Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-05-13

Further investigation by the police
showed that Rizzo's correct name
was Stephen Zampella and that the
address given by him in Newark was
fictitious as he does not reside 1t
| that number. 1t is believed he il 4
| Jersey City man. He was arraiEned
! before Acting Recorder Leon McElr
roy on the robbery charge and held
| in s25,000 bail for the grand jury
| He was taken to the county jail at
noon by a Pennsylvania railroad de-
tective. The two wounded men in
the Railway hospital had their bail
fixed at $4,000 each also.
According to Capt. John Coakley,
Of the Penr sylvania railroad police
who arrived in Woodbridge earIy
this morning to investigate the case.
his Office received a Tip" that
Hull. who had been employed b
the railroad as a yard conductor
had succeeded in diverting a box
car so tina. II vas shunted to thr
Avenel siding instead of going 1,
the Market street wharf in Phila-
delphia. AnticiDating a robbery Of
the freight car last night ten Penn
sylvania policemen came to Wood
bridge and after securing the add:
tional heln OF five local policemen
went TO the Avenel siding to watch
the car.
The railroad policemen in the
party were Lieutenants McNeilIs
Boraldl Mccarthy and Rotheim:
Sergeants Tucker. Redden. Roach
and Smith Patrolmen Wilson and
Matters. The Woodbridge officers
were Sergearts Walsh and Larson
Patrolmen Andrew Simonsen, Elm
horn and Gibson.
Shortly attsI midnight the officers
took up their watch at the siding.
Some tim after they had been in
hiding touring car was seen to
drive up. The occupants looked over
the situation and apparently decided
that it was safe to go ahead with the
robbery - the car drove away re-
turning later followed by a five ton
truck.
The truck was backed up to the
freight car, the door was forced
open and the work of removing the
contents was started. It was abuus
! O'Clock when the work got under
way.
According to the railroad police
it had been agreed to capture he
men without shooting if possible.
After watching the robbers remove
a number of boxes from the car
and place them in the truck. the
police closed in on the truck and
ordered the men to throw up their
hands. Instead. the railroad police
say. each of the car robbers drew a.
gun and started firing at the officerss
The officers then retaliated with the.
result that two of the robbers
dropped from bullet wounds. None
of >he officers were struck by the
flying bullets but the man that made
his escape by running to the tour
ing car and speeding away was in
jured, according to the police. This
other man was taken a prisoner.
The police had Duffy taken to the
Railway hospital as he appeared to
have been the most seriously in
iured. the bullets having wounded
him in different parts of the body.
Hull was first attended by Dr. B.
w. Hoagland after which he was
also taken to the Railway hospital.
The truck and prisoners we:ae
taken to the Woodbridge police sta
ton. Ths truck was the property of
the H. Lozovick Trucking Company
OF Newark and carried the license.
n. J. XSS3t. The cases which had
been loaded on the truck Contained
notions. cigais corsets and phono-
graphs.
Inspector George Spencer Of the
Pennsylvania Railroad and Chief OF
County Detectives Ferd A. David
came to Woodbridge early fhse
morning on the case. The truck
was taken to New Brunswick ans.
arrangements We're made 10 I'll
raign Rizzo and have him rz-
manded to the county Jail to await
the action of the grand jury the
two wounded men are unslsr polieo
guard.
Hull. according to Information co.,
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