Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-03
PLEA IS MADE
BY STEGAWAY
Says Not Guilty to Charge Of
Robbery Many Other Pleas
Heard in County Court.
rBy Evening News stan Correspondent

rBy Evening News stan Correspondent
NEW BRUNSWICK, May 3
Robert Stegaway, Perth Amboy
gang leader of years ago. and Err
reese Teschkc, of Woodbridge town.
ship, this morning pleaded not guilty
to charges of larceny and receiving
in connection with the robbery OF
$4,000 cigars from a freight car in
transit at Metuchen on April s.
Russell Epstein. the Perth Ambay
alleged go-between," who was ar
rested by the Perth Amboy police
and indicted on a charge OF receiv-
ing stolen goods, was not in court,
but his attorney, Harry Medinets,
stated hat he had left Perth Am
boy to be in court. Bail was fixed
at 1850 each.
John Shanko and Thomas Smith,
Of Perth Amboy, pleaded not guilty
to charges OF breaking and enter
Ing the store of Louis kaplowitz
and Joseph Levine at Perth Amboy
on February 10, and stealing meats
valued at $3.50. Ball was fixed at
500 in each case.
A plea of not guilty was entered
by Jacob Boyer, who is charged
with receiving five stolen liberty
bonds at South River on February
~. Dali was HAUL ut 2Spus
Max Schnirman, u Perth Amboy
jeweler, charged with deserving his
wife and children at Perth Amboy
on January Is, entered a plea OF
not guilty and bail vas fixed at
$1,000.
George CARTS, of New Brunswick,
indicted for committing sodomy at
Raritan township on Morris Rlchkln
on March Is, pleaded not guilty, and
bail was fixed at $4,000. Paul Ewing
was assigned to defend him..
ALEX Casper, of South River. in
dicted for forging a. check for $50
ION the Peoples National Bank OF
4 New Jersey on March %, pleaded
not guilty. Bail was fixed at $500.
and J. r. Appleby was assigned 10
represent him.
An admission of guilt was made
. by Alex Karpinski, twenty-one years
old, of South River, who was indie
ted for carrying concealed weapons.
He claimed he purchased the gun
when he was drunk. The South
River police reported that this man
has been leading a good life since
he was arrested five years ago on
a thievery charge, and placed on
probation, and he was therefore
sentenced to serve a three-day SEN
tence in the workhouse.
Harold Morrison and Harold Spot
ford, of Perth Amboy, indicted on
charges of breaking and entering
the establishment of David Fass,
and stealing a quantity of whiskey,
pleaded not guilty, and bail was
fxed at $500 in each case.
Charles Antonek. of Perth Amboy,
pleaded not guilty to an indictment
charging the larceny and receiving
of $500, and bail was fixed at $500.
Louis Dallas pleaded not guilty to
two indictments, one charging afro
cious assault and battery committed
on his wife at New Brunswick on
April 2, and the second charging the
desertion of his wife and children.
Bail was fixed at $1,000 in each
case.
Harry Peyton, sixteen, of New
Brunswick, before the court oil a
breaking and entering indictment in
connection with a freight a rob-
berry, had his case referred to the
juvenile court, where 1t is believed
he is on probation.
Louis Kashlinsky, of New Bruns-
wick, pleaded not guilty to two IN
dictments charging assault and bat
terry, and bail was fixed at $500 in
each case. Falas Mislas, OF Wood
bridge, pleaded not guilty to an afro
cious assault and battery charge,
and bail was fixed at $1,000.
Paul Marnah, Of Woodbridge,
pleaded not guilty to the larceny of
several doors and windows on April
3. Bail was fixed at $500 and Paul
Kemeny was assigned to defend him.
julius Krebs pleaded not guilty to a
serious charge committed in Madi-
son township on June %. 1919, and
bail was fixed at $4,000. He is held
in bail on several other Indictments
charging the same offense.