Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1922-04-12
AMB0Y
MAN ALSO HELD
Charged With Breaking Into
and Looting Garage of ].
M. Tice Saturday
AUTO TIRES ARE STOLEN
All Three Are Being Held by
So. Amboy Police for Grand
Jury Action
AUTO TIRES ARE STOLEN

SOUTH AMBOY, April 12.-with
the arrest last night of two Perth
Amboy men and the capture of a
third at South Amboy this morning
the looting of the garage of Joseph
NJ. Tice at Broadway and Main
street early Saturday morning was
brought to light. The robbery was
kept quiet by the local police be-
cause of information in their hands
that later led to the three arrests.
Others are expected shortly.
Those in custody charged with
breaking into the garage and steal
Ing twenty-three automobile tires
are Samuel (Sonny) Madsen. 26: a
roofer of Prospect street. Perth AM
boy: John Kondas. alias Bruno"
20, a carpenter who gave his home
at 745 Cortlandt street, Perth Amboy
and Anton Brombert. of the Melrose
section of South Amboy. Madsen
and Kondas were taken into GUS
tody by Detectives Joseph Gutowski
and John Murray on Smith street,
Perth Amboy. last night, while
Brombert was arrested by Officer
Stanton of the South Amboy police.
this morning. ALI have been turned
over to South Amboy and will be
arraigned before the recorder. and
held for grand jury action today.
Officer Charles Jorgensen of the
Perth Amboy force assisted in the
arrest of the prisoners and succeed
ed in gaining a partial confession
from one of the men that later led
to the recovery of seventeen of the
at 356 Hall avenue. Perth Amboy,
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light at a store on New Brunswick
avenue Perth Amboy.
According to the version of the
robbery given out by the police of
both cities the garage was looted at
o'clock Saturday morning after
the men had returned from an al
legged unsuccessful booze deal at
Keansburg. The truck in which
they were riding broke down near
Tice's garage and while repairing
the damage the garage project was
Matched. Brombert was involved,
it is said, when he was elected from
a lunch wagon after an alterca-
tion and was escorted to a neighbor-
ing corner by a policeman. He no.
ticed the men at work on the truck
and was included in the garage af-
fair. 1t is declared that four men,
excluding Brombert, had intended
to loot McDonald's cafe at Keans-
burg, but were thwarted in some
way. Phil Owens and Buck Egan
are also sought by the police in con-
nection with the robbery.
Entrance to the garage was gain
ed through the main door. and the
door leading to the spare parts and
tires was also forced. A sum OF
money lying in the till was untouch-
ed, the thieves concentrating upon
tires, all extra size Michelin cords.
Their value Is set at $3.50.
The operations of the robbers.
however, were noticed by a railroad
brakeman, who saw the men pass
under the bridge and recognized one
of the men going toward Perth Am
boy. He notified the authorities of
Perth and South Amboy. Bruno"
Kondas maintains that he refused to
participate in the garage robbery
and walked the bridge back to Perth
Amboy.
Madsen and Kondas were returned
to South Amboy by officers Quinlan
and Malacewski last night. 'Buck"
Egan and "Phil" Owens are still at
large.