Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-14
2NEW BRUNSWICK men
TAKEN into CUSTODY
. IN WALSH MURDER CASE
BY STAN Correspondent.

BY stafr Correspondent.
NEW BRUNSWICK. Feb. IA
Two arrests were made this morning
of New Brunswick men who have
told conflicting stories as to their
actions and their knowledge of the
whereabouts of their roadster which
was found wrecked at Hillside, be-
tween Elizabeth and Newark. late
Thursday night-it being the belief
that this car was used by the mur-
derers of Frank Walsh. the bootleg
king" of Passaic and New York.
Walsh was one of the two men muir
dered in the whiskey holdup about
o'clock Thursday night on the LIN
coin Highway between Kingston and
Rocky Hill. The two New Bruns-
wick men taken into custody today
are John Smith. of Richardson
street. and Felix Arnold. of Conduit
street. They will be held under So
900 bond as material with ssses.
1t is thought to be the intention
of the detectives to prove that the
roadster owned by Smith & Arnold
was not stolen on the night of the
whiskey holdup and murder. but
that two of the members OF the
party which murdered Welsh secur-
ed the car from the New Brunswick
men as a result of their being ac-
ouainted and possibly friends. The
roadster while going at fast speed
was wrecked at Hillside late Thurs-
day night and an officer VINO mas
tened to the spot to investigate. is
said to have seen two men VINO were
the occupants, disappear.
When word of the whiskey trucy
holdup and consequent murder Oh
two men was first received early Fri
day morning it was rot known that
ne~of the murdered men was Frank
Walsh of Passaic and New YORK.
known as the bootleg king" an i'm
portant factor in a ring of automo-
bile thieves and an important wit
ness of former Governor Charles ..
Whitman in the New York crime
cleanup, which took in the Eickert
murder case of Staten Island. Walsh
is also said to have stayed in New
Brunswick at times while carrying
on his whiskey transactions. His
murder is thought to have been COM
mitted by one of his former pals
who were fearsome of the testimony
he might give against them or pos
sibly by men working for men
"higher up" who were unwilling to
have Walsh testify to what he knew.
According to the detectives. the
New Brunswick "bootlegger" who
drew $4,000 from bank here on
Thursday is known! but the money
is said to have been used for legiti-
mate purposes. Samuel Perkins, the
colored driver of the whiskey truck.
and Edward Ring, a helper on the
truck. were both arrested as mater
iaI witnesses and brought to the
county Jail here Friday but released
under $4,000 bail each.
The father of Walsh visited the
morgue of Coroner Harding and de-
clared that his son had $4,000 In
cash, a gold watch. diamond ring
and stud, and diamond studded
IIlks charm when he left his home.
When Walsh's body was found eight
500 bills and eight 81 bills were
found in one of his trouser pockets.
The other pockets were turned in
side out and contents missing as was
the jewelry.
An autopsy performed on
mWalsh's body by County Physician
onn l.. Suydam showed that death
had been caused by .3S calibre re-
volver bullet entering the brain. The
revolver, in the opinion of the phy-
sician, was held not more than two
feet from Walsh's head when the
fatal shot was fired.
The detectives have learped that
an automobile rented in Trenton by
an unidentified man had followed
the truck, passed it, stopped in or
der to allow the occupant to make
a phone call along the road and also
stopped in New Brunswick. A bill
of SCI was paid the driver when he
was dismissed.
Another Booze eHaring Tonight
Sol Benharno will be given a
chance tonight to prove that Alex
Turch or John Brown of Matawan,
did not purchase a quart of liquor
in his saloon at 223 Smith street on
Saturday night. These two mer
were arrested on a disorderly con-
duct charge. preferred by the owner
of the saloon. and taken into GUS
tody by Officer Paul Layden. The
police have the liquor as evidence.
The men were fined $50 each on Il
disorderly conduct charge. Lieuten-
ant Joseph Gutowski made the
Sharge against the saioonkeeper.
Aged Metuchcn Man Dies
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