Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1919-12-06
Younq Girls Stories lead
To Drastic Action By
The Prosecutor
MORE ARRESTS LIKELY

The statement that everything was
not as it should be on the local police (
force, made in an EVENING NEWS
editorial on Thursday of this week
was brought home with n crash last
night when two of the Perth Amboy
policemen were placed under arrest
charged with grave crimes in being
implicated in the vice wave which
has been sweeping this vicinity and
is now being gradually cleared up.
The patrolmen arrested were Edward
Morgan and John Kurpiel. Two
other Perth Amboy men were arrest
ed at the same time, they being Peter
Morgan, brother of the patroman,
and William Delmore, a clerk in a
local drug store. The arrests were
made on the order of Prosecutor
Stricken, who is conducting a vice
cleanup all over the county
More arrests which are expected to
implicate moro local men together
with several from Keasbey are look
ed forward to as it Is understood the
grand jury in session yesterday found
thirteen Indictments in this case,
capias for which are in the hands of
County Detective William Fitzpatrick
and local Detective John Murray,
who are conducting the cleanup for
the county.
The four local men, after being
taken to New Brunswick In the police
patrol, were arraigned before Judge
Peter F. DAILY and bail in all cases was
fixed at $4,000 Bonds to the neces-
sary amount was furnished by Sena-
tor Thomas Brown for the two patrol
men and they were allowed to 70.
The other two men, Peter Morgan and
William Delmore, however, were un-
able to furnish the necessary bonds
and they were removed to the county
jail until the same could be furnished
Upon entering the court room this
morning, Delmore, who is married
man, was confronted by May Evigan,
fourteen years old, of this city, one
of the six who are being held as ma
terial witnesses in the case.
Delmore denied ever having any,
thing to do with the girl, and also
denied that he had ever had the girl
down to his home while his wife was
away. The girl then replied that he
was a liar and started to name the
various articles of furniture in the
house, telling the location OF each
piece.
1t appeared this morning that Del
more would have several more In
dictments set against him as he is
charged by two of the girls to have
been acquainted and in company with
them. The other girls who will testi-
fy against Delmore are Julia Sabo,
seventeen years old. of Fords, and
Julia Santo, fourteen years old, also
of Fords.
The four moro arrests made here
by County Detective Fitzpatrick and
Detective Murray last night and early
this morning in the vice clean up that
is being conducted here caused a SEN
sation in local police circles. The two
patrolmen of the local police force,
Edward Morgan and John Kurpiels
the two officers on whom capias were
served were arrested at police head
quarters early last night and have
been suspended from duty.
Following the raid on the New York
Restaurant, short time ago when
Detective Murray arrested two girls
and two men, after they had secured
rooms in that boarding house. One Of
the girls, a minor, when taken to the
juvenile court, gave considerable in
formation, that really lead to the ar
rest of the other parties. Helen Nc
Graw, of Keasbey arrested charged
with a grave crime, Is the one believed
to be prominent in giving the names
of the parties now being arrested.
Early last night the county and To-
cal detectives came into police head
quarters and gave Chief Burke in
formation that further arrests in this
CSlSC WSlo " lOllOW uuu tll0 WOIu pO-
licemen" was of great deal of in
terest, duo to the great deal of talk
for and against the officers of the
law at the present time. Roundsmen
Calvin and Jensen were not to be on
duty last night and Patrolman Hard
! ing was given the position of acting
roundsman. and this decreased the
night force little.
Patrolman Riedy, Fitzpatrick
| Quinn and Morgan arrived before Z
O'Clock In preparation for the Z to 8
o'clock shift. Morgan asked the SER
geant for tonight Saturday night) off.
and the sergeant told him to see the
chief In that respect. but he did not
| see the chief and went upstairs. In
, the meantime, while Detective Fitz-
| patrick and Murray had gone out I'm
the police auto to mako an arrest, AL
derman William Wilson, chairman of
the police committee arrived and to-
gether with Chief Burke, he went up
stairs.
The two detectives returned with
Patrolman Kurpiel and they too. went
upstairs. Roundsman Harding and
Patrolmen Quinn, Riedy and Fitz-
patrick came down ready to go on
duty, but Morgan did not appear.
Kurpiel and Morgan, it was said, were