Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-20
BOOZE EHOLDUP
FO|LED TODAY
Liquor Truck Between Rah-
way and Woodbridge Es-
Capes When Men Flee.
NO ARRESTS ARE MADE
BoIIschWeiIer in Newark
Court Yesterday Says Al
legged Thieves Are "Friends
of His"

Thirteen hold-up men, in two
touring cars, attempted to hold up a
motor truck loaded with booze on
st. Georges road between Railway
Ind Woodbridge about 1880 o'clock
but were unable to carry out their
plans owing to a touring car which
accompanied the truck, getting
bway. Fearing that the occupants
pf this car would spread the alarm
The would-be hold-up men disap-
peared in their cars.
The whiskey was being taken from
Newark to Perth Amboy in truck
owned by Lippman Brothers of New
brk. Following 1t as a guard, were
two touring cars. The hold-up men
b1et the truck and touring cars just
south of the Pennsylvania railroad
bridge where it crosses st. Georges
road on the outskirts of Railway.
They succeeded in stopping the
truck and one touring car, but the
bther swung around and started to
bpeed towards Railway.
No sooner had this car disappear
ed than the holdup men changed
their plans and they too speeded
AWAY. The Woodbridge police were
notified of the attempted holdup
and they in turn notified Railway,
Elizabeth and Newark officials to be
On the lookout for the cars bearing
the highwaymen. No trace of them
was found. however.
The truck continued to Perth AM
boy where the load was delivered
and 1t then returned to Newark.
David Curly" Moon and Frede-
rick Chick" Bauries. the two men
arrested early yesterday morning in
New Brunswick charged with hav-
ing been implicated in the $4,000
whiskey robbery from the Pennsyl-
sania railroad yards at Newark last
Sunday morning, were arraigned be-
lore United States Commissioner
John A Matthews in Newark yes
ferday. afternoon and held in $4,000
bail Zach. The charge is one of
conspiracy to steal from an inter-
state shipment.
Hold Two in Liquor Robbery
Marshal Albert Bollschweiler, of
this city, came into the commits
sioner's Office during the hearing
bnd declared that both Moon and
5auries were friends Of his. The
marshal then inquired as to what
|. tharges were being preferred
against the two men and offered to
take charge of the prisoners until
bail was obtained. He also endeav-
pred to have Commissioner Mat
thews reduce the bail in this case.
Both men are well known to the
New Brunswick police, having been
arrested before as a result of their
gambling activities and alleged con-
pection in other booze holdups.
Moon gave his address as IS Albany
street, New Brunswick, and Bau-
ries said he lived at 1872 Suydam
streef New brunswick
The Newark police and Pennsyl-
rania railroad detectives discovered
500 empty whiskey cases and twen-
ty-one empty barrels in a barn on
the outskirts of New Brunswick.
This barn was located on the farm
Of Frank Erhart. The barrels were
found to be stenciled in the same
manner as those stolen from the
freight cars in Newark and it is be-
Geved the whiskey was removed to
bther containers in order to avoid
detection in disposing of the liquor.
Erhart told the detectives he had
vented the barn to two men, whose
names he did not know, for $50.
lie later identified both Moon and
Bauries as the men.
The clue which led to the arrest
of the two men in New Brunswick
restaurant early yesterday morning
WAS said to have been picked up by
j. detective on the ''whiskey curb
market in Newark.
Protest Against Reissuing Permits.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20-Prohi-
bition leaders today protested to the
government enforcement offices,
tgainst the reissuing of permits to
wholesale liquor dealers to handle
Intoxicating liquors. The claim was
made by Wayne b. Wheeler, coun-
pei for the anti-saloon league who
headed the delegation that issuance
Df the permits to liquor dealers, not
manufacturers or wholesale drug
gists was not authorized by the Vol
ttead act.
The permits, hundreds of which
are outstanding, expire automati-
kally December 1. Mr.. Wheeler ap-
5ealed to the prohibition office, not
10 grant renewals, asserting that the
permits had facilitated the diver
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