Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-03-25
ARREST HARTMANN ON BOLD
HOLD Up CHARGE HERE
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| go back to the time when Brown left
his comrades in order to take Moritko
out of the city. 1t Is said that as
soon as Brown took Moritko away
Hartmann. Vereb and Gadek went to
Moritko's stable In Lind street. just
off State street, n took the horse
| and wagon and three barrels. Be-
fore leaving for the Moritko stable
they had been told by Sam, It is said
that the wagon was loaded and ready
toy be moved. Hartmann and Nereb
are said to have climbed onto the
wagon and driven it out State street
toward Maurer, while Gadek went
across Parker street and down the
Lehigh Valley tracks to meet Sam
who was waiting for him.
! Shortly after meeting Sam, Gadek
Is said to have been joined by Hart-
mann who. 1t is reported, said the
wagon and liquor had been hidden In
the woods near Alpine cemetery.
Both Sam and Morris are then said to
have tried In vain to get a truck in
which to move the three barrels. evil
IDENTIFY out of the city. Unable to
secure this truck Hartmann is said
to have returned to the spot in the
woods where the horse wagon and
barrels were hidden, and began to
drive the wagon back to the city
again.
IISltlu VI BOliAb ~ NiV DAN lSlClt
or Barracks street address, which
had been given them, the men con-
tinued down Oak street with the
horse and wagon and. stopping at a
garage, which is thought to have
been the storehouse of the buyers
the three barrels were unloaded and
placed in shed. Gadek is then said
to have gotten into the empty wagon
and started to drive away when he
met the automobile containing Mo-
ritko. Jacko and Sneathe.
At this point of h story the
names of two more policemen were
brought into the case being those
of Patrolman William Bachman and
of Patrolmen William Bachman and
o'clock Tuesday morning, it Is re-
ported, that Moritko called upon
these two officers to investigate the
garage in Oak street and see IL they
could locate the missing barrels. The
men went back to the garage and by
' using his ~searchlight through n crack
In the DOR ~Jorgensen, it is said
could see the three barrels inside the
shed. The DOR was then opened
and Moritko and Gadek are said to
have reloaded the barrels after car
rying on a conversation in a foreign
language which neither Bachman
nor J%orgensen could understand. The
wagon and three barrels were then
driven back to Moritko's. No arrests
, were made by the officers and 1t was
said this morning that neither had
made q report Of the incident. II
was not learned, incidentally. wheth-
er the barrels contained WhiSkey OF
vinegar.
AS explained last night-or rather
at about 1870 O'Clock this morning
when the four men were arraigned
before Recorder Pickersgill by Pros
| ar,yfny- CT rfnlrpr tho nl9n NyaG tn have
the members of hold-up band pre-
tend they were revenue agents and
holdup the wagon containing the Id
uor, M~oritko's failure to drive the
wagon containing the suspected
booze" and his using of the automo-
bile instead however, made it neces-
sary to adopt other methods.
Hartmann, Prosecutor Stricken
claims, gave his revolver, which was
not loaded. together with his badge
to Brown who vas to i~mpersonate
the revenue official in the holdup.
Moritko claims that when Brown
jumped on the car. he saw several
other masked men in the road in
front Of his car. He asserts that he
recognized Hartmann's figure. Mo
ritko claiming hat the detective was
about twenty-five feet away when he
was held up. Moritko is also said to
have been able TO read the words
Perth Amboy'' on the badge which
Brown was wearing. n which was
said to have been Hartmann's.
After the robbery of Moritko on the
road, Brown is said to have met Hart
mann and Vereb and given each o!
Them IS, their share of the 500 which
Brown claimed was all he secured
from Moritko. On the following morn
ing Brown is said to have met Gadel
and give nhim his IS and then loaned
him one dollar additional.
The general opinion to be formed
from the facts in the case would be
that, although all were supposed tc
be working together to sell Illegally
the three barrels Of "whiskey' and thu!
get $4,000 that each one was trying
TO put one over" on the other fel'
low.
Moritko, it is said, was ready tC
close the deal for the sale of the three
barrels of "liquor' for $4,000 or Mon
day night, a $50 deposit already haV-
ing been given him. Yet he admitted
that the barrels contained nothing but
vinegar. This would indicate 1t is
pointed out, that his scheme was to
get the $4,000 for the vinegar and
not whiskey. thus fooling the Others
who would not dare complain owing
to the nature of their transactions.
Another incident in the affair which
would lnQlCate tilal all was not lalT aHC
above board men with those impli-
Gated was the fact that, after arrang-
ing to sell the "whiskey' to the buyer!
following their purchase of it from
Moritko. the fou men, Hartmann
Gadek, Vereb and Brown planned
to holdup the WACO n steal 1t anC
thus make the $4,000 themselves.
The difference between Browns
statement as to the amount he took
from Moritko and the ~latter's state
ment of loss, would indicate tina.
Brown was trying to get the better
of the deal by keeping more thar
SIS as his share. If Moritlso had lost
s36 and not 500 as Brown stated II
IL pointed out that Brown kept So
land turned the other SIS owe to, the
ether three men.
Once Mayor Dorsey had heard par
Of the story he did not let up unit
he had the case In such a position
that the net. which was quietly
spread about the alleged guilty par,
ties yesterday afternoon, could be
drawn and all implicated would bt
unable to escape through it's meshes
Moritko came to the office of tho
mayor yesterday afternoon with tho
request that he be given u permit Il
carry n revolver. When questioned
as to why he wanted q permit h,
said he had been held up on Monda,
night. Mayor Dorsey's s~tcnographel
was In the Don and as Moritkt
made his statement of facts all o
these details, apparently withou
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