Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-20
BIG BOOZE AND COFFEE
R0BBER|ES HERE DEEP
MYSTERY FOR POLICE

Mystery surrounds the ROBBERY OF
fve barrels of liquor from the home
of Peter S. Byrnes at 142 State
street, between and 5 o'clock
yesterday morning and the theft
of a considerable quantity Of cof-
fee from a warehouse in the rear
of 169 Madison avenue on Monday
night.
Although Peter Byrnes this
morning stoutly denied that he had
secured the stolen liquor, there is
q rumor around town that an old
offender who has been mixed up in
numerous booze raids In this city,
was found to be the party who stole
the booze, and that this party
agreed to return the booze to Its
rightful owner. 1t Is claimed that
a member of the local police depart
ment secured the information that
lee to the return of the liquor.
II. B. Deter, agenut for the Ar
buckle Bros. Coffee Company in
this city, reported today that the
stock of coffee in the garageAand
warehouse, valued at $4,000 is prac-
tically a total loss las result or
the fire and robberies after the nre.
He stated that there were l.2UO
pounds of coffee in the automobile
truck when he put the car in the
pdIdEe dL O.oU " SioNn, ~AU
the car was recovered on OAK
street about o'clock Monday night
there were 238 pounds Of coffee In
same.
In addition to the 1900 pounds
of coffee in the automobile, there
was about five tons of coffee in cans
and bags, in the building. The hre
which damaged the building and
stock. and the water used IN extin-
gushing the blaze, destroyed DIE
part of this stock and robberies az
ter the FIRE greatly diminished tne
stock. 1t is possible, the agent
states. that the parties who took
the automobile might have taken
the remaining 962 pounds of cof1ee
from tih truck and left same In tine
garage, instead of stealing It.. 1t is
hard to make an estimate or what
vas taken due toconditions LETT py
the fire.
II is the opanion in this city that
the car was taken by some partles
10 move liquor, the coffee signs on
the side of the car and the lou.
cases of coffee in the car would
greatly cover up any suspicious tnat
booze was being transported.
Ryrnes Robbery Not Reported.
The robbery Of the five barrels
of LIQUOR from the home or Peter
pyrnes was not reported to the local
notice. and the owner claimed yes
terday that he did not report the
matter to anyone. County DetectlVe
William Fitzpatrick, however. was
seen talking to Byrnes yesterday al
ternoon, and appeared 10 pe "oiN
ing on the case.
The coffee robbery on Madison
avenue, was discovered shortly at
ter 8 o'clock on Monday night, when
e. Williams, who owns the building
was attracted by fire in the struc-
ture. He turned in an alarm OF
fire and the firemen came upon the
scene. The automobile truck and
its contents were then found TO pc
missing. The truck was later found
on Oak street, with only a small
part of it's contents.
The building, which was almost
entirely destroyed by fire, was not
covered by insurance, but the conee
is covered by insurance, the local
agent reports, but he does not as
vet know the amount of insurance,
inasmuch as it is carried IN NE"
York.
Drugstore Robbed
Some time between 11:15 o'clock
last night and 1880 o'clock this
morning the City Pharmacy, located
at the corner of Smith and Oak
streets, was entered by thieves who
made away with a considerable
quantity of stock and cash. En-
trance was gained by forcing a rear
window.
The thieves, it is believed. then
made their way to the front part OF
the store and stole thirty Waterman
fountain pens, twelve 1ngersoll
watches, six boxes of cigars, twenty
four razors of different makes, and
S45 in cash from the register. The
thieves apparently made considera-
BILE noise in committing the robbery
as several showcases in the store
were broken, the robbers, it is be-
lieved, broke same instead OF taking
the trouble of opening the doors.
The robbery was discovered by s.
L. Katz when he opened the store
this morning. The finding was i'm
mediately reported to the police.
Other stores in this vicinity have
been visited in the past month or so
and attempts made to gain entrance.
Small Robbery Reported
Sophie Machuski, off 80 Alpine
street, reported to the police last
night that some boys stole $12 in
cash from her All of these rob-