The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-20
HOBOKEN BURGLARS.
Three of Them Found Rob.
bing a Store = Two
Caught After a
Chase.

There was most exciting chase alJer
burglars in Hoboken early yesterday
morning. Shots were fred by police
men, and the neighborhood in which the
burglars were working was thoroughly
alarmed.
The police succeeded in capturing two
of the thieves and would have bagged
the whole gang had it not been for the
stupidity of chanceman of Police.
At about half-past two O'Clock, while
Chanceman Myers was passing the corner
of Sixth and Bloomfield streets. he
noticed a light in the large grocery
store of Julius Coll. He peered
through a crack in the shutters and
saw three men ut work robbing the store.
Myers then executed a move which, to
say the least, was stupid, He stood right
on The sidewalk and shouted with
all his might. He pulled his billy and
banged on the sidewalk and blew his call
| whistle. The burglars took fright and left
! the store III a hurry. Policeman Goode,
| Delters and Whitlock were quickly at
the store Detective Guinan. of the Erie
| Railroad. VINO lives near by, heard the
| din made by Myers and also arrived.
Searcn was made for the burglars, but
| they had left the store.
Policeman Goode and Detective Guinan
made a search in the yard
Hiding behind an outhouse they
| found one of the burglars Policeman
| Goode covered him with revolver and
| he quietly submitted to arrest. In the
meanwhile Policeman Delters was
keeping guard outside. Suddenly
| his attention was attracted by
a fellow darling from the hallway. He
| started in pursuit Hold up your
hands," Delters cried, 'sor | will shoot +"
| A defiant yell from the fleeing burglar
was the only response.
| Policeman DeIters weighs about TWO
| hundred pounds. The burglar weighed
! about one hundred and forty pounds, and
was very wiry. He ran down Bloomfield
street to Fourth like deer. He gained
| on the policeman. Detters fired II
shot in the air hoping to scare him. The
| fellow kept on running The policeman
fire another shot in the air, but still the
| burglar kept on running. In the
| meanwhile the entire neigh
| borhood had been aroused
The burglar turned the corner of Bloom
| field and Fourth streets like a flash and
started toward Garden street. At the
/ corner of Garden street several young
| fellows were leaving saloon when the
| burglar came speeding along. They had
| heard the shot and seen the policeman IN
pursuit AS the burglar reached the
| young men, one of them, whose name
| is not known, put out his
! foot. The burglar tripped and lay sprawl
| ing on the sidewalk. Policeman Detuers
was one him before he had a chance to
| get up. The burglar showed fight bu
| when he looked into the barrel of q
loaded revolver in the policem an's
hands all thought Of fight must have van
ished, as he til rev up his hands and wenl
to the station house.
At the police station the fellow caught
by Policeman GooGe and Detective Gui-
nan gave his name as Thomas Rainey,
and his address as No. Is Madison
street. In his pockets We're found
a revolver and large knife. The fellow
who led Policeman Detters such lively
chase was known to the police.
| He is August Bauer and he
has just been released from State
prison. He is notoriout criminal. The
other member of the trio who escaped Is
known to the police and may be
captured today. The fellows had
about $500 worth of goods
packed up when they were interrupted
by the police. They had effected al
entrance through the fanlight. Thi:
morning they were arraignec
before Recorder McDonough and commit
ted to the county Jail on charge OF bur
glary.