Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-05
FIRE SHOTS IN
BOOZE SEIZURE
Charge Barney Dunn Drove
Away With Truck That Did
Not Belong to Him.
TWO MEN MAKE ESCAPE
Draws Fire From Cops Guns
Booze on Auto and Theft is
Charged in Police Court.

Barney Dunn, chauffeur, of Mar
l;et street, and Sam Schlesinger,
salesman of Mcclellan street, were
arrested about 4 o'clock this morn
ing by Patrolman Emil Koyen and
Charles Jorgenson. when Dunn was
found driving a truck claimed by
Schlesinger to contatin goods be-
longing to him. Two other men in
a truck with Dunn escaped and two
shots fired by Patrolman Koyen fall
ed to halt them. When the truck
was searched at police headquarters
forty-two cases Of liquor were found.
Dunn was paroled this morning
when Schlesinger did not care to
press a charge against him for the
theft of the hquor. SchlesinGer was
paroled in Counsellor Karkus' Gus
tody, pending the action of the fed
eral authorities.
According to the story of the ro-
licemen, Schlesinger came running
to the corner of Prospect and Smith
streets telling of the robbery. The
officers ran down Prospect to Mar
ket street, and saw the truck with
three men in it. Two men :nmedi-
ately jumped from the truck and
fed. Dunn. VINO was driving the
truck and Schlesingcr were both ar
rested.
When arraigned before Recorder
Pickersgill this morning Schlesinger
claimed he was watching the liquor
for a party who had a permit and
when the men came in and took the
truck he ran out looking for an off,
Ger. Dunn claimed he took the
truck for the purpose of towing an
other automobile into the city, say
ing that the truck which he took is
always used for towing purposes.
The truck was in the garage of
Anthony Miller at 295 Market street
when the three men took it.
The liquor was packed close in
the truck with a number of empty
boxes on the rear end. possibly for
camoufage purposes. This morning
the liquor was taken from the truck
and stored in the cells at police
headquarters. Chief of Police Burke
notified Prohibition Enforcement
Officer Kerr of the arrest.
Placed on Probation
Fly STAFF Correspondent.
NEW BRUNSWICK, Nov. ST.
George Kelly. John Mallet. John
Ward, John Torres. Tony Smith,
. Walter Yenk and Henry Gasman,
the seven Perth Amboy men arrest
cd early in June charged with the
holdup of truck of booze and the
attempted robbery of the contents
near Morgan, were placed on proba-
ton for the full term by Judge
Peter +. DAILY when they appeared
before him in court here this MORN
Ing to be sentenced. The judge in
passing sentence said he was in
clined to regard the affair more as
-,-I- obi fe1
holdup with criminal intent. He
asked every one of the seven men to
swear that he would abide by the
NV in the future. which was done
by each.
Probation Officer Charles MacWil-
lam reported that all seven men
bore good regulations and that it
was first time any of them had been
arrested, with the exception of Kelly
Yho had been arraigned before Re-
eorder Pickersgill at one other time
On a disorderly conduct charge. Pro-
baton Officer MacWilliam also re-
ported that David Lerner, the owner
IF the truck from which the booze
was stolen, did not have a reputation
of the best in Long Branch. Lerner
was engaged in the real estate and
booze business, he reported. and had
4 bond with the government allow
ing him to transport three barrels
of whiskey and four barrels of alco-
hol on this occasion. Judge Yaw-
renee, Of Monmouth county the pro-
baton officer reported, had refused
to grant a liquor license to Lerner
when he applied for it. Lerner had
also been convicted of crime in I'm
, Ion county, it was said.
When arrested in Perth Amboy
shortly after the hold-up the men
were placed under heavy bail to
await the action of the grand jury
on a charge of highway robbery
Hibpit's and Gasman's bail at that
time was placed at $1,000, while
the others were allowed to go free
under $4,000 bond.