Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-13
JUDGE WARNS
n. Y. GUNNER
Judge DAILY Makes Example
of Two Arraigned Before
Him This Morning

NEW BRUNSWICK. April ia
New York gunner coming into Mid
dlesex county had a warning hand
ed out to them by Judge DAILY this
morning when he passed sentence
on Arnold Busch and Harry Has
kamp, convicted yesterday on four
indictments after they had pleaded
guilty to one. The sentence in each
case range from nine and a half
Years to sixteen years in states
prison.
They were convicted OF grand, iar-
ceny in connection with the theft OF
S3z7 from Harry Silverstein's res
faurant in this city last December
for which a sentence of from four
and a half to seven years vas i'm
posed. On a charge of assault with
intent 10 kill. on each of the Two
men in the restaurant. sentences OF
from two to three years in each case
or from four to six years for the two
charges. were imposed.
The two men pleaded non cult TO
the charge of carrying concealed
Just before the trial start
ed and for this charge a sentence
Of from n to three years was i'm
posed. The court said that 1t must
be known to all men that this coun-
" Is not safe for these outsiders 10
indulge in what Is called holdups.
The complete records of the two
men. Busch, who is twenty-five. n
Haskamp, who Is twenty-four. were
before the court. Haskamp served
time in Trenton state prison and
Busch served a term at Elmira re-
formatory. The court pointed out
that their bad records did not justify
Ieniency. The court also declared,
We have a good county. generally
speaking. where law and order Is
respected as high as in any section
Of the United States"
Richardson & Lyons represented
the defendants. The state charged
the defendants with committing the
holdup at the restaurant 5 O'Clock
on the morning of December 80.
Silverstein's restaurant is situated a
block from the courthouse and the
two holdup men stuck up Sam
Ringle, cashier, and Richard Dwyer.
4 waiter, at the point of a revolver.
Il is alleged that the holdup men
ordered money or your lives and
left the establishment telling the
men not to move or they would be
sAot. q
The defendants failed to set UP an
alibi that they were at a party in
Haskamp's home, New York City. at
he time of the holdup.
Another Prison Sentence
Walter Miller, colored. of this city
convicted of assault and battery on
Helen valviny, was sentenced to
serve one and one half years in
states prison by Judge Daily this
morning. Miller was indicted for
assault with intent to rob. but an in
lictment for assault and battery
With q request for l%eniency was re-
.urned. He has served prison and
jaltaxms for similar offenses in the
nast.
II Is said he came to the girls
tome looking for liquor while he
acted like a raging maniac from the
effect of booze obtained in some
other place in the vicinity OF Burnett
street. In imposing sentence Judge
DAILY referred to conditions around
Burnett street where there is sus-
,icion of heavy liquor traffic.
Workhouse Sentence Given
George Davis, colored, of Roose-
veIt. convicted of the larceny of a
revolver and a quart of liquor from
his employer. DIR. Messenger, was
sentenced to the workhouse to serve
sir months. He has already been
IN Jail for two months. The report
that the man perjured himseif on
the stand. will be investigated oy
the prosecutors Office.
Sentence Is Deferred
Sentence in the case OF John
Mime of Roosevelt. who was con-
victed of atrociously assauting ana
battering his son, vas deferred to
give the probation officer a chance
10 investigate similar cutting attacks
made by the man on other parties,
Pleas are Taken
Frank Brazek pleaded not guilty
10 an indictment charging the main
tenance of a ~disorderly house at
Roosevelt on February 1. He re-
tracted a former plea and bail was
continued.
Jacob Greenstein of Newark. con-
victed on september 20 Of assaulting
A abraham C. Beekman of Cranbury,
entered a plea of not guilty and bail
was fxed at $4,000. Milton Preger
requested that bail be lowered. but
Greenstein's action since his indict-
ment did not warrant any reduc-
iion-
Jacob Astrin of Perth Amboy. in
dicted for embezzling ~s3.472.42 from
Mary Schickler at Perth Amboy,
pleaded not guilty and bail was FIX
ed at $4,000.
Frank PyIieka OF South Amboy.
Indicted for malicious mischief on
March 20. pleaded not guilty and
bail was fixed at $500. He is charg-
ID with destroying a fence and hedge
valued at SIS.