New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-19
A HARD ROGUE TO CAPTURE
DETECTIVE AND PRISONER LEAP FROM A
FLYING TRAIN.
AFTER swINpLINo HIS WIFE OUT OF 4 LAAo1
SUM OF MONEY HI DIsEnTs HER

sum OF MONEY HE DESERTS HER
Detective Sergeant Won Gerichten brought .
badly bruised prisoner 10 <his city from Connect.
cut on Friday night The prisoner had Jumped
from railroad train which was going st the rats
Of twenty-five miles an hour, and Won Gerichten,
knowing that Inspector Byrnes had no use for
men who permitted prisoners to escape. had
jumped Of after him Although he WAS we'll
shaken up the detective managed to recapture
his man and bring him to New.York on the next
train.
According to tho record at the Detective Bdreau
the prisoner Il thoroughbred rascal: His nams
Is Samuel W. Lewis. and he formerly was known
IN Wall Street as stockbreker on
small scale. His home used to be at No.
ls2 President-st, Brooklyn. Four year1 age
be met Mrs. Alioe Bostwick at Black
Rock, Conn.,, where she owned Q cottage
Mrs. Bostwick also owned the house No. 8 Eass
Ftftyeighth-st.. where she lived In the winter
seasons, and she possessed some valuable stocks
and bonds a. we'll Lewis found 80 much favor
in her eyes that he became frequent visitor at
her house in the winter, and she gave him money
and stocks to invest for her,
In April, 1887. she procured divorce from bar
husband, Walter w. Bcstwick, and was married
to Lewis He continued to receive money for a.
legged investments until In August, 1889, when
she had paid to him $47,25o. The statement de-
olared that SIS 800 Of that amount had been In.
vested in Pullman Palace Car Company stock.
After her marriage to him, Lewis's treatment Of
her and her daughter had become cruel, and she
was suspicious. She went to the office of tho
Pullman Palace Car Company In this city and
made inquiries and learned that no stock of the
company had been purchased in her name. When
she got home she told her husband of her discovery
and demanded true statement Of her Affairs
He then said that he had lost or spent all Of tho
money which she had given him to invest, except
small amount in Colorado funding bonds and New
York, Lake Shore and Chicago construction bonds.
After that disclosure she has declared, his treat
ment Of her became brutal He sold her horses
and carriage and pawned jewelry belonging to
herself and her daughter At length, when he
had taken from her all he could get, he deserted
her.
| Upon her complaint he was indicted for larceny
on March 81 but he could not be found In this
city. The warrant for his arrest was kept at
Police Headquarters, and Detective-Scrgeant Won
| Gerichten spent months trying to get trace Of
the fugitive Recently the detective learned that
| young woman in this city was corresponding
with Lewis She was "sl,adowed," in the ex,
| pectation that Lewis would try to see her.
| On Thursday she started for Providence,
r. l., on the steamboat, and Won Gerch-
ten went the same boat having teegraphed
to Detective Parker, Of Providence, to meet him
at the landing. The young woman went to the
Narragansett Hotel in Providence, and there
received letter from Lewis, saying that he was
| in Hartford, Conn.,, and that she could talk with
| him by telephone. She went to . public tele-
phone station and had conversation with Lcwia
On Friday the young woman left Providence
and travelled to Hartford. Won Gerichten went
! on the same train, aud arrested Lewis when b
| met her at the station. The prisoner showed
fight at first but at length consented to accompany
the detective back to this city. The young woman
| consented to travel with them, and Won Gertohten
let the couple sit in scat by themselves, while b
sat directly behind them. 1t was after dark b.
| fore the train reached South NJrwalk:
sprang froIo lis seat, raa to the mont
| platform of the car and jumped off, Won Gertoh-
ten tried to catch him before he jumped. but
| Lewis was too quick for him. Without a seconds
rolled over and over on the ground, but escaped
feet he ran back along the track. Lewis lay 40
the foot of slight emban kment. and was rub.
| was barely able to walk but Won Gerichten placed
handouts on him and helped him to South Nor
walk, where they took the next train.
When they reached this city Won Gertchten took
Lcwis directly to Headquarters and locked him
up in cell in the basement Yesterday morning
| the prisoners limbs were 80 stiff and sore thas
| he had to be carried out Of the cell, but ha
| limbered up sufficiently to walk to q car after
breakfast. and he was taken to the District-As
He was committed to the Tombs until 30.
morrow, when he will be arraigned at the CourS
Of General Sessions.