Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-07

that he had the truck seizure ar
ranged in order TO get the shipment
of liquor without paying for 1t. Tne
foundation for this theory is the fact
that a short time later the booze was
found in Zullo's barn at Port Read
ing. while the truck was discovered
standing along the roadway near
Port Reading.
It is declared that a Port Read
ing policeman saw the truch
enter ZuilG's barn and later leave
The bus man is wanted by the po-
lice. but so far he has not been cap
| tured.
The truck bearing the precious
cvargo of forbidden fluid Is said tc
be one used by bakery and the
booze was packed in large bread
boxes. Its value is placed at over
, 81. 200 and at present it is stored at
the Woodbridge police station await
| ing disposition by the authorities.
While the affair has not been
completely sifted down by the po-
lice, they think Zullo was following
| the truck III touring car and that
he was accompanied by Vincent Al
bino, twenty-six years old. of Lo-
Gust averue. Red Bank Albino il
not in custody. The police of Wood
bridge and Perth Amboy have COM
bined in an effort to capture the
rest of the men implicated in the
hold-up.
The police of this city were in
volved in the case when Officers Will
liam Buchan. Frank Tonghinl and
Bernard Toolan received notice from
an automobile driver that holdup
had been pulled at Sewaren and the
Ia -
escape through Perth Amboy. The
Officers were standing at Convery
place and Smith street when they
were notified of the incident Board
ling the machine they set out In
search for the~rucE and touring car.
lonly to discover shorty <eS4s>=7az-
THAT their gasoline tank was empty
Telephoning 10 Desk Lieutenant
iGalvin at the local police station the
policemen had Chauffeur Emil Koy-
EN- despatched with the patrol wsg-
on. A search or the surrounding
lcountry then ensued, in the course
of which these officers covered the
lroads between Perth Amboy, Rah-
way and Metuchen. At the outset
lof the search the policemen sighted
1.-THE machine but the truck succeed
ed in getting away in the interval
of delay caused by the lack of gaso-
line in the original machine COM
mandeered hy the officers.
Meanwhile Lieutenant Calvin re-
leeived an account of the holdur
from the Woodbridge authorities and
was requested to set guard on the
roads approaching this city. When
Koyen returned TO the station with
the patrol wagon after fruitless
search OF the surrounding country
l. a. Afos HI n
lholdup men were expected.
At Maurer We're Officers William
Peterson. Paul Layden, Michael Pat
ten, Michael Fitzpatrick and Ser
/ geant KasprZak who were securing
that section of the city. II developed
that two men had been seen in front
of the post Office and that they had
taken refuge in the meadows in the
rear of the building. The capture
of stanton and Jewell resulted when
Peterson looked down into the rail-
road cut and saw two dark shapes
crouched in the ditch along the
tracks. The officer plunged eown the
bank and landed on top OF the two
men.
Returning them in custody TO the
police station Lieutenant Calvin in
formed the Woodbridge authorities
of the capture and requested thar
the truck drivers be brought down
to identify the suspects The Acer-
70 brothers and Dletzei were brought
| to Perth Amboy and are declared
to have positively identified StaUE6r
and Jewell as two of tde uUK IN
plicated in the holdup. The oWue11
of the booze are responsible for fh<
statement that eight men compFfned
the holdup gang.
Just how the two alleged ban11<{
happened 10 be walking throW<1
Maurer when sighted by the polic@
is somewhat of a mystery but the
| authorities maintain that an auto-
mobile must have brought Jewell
and Stanton to the edge OF the city
and left them TO walk homewafd
| quietly, so as TO attract no attention.
| owing to the fact that the shot was
fired after the liquor thieves wheH
the Woodbridge police arrived on
/ the scene. there is little doubt that
the bandits knew they were pur-
! sued and therefore would not at
| tempt TO drive through Perth Ans
boy.
So far in the investigation being
conducted no statements have been
/ obtained from the prisoners. The
| police OF Perth Amlboy viii assist
| the Woodbridge department in the
| case. however, and it is thought
| that full details viii come ont The
number of the touring car that fol-
| lowed the truck is in the possessions
OF the police and through this
means of identification they are con-
fident that Zullo's alleged connec-
| ton may be definitely established
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