Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-01-12
TWO MEN
FOR R0BbER|ES
Members of Voorhees, Gang
Now in Clutches of County
Seat Police

NEW BRUNSWICK, Jan. 12:-
With the arrest of Harry Haskamp,
Of New York City, and Alfred Cole.
of Salt Lake City, and the identifi-
cation Of the latter as Arnold Bush,
a renewed effort will be made by the
county detectives to clean up the
Frank Voorhees, gang which is de-
clared to be responsible for n Sol
R~ubenstein robbery in Perth Am
boy, Topper Brothers, Hanover &
Wolfson store robberies here, and
also Plainfeld and South River
store robberies, the past several
years. Cole and Haskamp were ar
rested by Roundsman George Cox
of the local police Monday night
on q charge of carrying concealed
weapons.
Voorhees,. the leader Of the noto-
rious band, is serving a term in
tate prison, along with an accom-
plice Watson for the Midtown bank
robbery. and Bush and Haskamp
ere in the clutches of the local au-
thorities. The other members of
the gang may be arrested in the
rear future.
Held in Heavy Bail
Bush, alias Cole. is being held In
The county Jail in default of $22,0OO
bail, while Haskamp is still being
held at local police headquarters.
The bail of Bush is for the following
asses, $4,000 is for the Lenox Lunch
holdup where 1925 was taken, $5,-
800 is for carrying concealed cap
ons, $4,000 each for two charges OF
assault with attempt to kill and
$4,000 for the theft of a diamond
Din from the New Brunswick Y. M.
' A IN Eebru lry IA. 1920.
County Detective Ferd David
worked hard last year In ar effort to
ext.adite members Of the voorhees,
band from New York state to Mid
dlesex county in connection with
numerous robberies Imprisonment
81 witness and other obstacles
made \ Impossible for this plan to
be accomplished and for a time the
nffort was given up. This morning
David identified Cole as Bush. one
pf The men he had attempted to ex-
traiite. The homo of Bush Is said
TO be il. Weodhaven, l.. l.
Probe Recent Crimes
After the sleuth had informed
Bush regarding some OF the iatters
record, one Of his most recent crimes
being a sore robbery on Long Is
ldHC IOI MIlitI NV Noo
Elmira rcformatory, the prisoner
recognized the detective. -Four
charges against Cole are pressed by
the local police while David is the
complainant in the stickpin charge.
This pin, the property of Joseph
barracks, was stolen from the local
Y. NJ. C. A.. while voorhees, was
wrestling barracks. On a slgnai
from Voorhees,, it is alleged. Bush
secured a key to barracks locker,
stole the s.ickpin and the pants in
which saIiie had been placed. Inc
county detective asserts that he later
received the pin from a staDle-
worker a. Camp Raritan who had
purchased 1t from voorhees, for $9o.
AHaskamp who is being held by h
ocal police pending an lnVestlga-
ion, has admitted to Chief O'Don-
iell certain information regarding
lis criminal record. He informed
he police that in 1917 he was sent
10 Sing Sing for a Hudson, N. Y.
burglary but that his sentence later
ms suspended, also the serving OF
! term on Blackwell's Island for re-
,eiying, a term in the New York
iity reformatory and also a term In
Eew Jersey state prison, the latter
or a breaking and entering job in
Union county. Haskamp ais as
,erts that in November of last year
ne pleaded guilty to third degree
burglary in White Plains, N. y, n
sentence was suspended. 1t is evil
lent that his offender has been CIV
IN too many chances by the authori-
les of New York state, and the re-
suIt is steadily increasing crime
lists.
4 telephone operator and a por-
err in the local telephone office will
,e brought to the prosecutors Of
ice to identify Bush in connection
With the Topper store robbery, for
hese parties saw the three men
leaving the establishment on the
morning of the robbery. Silk shirts
md ties stolen from the different
torres in the county were found in
possession of Bush when he was SEN
.enced to Elmira and also at the
nome of Voorhees,. After the pin
robbery, Voorhees, skipped from the
town for a while and stayed at Has,
Ramps home in New York. The
plainfield and South River police
will be called in an effort to identity
Bush and Haskamp with robberies
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