This Day in History: 1946-05-26

Police connected a series of crimes with the escape of two youths from the Warwick, NY Reformatory on Saturday, May 25th. Willian Mann, the operator of a service station on Route 17, reported that his 1932 Chevrolet sedan had been stolen from his driveway sometime between 2 and 9 in the morning. Meanwhile, Patrolman Thomas Wilson found an abandoned car along the highway. It was out of gas and had a flat tire. It proved to have been stolen from a Chester man who lives close to Warwick, NY. Leo Woody, proprietor of a small roadside stand along the highway reported that a window had been broken and some peanuts stolen. Police surmised that the two New York City youths had abandoned the Chester car when they got the flat tire. They walked a short way down the road, stolen the peanuts and continued on their way with the stolen Mann car. The police sent out a state-wide alarm. Later the Mann’s car was recovered by the Fort Lee Police. (Bristow)