Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-22
|HO[D z IN CAMDEN
4 AS SAFE ROBBERS
Are Accused. Of Lootine' Amer.
! ican Stores Branches and
h Butcher Shop
FIND BURGLARs' TOOLS

S,s,icion aroused by the discovery
.ho, two men had hidden money by
saving |, IN their trousers led today ia
.ho charge that they were the safe
erockcrs who rihcd two safes in Cam.
den two weeks ago. ..-
Tbc alleged cracksmcn arc Carl Bar
tor NJ d3O Arch street. Camden. and
Harry Griffcc. Of Twentieth and Fed
oral streets. Camden.
They are accused Of. breaking open
,hc safe in the American Stores Com :
rany branch at Twelfth and Federal
s,rce,s and stealing S13:'. and Of tax :
Inc $500 in Liberty bonds from the sal
\ n Conrad Glitsch. n butcher, at 2O79
Federal street.
E,tlr Roadway in their search Tor the
thieves until II few days ago attention
vas called TO the two men at West Ber-
lin y. ]. Captain J. NJ. Amcs. of the
Pennsylvania ltailrond police. had been
warned that u man had been acting
suspico,is:y about thc West Berlin
station.
~cnt there. but. unOn seeing watchers.
custodv ns suspicious characters. \
srorh showed that Gr;ffce had $50
scwcd in thsscat of his brccchcs. Bar
icr had so hidden in the same way.
Detectives King and Painter. of the
camden Police Department. now say
that they have found tools belonging
10 thc two men which link them with
thc two safe rObbcrics. and may con-
meet them with other thcfts in Camden
Griffcc and Parker were held in $1,000
Sail for the Grand Jury today by Re-
cordcr Stackhousc.
Camdcn's tax rate for 1922 IL ten
cents higher than last year when the
rate was S2.I0. The Camden County
Board of Taxation Yesterday fixed $3.50
rs the rate for this year. \ Most of
the increase is made necessary because
Of increases in the operations Of the
city schools. So far as the city in
crcascs arc concerned this is due TO
emergency appropriations made by City
Council
Members Of the Tax Board expect TO
announce the tax rates for the various
county places. Thursday.
Arruigncd in Camden Police Court
yesterday on charge of stealing n
bicycle. Harry 'iross. twenty seven
years old. Of 80 Sycamore street.
Camden. told l,ccordcrl Stnckhousc that
he borrowed the wheel and that some
body had stolen il from him. The
bicycle belonged TO Joseph Morris, of
Hadlonlicld. Gross was held under
$500 bail.
The monthly report Of the Camden
Board Of Health shows slight de.
crease in contagious diseases. Influenza,
diphthcria and chicken pOX are in the
majority. 4 total of I3l cases was
reported for the month ending ycstcr-
day There were 134 cases reported last
month.
Judge John =. Hates. of the Camden
Common Pleas Court. is finishing his
last two weeks in that Office by disposinc :.
Of q large numbers of Criminal Court
eases. Judge Katcs rctires on April
]. ilc will hn succeeded by Attorney
Samuel NJ. Shay. whose appointment
was confirmed by the New Jersey Senate
last week.
Camden police are looking for the
owner Of n sedan automobile found
abandoned yesterday at Kaighn avenue
bridge, near Cooper River. The ear
bore a New Jersey license number
G.6jS. 3
Mayor Ellis yesterday appointed
1homas W"lch. twcnty-seycn years Old.
OF the Fourth Ward. as n member of the
police force to succeed Julius Bosch.
who died several days ago. /