.
Speedy trials and long sentences Z
convicted highwaymen and thieves a
having good effect. according to Distri
Attorney Rotan. lie urges all MAJ
strates to expedite justice by refusil
hail TO highwsymen and burglars al
SKIS that pickpockets and confirm
iminsis be held In bail OF not less thi
$500
shortly after a letter containing Il
request had been mailed to the mag
~ trates by Mr.. Rotan, the police were a
IA yised to be on the lookout for thieN
'# who entered the Bsthayres home of He
n s ry McCarter, an instructor at the Per
:. sylvania Academy Of Fine Arts, and ST.
several thousand dollars worth OF v
uabls paintings and art relics. In q
dltion. the thieves cleaned out" br;
fittings and plumbing.
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