Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-12-12
Men Caught Here Have Long
Criminal Records, Ac-
cording to Police
GET HEARING TONIGHT
Did Not Work Long Enough
to Fleece Any One in
This City

Two men with long records are
being held at police headquarters in
connection with an attempt to
swindle a big sum of money from
people in the Dublin section of this
city. The arrests were made by De-
tectives Gutowski. Muska and Muir
ray yesterday afternoon, and the
first two sleuths have been working
on the particular case for some little
time. Arraignment of the prisoners
Is scheduled for tonight at o'clock.
David Friedman, forty-two, a
tailor of 21S East V7th street, New
York City. and Ed Berger. fifty, a
jobber of 64 Avenue c, New York
City. are the men being held and
they are charged with attempted
swindle. Henry Golenbock is repre-
senting the defendants.
Friedman and Beregr came into
this city posing as clothes salesmen
and soon started to interest the Dub
lin people, in the easy money max
ing scheme. They had an outfit
consisting of two boards to be bolted
together, paper for the new money
glue, various liquids TO make an i'm.
preston from the regular money or
the plain paper and little pieces oi
silk to make the II NV money look
like the regular stuff.
The swindlers place one or two
bills. say a $40 and So between the
plain paper and give the victim an
idea of how the practice is worked
The victim is generally asked to put
several thousand dollars in bills IN
the press to make a real cleanup
and when the money is placed, the
victim is asked not to make an ex-
animation for two days. A switch
is made and when the time for the
opening arrives, the victim finds
something like $25 instead of his
several thousand.
Caught Right
The local detectives caught th'
swindlers just as they were show
ing how" yesterday afternoon ant
the complete equipment also was OBJ
tanned. 1t is said that the men ad
mitted their guilt and were sched
uled to be arraigned this morning
the postponement being made at th'
request of their attorney.
Berger has been arrested as Et
Burger in 1912, twice, and 1917, al
Elias Berkowitz in 1918. 1919, ane
1922, and Elias Groves in 1919. Ar
rests were made in Philadelphia
Peotria, ILL.,, indianapolis, Schenec
tady, Pittsfield, Mass, and Kearny
for embezzlement, perjury, grane
larceny, con game, larceny, ant
other charges.
His partner, Friedman, has beer
arrested as Ike Lub.nsky, Isaac Co
hen, Ike Cohen, Phil Levine, anC
other aliases, and is listed as a gen
.f.l- -a1 n
New York in 1899 for burglary, 190'
on a similar charge, Unlawful entr,
in 1908, vagrancy in 1903. burglar,
in 1911. burglary in 1911 and 1912
and in 1918 as a pennyweighter. A
Ike Lubinsky he was arrested in 19l'
on a d.sorderly conduct charge ant
as Ike Wapinsky was apprehendet
in 1915 for burglary. The same yea
he was arrested in New York Cit,
and Toronto for burglary and theft
and in 1922 he and his partner wer'
arrested in New York City for al
affair in Kearny, n. j.
Captain Long obtained the record
in New York City yesterday after
noon and was assisted in the worl
by Captain Rand. of the New Yorl
department. Lieutenant Detectiv
Rowe of Newark. was down to lool
over the men yesterday and ma.
connect the iarties with similar case
in Newark. the sale of gold. etc
Rowe is also working with the loca
authorities on another importan
case.
Chief Tonnesen intimated thi
morning that the catch yesterda.
was one of the biggest ever made Il
this line of work in the east.