The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-10-01
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to the department as having been
stolen, is that correct?"
swell, it would be car that had
been recovered by the department"
but in the first instance. reported TO
the department as having been stolen
and recovered by the department."
az wouldn't say that it was reported
to the department it had been recovered
by some detectives who claimed II to be
stolen car. 1t may not have been re-
ported to the department"
Gasolene Used In stolen Cars.
1T was for gasolene to be used in that
stolen car thus described that this re-
ceipt was issued?"
THAT is right"
"And that is true of this whole batch
of receipts that have been offered in evil
dence?"
1T is"
"And have you done that for the years
1919 and 1920?"
"For the periods for which the receipts
were issued, yes"
"As I understand it. you haven't the
receipts covering the whole Of either OF
those years?"
only a Few m0nthS.
There are a large number OF other
receipts that were not for stolen cars,
but could not be charged against any
car. the information is so meagre on the
receipts" Mr.. Wallstein said. '"These
three patches which are in evidence rep
resent a segregation of those gasolcne
and oil receipts which, upon their face
state that they are for gasolene and oil
issued to cars stated In the receipts to
have been stolen?"
THAT is true" the witness said.
Mr. McDermott read from his record
for 1919 as follows:
There Is one Buick car received gas
olene and oil during those five months,
with total Of 1929 gallons Of gasolene
and 216 quarts Of oil.
There Is a Dodge car received gasolene
and oil in those five months. with the ex-
ception of July. That car received 156
gallons Of gas and fourteen quarts OF
oil.
There is a Packard automobile re-
ceived gasolene in May and again in
September a total Of fifty-eight gallons
Of gas and nine quarts Of oil.
"A Hupmobile receiving gasolene and
oil In May and June and small amount
In July, the total amount drawn being
las gallons Of gas and forty-one quarts
Of oil.
IAN Oldsmobile receiving gasolene and
oil during August and September
amounting to Ill gallons Of gas and
seventeen quarts Of oil.
"a Cadillar car receiving gasolene in
May and again in July, August and Sep
tember, amounting to 3S1 gallons Of gas
and thirty-six quarts of oil.
"A Ford car receiving gaeolene and
oil during the five months. a total of 272
gallons of gas and forty-nine quarts of
oil.
"a Hudson car receiving gas during
the five months amounting to 1853 gal
Ions of gas and ninety-eight quarts OF
oil.
Another stolen car the receipts for
which are signed by the same group OF
men. receiving gasolene and oil during
the five months, but the make of the car
is not given, receiving 1922 gallons of gas
and thirty-four quarts of oil.
"a Jordan car and two others, a
Chandler and Studebaker. that received
thirty gallons of gas and two quarts OF
OIL The total distribution of gas and
oil to the stolen cars during the five
months was 1900 gallons of gas and SIG
quarts of oil. The cost of the gas was
s1,21s and Of the oil $S2."
Practice Continues in 1920.
For the months of October and No
vember, 1920, Mr.. McDermott gave this
report on gas issued by police stations
to cars marked stolen:
Buick car, receiving 449 gallons of
gas and 80 quarts Of oil in two months ;
Ford car. receiving 1876 gallons of gaso-
lene and 81 quarts of oil Stutz, re-
ceiving AZ gallons of gas and 4 quarts
OF oil: a Chandler, receiving rs gallons
of gas and % quarts of oil; Liberty,
one month, 81 gallons of gas and A
quarts of oil Haines for the month Of
November, SO gallons of gas and 8
quarts of oil Cadillac, 213 gallons of
gas. rs quarts of OIL a Dodge. IS gal
Ions of gas, 6 quarts Of oil; a Hudson,
so gallons of gas. 8 quarts of oil; a
Maxwell 25 gallons of gas. 4 quarts of
oil; an Oldsmobile, 10 gallons of gas
and quarts of oil. Then there is a car
marked stolen car under the same
signatures which for one month re-
ceived 81 gallons of gas and 3 quarts
of oil, and miscellaneous cars during
those months receiving small quantities
amounting to 40 gallons of gas and 2
quarts of oil. A total for the two
months, October and November, 1920,
of 1888 gallons of gas and 142 quarts
of oil. The value of that would be
s3s6.40 for the gas and $22.72 for the
OIL"
did you make a particular analysis
Of any Of those alleged stolen cars with
reference to the withdrawal Of gasolene
and oil Just before week-ends and holi-
days, and what did you find as to that?'
ION a Buick car which was marked
stolen we found that on May 29, 1919.
there were two lots of gasolene drawn
for that car one lot of seven gallons
and another lot OF twelve gallons-nine-
teen gallons In one day."
THAT is the day before Decoration
Day. is it?"
'"rhat is correct. On the 30th, Deco
ration Day, there were six more gallons
drawn for that particular car; on the
31st, Saturday, there were nine gallons
of gas and two gallons of oil on Sun
day there were fifteen gallons of gas
drawn for that car; on Saturday, May
3, there were twenty-five gallons Of gas
drawn for that car on Saturday, May
10, there were only three gallons drawn !;
on Saturday, May II. there were seven
gallons: on May "a. Saturday. there
were five gallons; on May 81 there were
nine gallons; on Saturday, May "a, five
gallons of gas were drawn from the
store house. and on Sunday, May %,
there we're ten gallons drawn at the
Hath precinct which is out on the end