Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-11
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Of THREE MEN
Arrested on Attempted Safe
Robbery at the Barber
Asphalt Plant
SEEKING PAY ROLL
Two in Hospital Suffering
from Gun Shot Wounds at
Hands of Local Police

Detective John Murray of the To-
cal police department detective bu-
reau is pushing his investigation to
abtain the records to date of Will
liam Carlson of Port Reading and
John Geraldson of Woodbridge, for
mesly of Tottenville, who are in the
local hospital suffering from gun
wounds as a result of the activity
of the local police in preventing the
robbery of fifty pound safe from
the office of the Barber Asphalt Oil
plant on Thursday night. The record
of Irving Thayler of Glens Falls, N.
Y, the third man arrested in the
case, is also being sought.
peculiar tip sent Detectives Muir
ray and Michael Mus6a. Motorcycle
Oficer Paul Layden, and Patrolmen
Steve Grega and Michael Patten to
the clump of bushes adjoining the oil
plant office about 8 o'clock on We'd
nesday night. The presence of three
men in the office foiled the robbers
at that hour, but the police squad
stuck to its post
The confession of Thayler, obtain
ed about an hour after his arrest
showed that Geraldson, who is well
known in this city and on Staten
Island, posed as an Official of the
Barber plant in getting Carlson
from his Port Reading home later
on Wednesday night, trouble with
their car and fear of the men in the
bushes, believed to be buns or
dicks" prevented the robbers from
starting their work. The robbers
were helped to get start by an
other car, after their engine trou-
BILE on this night
Thayler's confession tells of his
association with Carlson and Ger
aldson, fellow-w workers at the Bar
Der plant, the three of them having
quit their laborers jobs five days ago.
The Glens Falls lad. said to be the
son of wealthy merchant, tells of
living with Geraldson in Woodbridge
and at the Salvation Army hotel and
2 Smith street, this city.
Geraldson and Thayler spent Thurs
day afternoon and early evening to-
gether, canoeing, swimming, etc.
About eight O'Clock they called
Carlson's home from drugstore
In this city and the iatter's father in
formed them that the son was not
in. Later a meeting for 9:15 at
State and Smith streets was arrang-
ed.
IOlIlR out Sldl6 SlIStlg Tie WOulQ
be robbers suspected a car follow
ing and after looking over the Carl
son car to let the other automobile
pass, a stop was made in front of
Nickenig's hotel where it was decid-
ed to take the safe from the win
dow. The automobile was then TAX
en- to a position opposite the Office.
Carlson and Geraldson left the car,
leaving Thayler on guard duty in
it. Just as the two neared the office,
thew also approached the crouched
figures of Murray and another of the
squad. Geraldson was Informed that
he was under arrest and as the
words left the detectives lips, the
would-be robber made a swing at the
detective and missed. At the same
time he placed his hand in his poe
ket as he started away. A shot from
Murrays gun checked him, the bullet
going through a bone in the leg but
a break was not caused.
At the same time, Carlson started
away, yelling to Thayler to leave
the car and run. Thayler got away
from the scene but the Port Read
ing man was felled by shots from
the revolver of officer Patten, one
entering his arm and the other his
leg, the latter bullet travelling down
ward and shattering the bone in his
knee DIR. Frank C. Henry, Sr., and
DIR. Frank c. Henry, Jr., operated
yesterday and extracted the bullet.
A si.ve wire has been used on the
bone in an effort to save the leg.
Thayler was arrested on Amboy
avenuo by Officer Carl Monroe sew
orel minutes later and he was ar