2 Men Sent to Jail in Theft of Auto

Camden Courier-Post - June 22, 1933

Found guilty of stealing an automobile which has not yet been recovered, two Whitman Park men were given six months in the county jail by Police Judge Pancoast yesterday.

Identified by the owner of the machine who said he saw them drive away in it, Herbert Cox, 25, of 1247 Van Hook Street, and Charles Casale, 26, of 1351 Van Hook Street, were sentenced in spite of their denial of the theft. John Harwan, of 1311 Sheridan Street, the owner of the car, testified that Cox and Casale took his machine from Mt. Ephraim Avenue and Van Hook Street where it was parked in front of his soft drink establishment. He tried to jump on the running board, he said, but could not reach it. He called the police and ordered the men arrested, he said.

Cox and Casale said they did not know anything about Harwan automobile. They were in a speakeasy drinking all night, they said, and left the place intoxicated. In answer to Judge Pancoast questions the men said they did not remember where the speakeasy was.