Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-26
TWO ALLEGED AUTO
THIEVES HELD IN BAIL
Arraigned in 18th and Pine
Streets Station, Then Turned
Over to Another District
SECOND CHARGE PREFERRED

Two men accused of the larceny Of al
automobile were held in $1,000 bail fol
court at Twelfth and Pine streets sta
tion today and then turned over to the
police of the Thirty ninth street ant
Lancaster avenue station to answer 4
charge of attempted larceny of an auto
mobile in that district.
They gave their names as Joseph Nal
lie. twenty years old. Sydenham street
near Girard avenue. and Harry Mon
tana. twenty two. Tenth street near
Race.
Both were arrested last week follow
ing the theft of the automobile of Rob
ert Maith from in front Of his home nj
2113 North Park avenue. The men
were caught, the police say. while in au
automobile towing the stolen machine
at Tenth and Lombard streets. The
automobile used as tow car was the
property Of Mallic. The men said they
were hired by stranger to tow the
machine from before Mathis home to a
repair shop at Seventh aud Locust
streets
Charged With Another Theft
The police of the Thirty ninth street
and Lancaster avenue station charge the
two men with the attempted larceny Of
IN automobile from Thirty fourth street
and Lancaster avenue last week.
Charles Limbaugh, thirty years old.
511 Duncannou avenue. was held in
$1,000 bail for court on a charge of
stealing $1,000 worth Of automobile
tires.
Ilmebaugh was arrested after Nor
ris Heirschbein. a garage owner Of 4J1l
North Broad street. visited the detec-
tive bureau at City Hall and picked
Limebaugh's picture from among those
III the rOgues' gallery as the man who
tried to sell him some stolen tires yes
terday.
Limebaugh denied all knowledge Of
the tires and said he never visited
Heirschbein' garage, but the latter
supplantcd his gallery recognition with
a personal Identification when Lime
baugh was arraigned before Magistrate
Pennock today and the prisoner was
held.
Tires Stolen
Early yesterday morning the garage
All North Broad street. owned bv
Brannigan & Schroeder. was forced
open and twenty two tires valued at
$1,000 stolen
It was these tires Limebaugh is sup
posed to have attempted to sell He
was arrested by Detectives Graham and
Reeves. of the Branchtown station.
Two automobile thieves in a stolen
notorcar led seven pursuing machines
wild chase through Frankford before
they abandoned two stolen automobiles
and escaped.
The men were first seen at Kensing-
ton and Frankford avenues. where they
rode in an automobile. One lNan got
out Of the automobile and walked to
Womrath street. about half a block
away.
He got into the automobile of Richard
Moore, of Lansdale. yesterday, and was
Just driving away when Moore saw him
Moore gave chase and spread the alarm
Six private machines and the automobile
patrol from the Frankford station were
soon engaged in the chase.
Machine too Slow
When the stolen car arrived at the
place where the bandit and the machine
In which the men went to Frankford
were the man in the latter car started
his machine and ran down Frankford
avenue alongside of Moore's machine
Moore's machine proved too slow and
the man who had stolen it leaped into
the automobile beside his pal
At Kensington avenue and Adams
street. Sergeant MenCke. of the Penn
sylvania Railroad police. called to the
thieves to halt, but they refused. As
they turned off kensington avenue into
Adams street he fired several shots al
the rear tire. puncturing both of them.
The machine in which the thieves
were riding was such powerful one.
however, that they still managed to
keep ahead of the crowd. At Eliza
beth street they abandoned their auto
Mobile and ran. Both escaped.
The automobile in which the thieves
had gone to Frankford was one stolen
in South Philadelphia several days ago
Near the place where they left the ma
chine. another stolen car. the property
of Edward Johnson, 3214 Midvale ave
nue., was found