Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-05-21
SIX CH|LEANS
ARRESTED As
LOOT IS FOUND
Clue Given by 8 Young Men
of Penn Street Section
Helps Police
CLOTHING is RECOVERED
Was Found in a Tenement
House in Penn Street
Early This Morning

Working on a tip given by
three young men from the Penn
street section to Lieutenant De-
teetive Joseph Gutowski, the de-
tectiyes of Captain Lawrence A.
Long S bureau last night cleared
up the Isidor Stern clothing
store robbery reported at s
0 clock yesterday morning, re-
covering about two hundred
suits and arresting six Chileans.
! Detectives Gutowski, John MUIR
ray. Michael Muska and Captain
Long run down many clues yester-
day and early last night and snorTE
after 10 O'Clock the captain and De-
! tectives Gutowski and Murray pre-
pared TO retire for the night. Detec-
! tive Muska continued his investiea-
{ ton. At about IL o'clock the three
young men came to Detective Gutow-
skis hone and told what they knew
of the case.
Gutowski got in touch with De-
tectlve Murray and Detective Muska
was reached at police HEADQUARTERS
The three detectives and the young
men went to the tenement house at
620 Penn street and questioned sew
eral occupants therein.
The attention of Detective Gutow-
ski was attracted by brace and BIT
at the top of the cellar stairs and as
this was boring job the sleuths were
well satisfied with the find. Proceed
ing to the cellar they found bum
dies of clothes in various sections.
the loot taken from the establish
ment at 130 Fayette street.
Men Arrested
Following the finding OF the mems
clothing and also a quantity of linen.
shirts. skirts, etc, six Chileans in the
boarding house were placed under
arrest They gave their names as
Louis Fontay, thirty-eight, boarding
boss: Emanuel Gerla, twenty-one:
Peter Towrly, thirty; Toribian Neto.
twenty-four; Joseph Brego, twenty
six, and Alphonso Negoeto twenty
seven, all of $40 Penn street. They
gave their occupation as laborers
and all six were charged with burg
larry.
The detectives called in Officers
Michael Patten and ]. F. Sullivan
and several trips were made to police
headquarters with the clothing and
prisoners. The store proprietor
whose business was saved by the
police recovery, is busily engaged
in sorting out the suits at headouar-
ters today.
The prisoners were not arraigned
this morning. but at the request of
the detectives they were held for
twenty-four hours and probably will
be arraigned ar a special session this
evening. With the assistance of an
interpreter, they win be questioned
by members of the detectives bureau
throughout the day.
After being called out on the
case at II o'clock, the detectives
continued their work until we'll after
/ o'clock and were on hand early
this morning to finish up the Job.
It was the best cleanup in the his
tory Of the local department. in the
opinion of Captain Long and Chief
Niels J. Tonnesen.
Information obtained by the
sleuths would give the impression
that the robbers made three trips
from the Fayette greet store to
their home. using a touring car to
carry their load. It is believed
they started working at II o'clock
and were finished at about 2. The
three men who gave out the tip
watched the car unloading activities
from a point about a block away
and when the newspaper report OF
the robbery was read last night, a
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