Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1920-07-28
HELD IN BAIL
IN TIRE Theft 7
Benjamin KapIoWitz and Phil
ip HaIpern Charged With
Receiving Stolen Goods.

Benjamin Kaplowitz and Philip
Halpern, two of the members of the
Jersey Tire company on New Bruins
wick avenue. were both held in
$4,000 bail this morning to await
the action of the grand jury by Re-
| corder Harold E. Pickersgill on a
charge of receiving stolen goods In
connection with the tire robberies at
the plant of the Empire Tire Conn
pany in Trenton. At the hearing
| this morning the prosecution was
handled by Assistant Prosecutor OF
| the County John A. Coan, and
defense was represented by David
Wilentz.
The hearing was opened with
Prosecutor Coan questioning Samp
son H. Smith. factory manager OF
the Empire Company's plant IN
Trenton. a concern which manufact-
ures rubber goods, including tires.
Mr.. Smith told of fifty Atlantic
tires In a shipment of 400 from their
plant to the Charles Williams stores
| in New York, June IA, being missing.
The entire shipment had been on the
platform at the plant waiting for
the delivery truck which did not
arrive until $3.50 in the evening after
the shipping department had been
closed. In the morning the tires
were placed on the car without being
counted, but upon arrival in New
York the truck driver counted them
and found fifty short.
One of these tires was afterwards
found on a car belonging to Joseph
Gallagher in Railway. Mr.. Smith
claimed that the defendants admitted
selling this tire. but he claimed they
denied selling five tires made by the
Trenton concern to Jack Moran in
Newark. They also admitted selling
twenty-one tires to the Star Tire
Exchange of Elizabeth.
The Empire Tire Company, Mr.
Smith told in his testimony, sold
thirty-one tires to the defendants
before the other tires were found
but the tires sold to them, were not
the same ones as the tires located on
the Gallagher car or in the Elizabeth
store. Mr.. Smith stated that the de-
PENDANTS had admitted making
a deal to purchase $50 firsts and
seconds from an unknown party al
SS each. The deal was made. it was
said at the hearing, and one NIGH
labout July 1, while Mr.. Halpern was
eating in a restaurant, he was noti.
fed that a load of tires was at hif
shop. Mr.. Smith claimed Halperr
lassisted in taking the tires off and
paying $1,000 to the party he claims
not to have known.
Prosecutor Coan asked Mr.. Smith
the wholesale price from the factory
of seconds, the smallest size, and ht
lreplied 1885, and the prosecutor
also asked the price of first class
tires. the smallest size, and a reply
Iof $3.50 was made. During this
Questioning the prosecutor and the
defending counselor argued over diff
Iferent rulings.
The defending counsel then pro-
Iceeded to cross s-examine the witness
lasking regarding the serial numbers
of the fifty tires stolen from the
Williams shipment. and the witness
replied that it was a gross mistake
on his part, he having left the date
at the factory. He furnished some
of the serial numbers connected with
the case, and also explained the sys.
Item of tracing tires at the plant. In
summing up the case Attorney Will
entz applied for dismissal on the
ground that the state was working
on suspicion and that no date had
been furnished, but the court ruled
that they would place the case be-
fore the grand jury and bail OF
$4,000 each was ordered furnished
The tires supposed to have beer
purchased by the local company are
part of about 1000 taken from the
lplant in the past several months, and
tire establishments all over the state
Iare being searched for the remainder
of the loot. Assisted by detective
sergeant from Trenton, the arrests
lin this case were made by Detectivt
Sergeant Lawrence Long and Detec'
tive John Murray.