The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-06-26
Brave Miss lulu Prange.
New York World.


twenty, living with her parents at
| No. 1858 Fulton avenue, Brooklyn,
was robbed of her pocket.book on
| Clinton avenue yesterday morning
by Theodore Hollis, middle-aged
man, who lives on De Kalb avenue,
a few doors below Waverley street.
She pursued the thief with horse and
foot and caught him, but he told her
such a pitiful tale of his poverty and
| the sufferings of his family, which
was verified subsequently by visit
to his residence, that she gave him
half of the contents Of the pocket
book. While she was inquiring into
the matter, however, the police ar.
| rived and the object of her benevo-
lence was, against her wishes, car.
ried off to station-ho use, where he
was locked up on a charge of high
way robbery preferred by police
man.
''About 50 IL O'clock" said Miss
Prange to a World reporter, ''while
walking along Clinton avenue" be
tween De Kalb and Lafayette, saw
the man leaning against tree with
his hands around his head. He ap.
peared to be in trouble. 1 thought
he was sick, but took no further no
tice of him then. A few minutes af.
terwards my pocket-book was seized
gently and / let it go. as 1 thought
it had been taken by one of my
friends who wanted to play trick
on me. As l turned round. however,
to look I saw that it was taken by
the man whom [ had seen leaning
against the tree.
Bring back that pockot-book,
l said to him angrily.
The man hesitated, but did not
say anything. and then ran away.
L followed him from the corner of
De Kalb and Clinton avenues to
Washington street, and up Lafayette
avenue to Waverley street. He was
here about hale block ahead of me,
and l screamed for help. A crowd
of about forty men and boys gather
ed around me, but just then butch
er's wagon. driven by a nice young
man, came along. and jumped over
the wheel on to the seat and ordered
him to drive along as fast as he could,
as the man who was running in front
had stolen my pocket-book.
"He urged the horse on but still
he went at very slow rate and /
commenced to lash him with my par.
sol. And this made him 60 faster.
We overlook the man and I jumped
from the wagon and seized him by
the coat-sleeve and ex.Alderman
Dawson got hold of the other arm.
He handed me back the pocket-boOk,
and as 1 saw his face. which was of
a deathly pallOr, it impressed me
favorably.
"'What made you take my pocket
book? I asked him.
"1 have wife, he replied, 'and
two children who are starving. and [
committed the theft in a spirit of
desperation. For Gods sake don't
let my wife know of it,
eff that be true I said, take
me to your home and will forgive
you
81 cried when he told me this
story; I couldn't help myself. I fol-
lowed him to his home, where we
found an intelligent. tidy and modest
woman with two children in most ur-
gent need, and we were informed by
the woman that her husband was an
honest and industrious man, who had
done his utmost to obtain employ
ment. then ordered Mr.. Dawson
and the persons who had entered af-
ter US to go out and leave me alone.
1 searched the room. which was
scrupulously clean. to verify the
mans story, and discovered that
there was not a particle Of food in
the house.
"The old man sat down on a chair,
took his two little children on his
knee and cried, and so did his wife.
I had to cry too. 1 opened my
pocket-book and divided with them.
"'What are you going to do with
me? the old man asked. with tears
still in his eyes.
"'TO forgive you, of course
answered.
cat this stage our conversation
was disturbed by violent knocking
at the door, and [ looked out through
the window and saw four policemen
seeking admittance.
"'You can't get in I shouted to
them.
"But they did come in. and not.
withstanding my pleading for the
old man they arrested him and took
him to the Fourth Precinct Station
House, where he was locked up. and
tomorrow morning he will be taken
to court to answer for highway rob.
berry. but I will not make charge
against him."
M -.