Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-02
County Seat Man is Arrested
for Rubenstein Robbery
and Crimes in Brunswick
LENGTHY INVESTIGATION
Belief is That Local Men Were
Mixed Up in Robbery, but
Have Made Their Escape
By siaf Correspondent.

By staff Correspondent
NEW BRUNSWICK. April q
tollowins the Investigation which
has been in progress for the last two
months at the direction of Prosecutor
Joseph f. Stricken, Chief of County
Detectives Richard Peltier and his
detective force has at last succeeded
IN uncoNering the robbery cases that
have been taking place around the
county In the last two years. This
investigation has been in charge of
County Detective Ferd David. who
made the first arrest in the case yes-
terday, when he took into custody
John Miller, twenty-five years of age.
living at 220 Commercial avenue. New
Brunswick.
Miller has been positively identified
by clerk of Sol Rubenstein's store
at Perth Amboy which was entered
and robbed short time ago. The
clerk claims that Miller is the man
who came into Rubenstein's a week
before the robbery. pricing silk shirts,
promising that he would return later.
Gle kept good his promise and re-
turned to rob the place of about 81, 600
worth of silk shirts and other mer-
chandise.)
Up to the present time Miller is
the only person to be arrested, but it
is said that there are about five or
six others in the gang that have been
raVaging the county Tor some time
in the past. While it seems that
Miller is the only county seat man
In the gang, it is considered very like
ly that some of the other members
of the gang hail from this vicinity.
Miller was stopped last Monday by
two policemen in this city when he
was going to Port Newark. The po-
licemen started to talk to him and
after the conversation was over. in
stead of going to Port Newark as at
first decided, he turned around and
1t IS believed he notified the other
members of the gang that something
was on foot and they made good
their escape.
The county detectives went to Mil
ler's home and found a great deal
of merchandise that was taken from
the different stores around the coun-
ty One of the silk shirts found in
his home, has been identified by the .
clerk of Sol Rubenstein's, as the
shirt Miller had on when he was IN
the Rubenstein store.
The entering of store Of A. Wolf
son on George street, this city, which
was robbed twice I'm the past year.
was the work of this gang 1t was
learned, as the result of identifying
some of the silk shirts and other
merchandise found in Miller's home.
A large supply of jewelry and neck
ties with labels cut out have also
been found In his home.
When the Wolfson robbery was re-
ported late In January, County De-
tectives Ferd David and William Fitz-
patrick were assigned to the case and
they stated at that time that there
was some local connection with the
robbery. The detectives have been
able to follow UP their investigation.
by seeing men who could not afford
to wear silk shirts. with the best
styles.
County Detective Ferd David ques-
toned Miller in regard to the leather
bag which he had with him at tho
station when stopped by the policeynan
and the shirts and other merchandise
in his possession, and he stated that Z
he secured same from a man that
worked for the Simplex automobile
company.
The county detectives are watching
another house in this city, the adj
dress of which they do not care to
divulge at present. A quantity OF
clothes. ties and jewelry has been
found in this house which has been
identified by Wolfson. Some of the
members of this gang took part In
the attempted holdup of the Hanover
shoe store last Saturday night and
may have been mixed up in the hold
ups on lHt i@lilCOiil lilSnMdy SAVtt
time ago.
Miller has been watched by the
detectives of the county force for
some time. He is a crapshooter by
trade, which happens to be his only
trade. for he has never been known
to work. lie has assumed a very
silent attitude, talking only in reply
ing TO questions that do not give
much information
The accused man is in the county
Jail in default of $4,000 bail on two
charges of breaking, entering anas
robbing, one for the Rubenstein rob-S,
berry and one for the Wolfson rob-
berry. The Wolfson robberies amount-
cd to $2,S00. while the Rubenstein
robbery was reported as $4,000.
Other robberles TO be cleaned up in
the county seat are the attempted
robbery of Houghton &c Straus, when
the culprits were frightened away,
and the robbery of Teppers store on
George street