Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1920-11-19
MAKE 8 ARRESTS
IN BOOZE THEFT
Men Arrested in New Bruns-
wick for Robbery of $780,
900 Worth of WhiSkey.
TAKEN TO ESSEX COUNTY
Local Man and 3 Roosevelt
Residents Held for Trying
to Sell Liquor in Conn.

NEW BRUNSWICK, Nov. 10
Two men, well-known to New Bruins
wick police, were arrested at
O'Clock this morning charged with
having been implicated in the $780,
900 whiskey robbery staged in the
South Broad street freight yards of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
early Sunday morning. The men
are: David Curly" Moon, twenty-six
years old. of Somerville and Fred
"Chick" Bdurice, twenty five years
old. of this city. The arrests were
made in local lunchroom this
morning by Chief George Spencer
and Captain John Coakley. both of
the Pennsylvania railroad police as
sisted by local police. The two men
are charged with the theft of whis-
key and alcohol from three freight
ears which were broken into about
2:15 o'clock last Sunday morning in
the Newark freight yards.
The robbery, in which Moon and
Baurice are charged with being inn
plicated, was conducted by about
twenty-five bandits, according to the
railroad police and Newark author
tiles who engaged in a pistol duel
with the men when they were sur
prised in the midst of unloading
whiskey and alcohol from three
freight cars. There were $50 cases
of Spring Hill and Cedar Brook
whiskey stolen and 81 barrels of al
cohol. valued in all at $4,000. Booze
representing s150,00O still remain
ed III the cars. Two large automo-
bile trucks were left by the whiskey
thieves when they ran away.
One watchman, James Gregory,
was held up by four men and taken
in an automobile to Prompton Lakes
where he was put out of the car The
bandits rode for five hours with him
as their prisoner. An engineer motto
ing the activity in the yard and not
believing the story one of the men
told him that the owner was taking
the whiskey away, made a wild ride
to the Waverly yards where the
Newark and Jersey City police were
notified and a squad of men was
called together to invade the yards.
No arrests were made and none re-
ported injured in spite of the large
number taking part and the incess-
ant gun play.
The two men were detained in the
local police station until the rail-
road officers had communicated
with Newark after which Moon ana
Baurice were handcuffed to each
other and taken TO Newark by auto
mobile to answer the charges
against them.
Both men are known In New
Brunswick as gamblers and crap
and the police declare that
they do all of their business" at
night, having made a practice of
coming into a restaurant to eat at
about 5 o'clock in the morning af-
ter which they go to bed and sleep
during The day, starting out again
mt night. This practice of the two
men was responsible for their being
so easily located this morning by
the police. Moon has served a term
In the reformatory. on what charge
he was serving could not be learned
this morning.
Baurice has been indicted for
running a gambling den in this city
but has never had his case up for
trial. He was also arrested some
time ago by the Newark police
charged with being implicated in
booze robbery. During the war
Baurice claimed exemption on the
grounds he had tuberculosis and
trouble between him
self and the government resulted.
Arrest Local Man.
Samuel DeAngelo, of this city, and
three men from Roosevelt, were ar
rested in Stamford, Conn, yesterday
charged with being whiskey runners.
The men are said to have been Ell
route to New Haven from this city
with forty cases of liquor. Revenue
agents intercepted the men, the
whiskey and automobile were con-
fiscated and all four were held under
SEO0 bnp1c Tho mon from
welt gave their names as Frank G.
Wunkowski, Charles Chasieger and
Julius Chuka.
The liquor was to thave been dis
posed of at the Yale-H Harvard foot
ball game on Saturday, the whiskey
runners are said to have admitted to
the prohibition men. Although the
bottles contained the labels of a well
known brand of whiskey the con-
tents, according to government
agents, was nothing but colored al
cohOl.
The success with which bootleg
gers sold their wares at the Prince
ton-Yale game at Princeton last Sat
Lrday is thought to have been re-
sponsible for the trip to New Haven
from this city. Several whiskey
runners invaded Princeton Saturday
with large supplies and proceeded
to sell the "hootch" in one ounce
bottles for one dollar a bottle. Some
carried larger bottles and quickly
disposed of their wares. Two ar
rests were made. both men being
from New Brunswick.
The local bootleggers and whiskey
runners arrested last week in a
small Pennsylvania town near Phil
adelphia. have succeeded in getting
back the automobiles which were
taken from them following the fight
with state constabulary officers and
prohibition agents. Several of the
cars show the result of the fight
with broken windows, dents in the
body. caused by bullets and bullet
holes through shades which appar-
emily had been lowered in the Sc
dams, According to reports received |
here the charges against the men
were not pushed. despite the fact
lat the whiskey which they were |
carrying was seized and they en- |
gagged in a revolver and rife duel |
with the state and federal officers.
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