Telegram-herald., 1889-08-26
Az EXCITING CHASE
A Prisoner Breaks Awsy nom HIS
Capt0rs.
HIS PURSUER FIRES FIVE SHOTS
While -Dsrsctises cast knd Gates are
Taxing friseusr a. ths states hs
Fseapes-A Lisels Chase and Great
fAeitcuscei.

Several shots 20 Quick successor a
sound OF rapldly running footsteps
vel 0f stop that msn' stop tnAt ln2n-
these were the sounds which alright
Cd the people n the siclnliy q Sweet
Hotel al about 10 O'Clock last evening
Startled by tie sounds. tEltekAA-
HERALD reporter rushed bareheaded
and cOatless nto tAe street, and found
/ crowd congregat.ng 10 CampAu place.
A blue-cOated policeman had man IA
TOW, twenty OF thnty other policemen
quickly closed IN from every direction,
and tie prisoner was hustled OF with
little ceremony % the lookup, followed
by a curious thg0ng of several hundred
people. The reporter followed IA thc
wake of tie guardians OF the peace,
and an investigation developed the fol-
loving facts:
A. &. KnoNlson of this city, aud H.
c. W.cks, OF New York, Nj. ELo"l-
sons guest, visited Macatawa park ye.'-
terday, and while they were enjoying a
swim In the suIf some one went
through their clothes which were hung
up in the bath house Mr. knowlson
was relieved of a gold watch, and Mr..
Wlcks lost $50 ~ money. They observed
man hA flng about the b4th
house w-pm they thought 10
toe the thief. When they came
home last night they saw
the fellow on the tram and telephoned
IN police headquarters IN tins city.
Detectives Cast and Gates took buggy
and driving TO the Lake Shore cross
ing, about four miles out, boa rded the
tram. Meantime the fellow had dis
| appeared. Just as they had decided
/ that the quest was trultless, the
/ conductor informed them that there
was q man IN the water closet OF the
/ coach vino acted Queerly, and they de
! termined H. watch hlm. Hearing the
! fellow raise the window one OF them
stepped onto the platform, 10 see that
! be did not get through the window
while the other watched the door Just
As the train halted AT the station the
| fellow came out and was promptly
nabhed. lie claimed to be SICK but thc
officers determined 10 take inm 10
headquarters and examine him. On
the Wav through the streets he pre-
tended to be suffering great pam, and
the officers did not suspect that be had
any design 10 escape. Detect
i've Cast, however, kept a firm
hold OF him unul they reached the
alley in the rear of the police station,
when, Is they stepped down from the
walk, he momcntariv released ns
grip. Instantly the fellow made dive
down the alley. The officers started ID
pursuit, but just as they 90 under
good headway the fellow threw him-
self 10 the ground, and Is the officers
rushed by he jumped up and ran back
onto the street. They turned IN pur-
suit, and as they dashed up the street
Officer Cast fired five times INTO the ar
in order 10 alarm the police. The fel-
low turned up Pearl-st. and ran INTO
Campau place, where he Was grabbed
by Officer Al Wood.
On beng searched at the station K
$40 gold pieces were found upon hlm
and some small change. The money
lost bv Nh Wick, consisted OF nIne Slt
gold pieces and $ bill. The watch
was not found. and the officers are OF
the opinion that he threw itaway at the
time they heard nm RAISE the car WIN
dow. M KnOwlson Identities him a.
the ptrson he saw at the bath house
He refused 10 give his name, but say'
that he Is designer at the Phenr
factory, and CLAIMS that he j
innocent. He Is about p, rather sim
build, and has q muStache.