Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-08-13
DETR0IT'S BURGLAR.
ThE GENTLEMAN CAPTURED
With -Four Officers - For
merry al ionia.

Prom the Dstroit Ne~s-
From the description Of the 'gentlemanly
burglar furnished by Judge Brown. ". H.
Heanes. Oren Scotch and Others who re
eeiyed calls from him during the psst few
months, the police declded that BILLY
Burns was the man who did this line of WORK
The entire detective force have been looking
for hin, and ar he was known 10 De ia De
troit all Of the resorts which II wac thought
he would be likely 10 visit have been watched
night and day. Yesterday Detectives a. Myier
and 1ultle located hIs headquarters, and last
night word was pas Ell around tO the men at
the Central Division 10 be on hand at mid
night for important work.
About one clock thu morning Detectives
Mcdonald, CrandsH, futile and Myier,
: ~Roundsmen, Denler, Jerry s',iIYSn and
Noble, and Patrolmen Phillips, Spillane,
Schemansky and Needham stole quietly out
of the central station and met on Croghan
street. Jnst tst of Randolph. Here they had
"a whispered consultation, ana then proceed-
ed 10 Kit" Millard's place, - Croghan
street, where the squad wa disposed, man
being stationed with cooked revolver at
every window and door of the house.
Roundsman Noble and Detectives Iutile
aud Myler then walked up the front steps
and rang the bell. The caIl answered
by one of the girls who, not knowing who
the visitors were, showed them into tbe front
parlor. The proprietress came III a moment
later and was arrested 10 prevent her from
alarming any of the inmates. She was Civ
on IN charge of policeman outside. and the
three officers then walked stealthi-
ly 10 small bedroom IN
the rear part of the house
the first floor. Flashing light IN the room
their eyes fell upon Burns, who sound
asleep IN "A bed with no clothing on him but
a thin gauze shirt. Knowing the character
of the man the taree officers threw them
selves on Burns and pinned him 10 the bed.
He began struggling almost before he Was
awake, and tried to reach his hand under the
pillow. Mcdonnell caught his hand, and
looking under the pillow found "A 3S-csslibre
self cooking revolver.
In the meantime Roundsinan Sullivan
came in, but II required the combined efforts
of the four men TO get Burns under subJec-
ton. HIS body was covered with prespira-
ton and one of the officers said: The
tussel was like struggle with a big eel.
have been in some hard fights before, but
never saw a man fight as he did, although
| half dozen revolyers were IN the hands OF
men ready 10 blow the top of his head of.
He was finally manacled with three pairs OF
handouts and taken 10 the Central station.
This morning two detectives went To the
| house of Mrs. Cannon, on Brewster street
near Antoine, where Burns had been stop
ping, and got a large leather satchel belong
| ing to him. Besides some articles of cloth
| ing there was a dark lantern, light pair of
| rabbers and "A couple of dozen drills, punches
| and fine saws; in fact all the tools necessary
| to do first-class job on safe.
Burns, Capt. Burger says. Is one of the
| coolest and most desper"t te burglars ia the
| United States. He Is - years old. five fee
| seven inches tall, and of medium build. He
| was raised in Detroit. la 1877 he was ar
rested for the burglary of W. ". Backus' =
| residence OD Lincoln avenue, convicted and
| sentenced to 10 years at Jackson. tie had
| an excellent record in prison, taught "A Bible
| class IN the prison Sunday School, and pre-
| tended To be converted from his evil ways.
| Through the Intervention Of influential
| friends he was transferred to Iona prison.
| He escaped from there, bat was recaptured
| at Louisville. KY, after a struggle IN which
| he nearly killed detectice 10y blow from "A
| bar of iron, and was returned 10 Ionia. His
! term expired last year. lie was supposed TO
| be implicated with Frank Commeau, Nose
| Stone and Patsy O'Leary in the robbery of
the Michigan Suspender Company store.
| He WAS the mysterious man referred 10 "a
| walter Ingersol" AT the trial of Nose Stone.