Morning journal and courier., 1885-08-20
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An Arrest By Detective BIakeman
 Over Thirty Girls Insulted in
 the Last Two Monshs-The Guilty
 Party Believed to be Captured.
 For the past six weeks or two months complaints have been made that stout, poorly dressed man about thirty years of age had been hanging around Wooster Square and the streets in the vicinity, insult ing little girls and women who passed by, making improper proposals to them and making indecent exposure of his person be- fore them. These insults became so freuuent that mothers were afraid to let their daugh- ters go out on the street after dark, or let them go on to the Green during the day fo1 fear their children. would be insulted by the brute. On the night of July 4 about 1g o'clock, as the five daughters of Mrs. Baker of St. John street were firing fireworks in the street, the wretch came up to the girls and catching hold of the arm of the oldest, who is fifteen years of age, made improper proposals to her, when the child pulled away from him and ran into the house and told her mother. Mrs. Baker complained at police headquarters and man was arrested, but he proved not to be the guilty party. The case was put into the hands of Private Detective Henry W. Blakeman, of this city, and he instructed some of the girls when next they saw the man to keep him talking while one of them slipped away snd informed him where the man was so that he could capture him. Three weeks ago Friday at about half-past 8 o'clock in the morning two little girls came into Detective Blakeman's house and told him that the man he wanted was at that time on the Green talking with some girls there. De- tective Blakeman slipped on his coat and put ting small billy in his pocket started for the Green as if nothing had happened and that he would walk slowly towards the party and thus capture the man. As the detective entered the Green, however, one of the girls beckoned to him and said, Here's the man you want, Mir. Blakeman." At this the party wanted took alarm and started off across the Green toward Chapel street with one of the little girls close at his heels, and Detective Blakeman, who is heavy man, following in the rear. The girl fol- lowed the man so closely that she was able to show the detective what course he took, and the chase led down Chapel street to Chestnut, through Chestnut to Wooster, and down Wooster. When near Wallace street a man tried to stop the fugutfve, but the lat ter threatened the man with pistol and ran by him and through Wallace street to Chap el, and thence across the railroad track and into lumber yard, where he was lost to view by both the girl and the detective. Nothing more was heard or seen of the man until about o'clock last evening, when one of the girls whom the brute had insulted came to Detective Blakeman's house and told him that the man had just gone down Grand street, and the detective started after him and arrested him near Jefferson street on warrant which he had in his pocket, which the detective procured from Prosecuting Attorney Cable some time ago. At police headquarters the man gave his name ss John M. Wynceop and said he lives at 60 Poplar street, and that one of his three small children at that time lay dead in the house and one of the others was dying. The man was held, neverthless, and he does not ty persons insulted by & person answering this mans description, but still it will be d hard thing to get case against him as the parents of the girls insulted do not want them to testify against him in court, although the parents want to see him punished