Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-09
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New York Authorities Here.
Epstein was taken into custody at
$40 o'clock last night by Lieutenant
Detectives Joseph Gutowski n
Michael Muska, after these officers
together with Captain Long n
Lieutenants John Huff and Jonn
Murray had been working on II
case, since Detective Gutowskl hrstt
became suspicious about the a on
Saturday. Epstein was released =
$1,000 bail last night. pending
investigation of the New YORK slol
of the case. New York detectlVe4
will come here today on the case.
Detective Gutowski in passing the
Eagle garage at 336 Prospect street
last Saturday, noticed the car with
New York license plates 260-6O7 con-
nected with wires. The officer ques-
toned Frank Brylinsky. proprietor
of the garage in regard to the car,
and found that Nathan Epstein had
secured same in New York. The en-
CINE number on the car was 576OS4.
On Sunday Detectives Muska and
Gutowski again visited the garage,
and found New Jersey license plates
on the car. The garage owner told
the detectives the plates had been
secured on Smith street, and an IN
vestigation revealed the plates be-
longed to 1. Harris, of S13 Smith
street. Harris had taken atride TO
Asbury Park in the a on Sunday,
while his license plates were on the
car. The detectives, Huff, Murray
Muska and Gutowski worked on the
case Sunday and Monday, and on
Monday a visit was made to the
Harris store. but Mrs. Harris did not
know how their plates had come
into possession Il Epstein.
After visiting the Harris store, the
detectives went to the garage OF
Harris on Oak street. where they
found the son attaching the plates
to his fathers car. Captain of De-
tectives Long has been investigating
the Ease through the stolen car
sheets received in his office, and
succeeded in finding that a car with
engine number 576081, had been
stolen from a Minnie Appelbaum III
New York City on May 20. The de,
t~ectives then found that the figure
81" of the engine number had beena
changed to a a." and the car wafl
taken to police headquarters yesterf
day afternoon. -
Epstein told the local authorit
llldl lie Ildtt Gu Nv 1ot
John Taylor, of $50 East 9Th street2
New York to sell in this city. Ep4
stein did not have a bill of sale for
the car, but claimed that Taylor
promised to bring same down when
everything was ready for the selling
of the automobile. M
Another Arrest For Car Theft ri
Timothy Meeney, 4t~wenty-onez
years old, of 315 Madison avenues
was taken into custody last night
by Lieutenant Detective John HuffA
and Joseph Gutowski on a grand
larceny complaint. This arrest was
made in connection with the taking
of the automobile of Fred Fisher
of Lind street, Fords, from in front
of the Roessler e Hasslacher Chem
ical Company's plant office yesterday
afternoon.
After the original report Of the
theft, Fisher came to headquarters
early last. night, and stated that he
wanted to make a complaint against
the party who took his Ear A war;
rant was ISSUED for Meeney's arr
rest, and he is being held in 5000
bail pending a hearing tomorrow
morning. Il
Investigate Other Case n
Captain of Detectives Lawrenef
A. Long has investigated a repoES'
from Harry Shedd, director of the
Stolen Auto Underwriters Detective
Bureau of Nassau street, New York,
in regard to the finding Of the
names of two local men on a piece
of paper in an automobile in MaryS.
land. The engine number of the
car had been tempered with. and
the underwriters association are end
deavoring to trace ownership of thes
car. The local detectives have
learned. that a wrapper bearing t
names of the two local men wefC
given to a magazine agent some
time ago and this agent has since
run away with funds and an auto-#
mobile belonging to a company
from Orange. 1t is possible that
the car located in Maryland was the
enc taken by the magazine agent
and the wrapper given by the locafS