Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1922-04-27
Man HELD HERE
IN HEAVY BAIL
Peter Weiner, Milk Dealer, is
Charged With Being lnSti-
gator of Bomb Plot
AGAINST RIVAL DEALER
Denies Charges, But Police
Declare They Have Evidence
Against Him
AGAINST RIVAL DEALER

Charged with instigating the
bomb plot that was brought TO light
here early Saturday morning Peter
Weiner. twenty-four years old, d
milk dealer of 296 Market street
was arraigned before Recorder Har-
old +. Pickersgill in the police coui
this morning and held under bail oi
$4,000 to await the action of the
grand jury. Hyman Weiner a broth
er, seventeen years old. of 533 Sayre
avenue, is held under a bond OF
81 900 as a material witness in the
/ case.
The two arrests were made by De
tective Lieutenant John Hun and
John Murray late yesterday after
noon after a searching investigation
that was started Tuesday morning
when the bomb was opened and
found to be loaded with scrap iron.
nails and gunpowder The elder
Weiner had been under suspicion
since the plot was reported but un-
Ill yesterday the two detectives had
been unable to get sufficient evidence
to warrant an arrest. Circumstan- :
ces brought to light yesterday how
ever. justified the two arrests, me
police say.
The elder Weiner has made a
statement TO the police. ii was given
out this morning. hut he is declared
TO deny any connection with the
placing of the bomb in the milk
wagon of Harry Langweber. rival
dealer. early Saturday morning
I.angweber found the bomb when
he returned to his wagon after a
brief absence TO deliver a bottle OF
milk. When he saw the contriyance
which resembled a candle, burning
in his wagon, he emptied bottle
of milk over the fame and eXtin-
gtished it. 1t was found that the
explosion was only averted by reason
of TIE fact that the gasoline-drench-
ed casing OF the bomb caught fire
and took the air away from the
wick. which went out before reach
ing the black powder.
This bomb has been examined by
an expert on explosives and his re-
port was to the effect that had the
explosion occurred it would have
destroyed Langweber as well as his
horse and wagon. The bomb is said
TO be of excellent workmanship and
gives evidence that the manufac-
turer was acquainted with all the re-
quirements of first class bomb.
Evidence made public by the po-
lice this morning was confined TO the
the simple statement that the car
ton of thick paper that made up the
body of the bomb strongly resembled
cartons used to pack milk bottle
tops. Several of these were found
by Detectives Murray and Huff in a
local milk establishment with which
Weiner is said TO be connected.
According to Langweber. he has
been subject to persecution since the
Inauguration of his milk business
here. 1t seems that while new
man may purchase an already exist
ing route without serious conse-
qusnces it is against the policy of
certain of the local dealers to allow
any new routes to be established if
they are able to prevent it. Two
weeks ago, Langweber, tolG the po-
lice. he found the axle nuts removed
from all four of his wagon wheels.
This case is the first bomb plot
the police have ever had in Perth
Amboy. On several occasions arti-
cles thought to be bombs have been
brought to headquarters but in all
cases the Investigations have proved
otherwise.
Jacob s. Karkus has been retained
as counsel for the two prisoners.
both of whom were released from
custody this morning when their
father produced the necessary bail.