Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1921-06-14
JURY OUT IS MINUTES
Both Defendants Take Stand
Telling Stories of Activ-
tiles Here
WERE NOT EMPLOYED
Fail to Show They Were Hired
to Transport Liquor From
FaSS' Home

NEW BRUNSWICK, Juno 13.-
Harold Morrison and Harold Spot
ford, both of Perth Amboy, were
found guilty yesterday afternoon in
the county court on an indictment
charging them with breaking and
entering and burglariZing the resi-
dence of Dave Fass, at 24-26 Smith
street, that city, early on the morn
ing of April s.
John Shanko, another Perth AM
boy man, yesterday changed his
plea of not guilty to one of guilty
to an indictment charging him with
the theft of ten gallons of wine and
twelve boxes of cigars, valued at $50
from the store of Joseph Kisiatkos-
ki, Perth Anboy, on February 2.
These were the outstanding features
in two cases that have been in the
courts for the past month or more.
Thomas Smith, an accomplice of
Shanko's will probably change his
plea when he appears in court on
Friday. and 1t is probable the two
men will be sentenced at that time.
A second indictment against the
two men charges them with stealing
a quantity of meat from Joseph
Levine and Louis Kaplowitz in
Perth Amboy, and 1t is not known
whether the two will change their
plea in tvs case. Shanko has sew
eral other indictments against him,
including the F'ishkin robbery.
Ludwig Wolff Case
Joseph Zboyan, Arthur Huff,
ney will be tried in the county court
tomorrow afternoon at 1880 o'clock
in connection with the Ludwig
Wolf liquor robbery. The jury in
this case has already been drawn.
The jury in the Morrison case was
out about fifteen minutes in the case
before returning a verdict. Assistant
Prosecutor John E. Toolan prose-
cuted the states case, David Wilentz
appeared for Spofford, and Walter
Sedan represented Morrison.
Morrison on the stand yesterday
afternoon told the court that he had
never been convicted. although he
admitted breaking the law by trans
porting booze. He gave as his occu-
patton peddling, informing the court
that he sold shirts, ties, etc. Assist
ant Prosecutor Toolan asked the de-
fendant to mention some of his GUS
toners, and the names of Huff,
Meeney and Herman, etc, were
mentioned. Morrison claimed Fass
approached him relative to moving
the booze from the Smith street ad-
dress to the rear of the Rector street
address about 1 or 2 o'clock on the
morning of April 8.
Morrison claimed the reason he
did not move the liquor earlier was
because he could not get hold of
"Bob's Taxi" as he wanted to secure
a Sar to move the liquor himself.
Morrison claimed Spofford was un
Il h1 inf Of M a
he (Morrison) tried to get the car
Spofford had to do the job alone. In
reply to a question, Morrison told
the court he had not been paid in
advance, but claimed that he had
good security.
Spofford took the stand and told
the court that his home is in Perth
Amboy but that he has not lived
there recently. This defendant ad-
mitted having some drinks in him
on the morning when he was arrest
ed, but denied being drunk. He
claimed that he thought Morrison's
story a fishy one when he was ap-
preached that morning, and this was
given as the reason for leaving the
car on High street to first investigate
the case. Spofford claimed the rea-
son for driving the car around City
Hall Park was to put anyone off his
trail. Spofford told the court that
he was to secure half of the $50
from Morrison.
Captain of Detectives Lawrence A.
Long and Lieutenant Detectives GU
towski and Muska of the Perth AM
boy police force when called to the
stand told the court that they did
not hear Morrison ask Fass on the
morning they were arrested why he
did not come to the front and say
that he (Fass) had hired them to do
the job. Fass denied employing the
men to do the job. He admitted
having been convicted for violating
the XOlStead act