Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-01-12
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basement of Conley's home on Gar
field avenue When asked about a list
of the goods stolen he stated he had
seen this list in the hands of Jaffe
n that it showed 100 sweaters in
the goods stolen. He then told of not
doing anything about the sweaters
until shortly before Labor Day, when
he hired a fellow with a small truck
to cart some goods from his mothers
Garfield avenue home to her Philadel-
phia home and that he had put one
bag of the sweaters (all there was
room for) on the truck. He was ar
rested a few days later in Philadel-
phia when he gave Detective Test n
bag of the sweaters Ghe one he had
taken to PHILADELPHIA and also in
formed him where the other two bags
were located in his Garfield avenue
home. Characterization was now in
order by Lawyer Lloyd, in which Con-
ley stated he was 81 years of age, had
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the past 16 years and had been a
student at Villanova College for 6
years past. When asked if there had
not been some preliminary planning
or discussion of the robbery he said
there had been nothing prior to
Darby's informing him of the plans
the night of the robbery. He stated
hat Darby had suggested the light
signals and had assigned the sentries.
When questioned about the Interrupt
ton he stated that this occurred prior
to the breaking of the glass. (This was
somewhat different to the way his
statement had been understood when
questioned by the state.) But the diff
ference did not phase Conley, who
merely said the defense had misunder-
stood him. He also told in this cross
examination of getting a signal from
the corner near the Carrousel from
someone whom he could not see nor
did not know about. He stated that
when this occurred he jumped from
the walk to the beach. When asked
why he did not give the alarm to the
others in the shop he stated he was
too scared to think of it at the time.
When questioned as to whether he
stood under the arc light at Garfield
avenue and the boardwalk he stated
he did. When quizzed as to the danger
to himself by standing thus, he in
formed his cross-examinerS that he
was not accustomed to burglary and
so did not realize the danger at the
time. At a signal from Darby that
all was o. K, he went and got the
other two sentinels and they went to
the rear Of the store where Jaffe and
w. Jacobs were inside passing out
sweaters to Miller and Darby. He and
Surman and Arnold then got busy re-
moving sweaters piled on the rear
porch to the beach. He said that
Darby was the one that knew of the
Andrew avenue house refuge and that
the others had never learned from him
where the sweaters had been taken.
When questioned about the method of
distribution of the stolen goods he
said that a week later in the pool
room hat the idea of dividing the
sweaters was thought of. Cross-ex-
animation by Lawyer Sooy now came
forth. Judge Eldredge here said that
he thought the cross-examination
should be limited to new matter only.
Lawyer Sooy % asked Conley if he
had ever been convicted of any pre-
vious crimes to which Conley answered
mo sir" Sooy then introduced an
indictment from the Delaware County
Courts in which John Conley was in
dicted for larceny and receiving
stolen goods. Conley admitted he was
the party, but stated that Sooy could
find no records of a conviction. The
matter was not pressed further. Cross
examination by Solan developed that
the plan of distributing the sweaters
among the crowd had been decided
upon after it had been learned that
the lot as a whole would bring but
$10O. When asked about any, none
tary returns from the robbery Conley
said he received $1.50 the following
day from Darby.
Detective Robert H. Test, of the
P%hiladelhia police force, was now
called to the stand and he reiterated
what Conley and Unfreed had said in
regards to his actions in the case.
John Frey, of 1920 North Arbor
street. Kensington, was next called
and he stated that he had met Arnold,
Jacobs and Mary Bracken in the
cigar store here on a Saturday night
and that they had asked him if he
wanted to buy some sweaters. He said
he told them mo-" and that the next
afternoon the three of them, accom-
panied by another man whom he did
not know, had come to his home at