Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1921-02-15
County Detective Says Liquor
Stolen Near Kingston is not
Far From New Brunswick
BIG BOOZE ROUND UP
Wholesale Arrests in Newark
May be Followed by Like
Action at Other Places.
BY stan Correspondent.

BY star Correspondent.
NEW BRUNSWICK. Feb. 15:--In
an effort TO determine whether any
of the well known Newark boot
der of Frank Walsh during the
whiskey holdup on the Lincoln
Highway between Kingston and
Rocky Hill Thursday night. eight OF
the ''hangouts" of these men in
Newark were raided by about forty
detectives at 1880 o'clock last night
and thirty-eight men taken into GUS
tody. After they had been exam-
ined and three of the men who were
in the booze-truck party which was
held up had failed to identify any
of them. thirty-six of them were re-
leased. They were also taken TO the
stores where the caps left along the
road had been purchased in an at
tempt TO have the storekeepers iden-
tify them but this was unsuccessful.
The two men arrested and retain
ed as material witnesses in the case
are William -Squak" Riley and Mark
Riley, his brother, of els Halsey
street. Newark. "Squak" Riley keeps
a place of business. formerly a sa-
loon at that address. this being one
of the eight places raided. Both
men were brought to Middleeex
county by County Detective Ferd 4.
David at 4:30 O'Clock this mornin1
and held under $4,000 bond EACH
as material witnesses. Property baii;
! for the men was furnished By VIII
liam Handler and Samuel b. Ffnl<el-
stein, both of Newark.
A meeting of the detectives of
Newark and the counties Interested
in this murder case was held ir
Newark at noon yesterday at which
IL was decided TO swoop down upon
all of the known '.hang-outs" .oi
Newark "bootleggers" who might be
implicated. in the affair. AT 1850
O'Clock last night, the time decided
upon eight places were entered by
squads of detectives with the result
| ing thirty-eight arrests. These men
were grouped in the gymnasium Of
/ the police station and there exam
I ined.
Petro Salamanca. Dominick Orci.
( Charles Barnabea and taxi driver
4 by the name of Gense were brought
in. but failed to identify any OF the
''bootleggers" as having been in the
/ hold-up party of Thursday night
Arthur 0ssing, who is known 70
I be the driver of the car owned by
Smith and Arnold OF this city, which
H
of the murder. was arrested at IL
I O'Clock last night upon a train from
New York as it stopped at the sta
ton here. His bail was fixed at $5.-
600 as a material witness. Peter +.
/ Tennyson. of New Brunswick, fur
nished property bail after which Os-
sing was released
Ossing is said to have given De-
tective David some valuable infor-
nation. but the nature of his story
was withheld by the county detec-
tive this morning. Ossing Is said to
have admitted taking the car out
/ on Thursday. but denied being in
it at night.
1t became known this morning
that a search was conducted SAT-
urday night on a search warrant by
the county detective of the estab-
lishment of Thomas Revilensky on
cutter French street, near the spot
where Walsh's body was found
Nothing was found by the searchers
which would show that any of the
n-urderers had visited that place,
Detective David still believes that
the load of whiskey which disap-
peared from the truck is in the VIZ
cinity of New Brunswick and was
not taken far away. although the
truck was found empty in Newark
the next day.
The touring car OF Walsh came
into his possession on Jan. Is, the
detectives have learned, he having
bought ii on notes from Mark Riley.
these notes coming due today. It is
believed the car will be replevined.