New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-03
IN INSULTING RUFFIAN CAUGHT
,upows DOWN SEVERAL WOMEN IN THE

rupows DOWN SEVERAL WOMEN IN THE
.r,vrrs AND GIVES THE POLICE CHASE.
..,o-.d ruffan. who had not even the excuse of
,rcss for his brutality, insulted number OF
o0 IN the neighborhood of seventy fourthst and
N on ave on saturday evening. and led the police
hase before he captured. At 8 80 O'Clock
W.. evening Policeman Tyler. OF the East sixty
'" nd police station, was patrol at seventy
se'e" near Fourthave.. when he heard the shriels
n eoming from seventy hfthst. in The direction
o. r,ral Park The officer up the street. and saw
" ,od man running down the street, pursued by two
- who were shrekng at the top OF their voices
ssesr Joined the chase. The negro who was fleet
- ran through Msdison-ave. TO seventy fourth-St
:" % ,h,ough that street to Park-ave where, finding
So, closely pressed by the officer, he scaled the iron
l,,,nrs that surround the opening into the New
"a central Railroad tracks, and leaped into the
.nsl g distance Of about dwenty feet,
.I,svinc that the fugitive had been either MANNED
tgIeo By the fall. the officer summoned Policemen
e,Corshv Lynch, Kelly, casey, Roe and O'Nei TO his
o. The whole squad then entered the tunnel at
s.re,,y seeond-st aud, having been provided with
an,e-ns began search for the To their surprise
=, wa: not to be found at the opening through which
Ia had eaped The searching party then divided INTO
SO squads. one gong north and the other south
r ouad going north found their man in the west side
mel AZ seventy eighthst, hiding in the ditch at the
q nj the track He had been badly bruised by MS
Ian into the opening at seventy -f0uIthst' ouV h"u
10 climb into the side tunnel and crawl nearly
quarter Of a mile before his strength gave OUT lie
mas carried into the open air and. after the apphcaoh
~ restoratves, he taken 10 the East eAV
seS,nth-st police station where he described himself
% Thomas Lawson, twenty years old OF eo4
second-ave. and said that he worked In Lederef 5
stable Fifty -hrst-st., near Third-ave. lie Is ai9o
Known TO the police a. George Leon.
When he arrived at the . lice station Lawson was
confronted by Kate william servant 10 the PreSDy-
teriAn Hospital and Hannah ilyneS waiter al NO a.
Fast seventy ffth-st Kate made charge OF assault
AGAINST lawson She said that she was walking Oh Mail
ss ave. near seventy -fsth-st when Lawson aoc'sUeN
and made an Insulting proposition to her She Indignant
" repulsed him. when he attempted to grasp her by
she threat and she ran away. Lawson followed her
+hrouch seventy ffh-st. and she took refuge In the
easement Of the house where Hannah Hynes Is en-
Moved Hannah. who is stalwart and bold seized an
nmrnella and ran out 10 Kate's assistance. Hannah
laid the umbrella over LawsonS head and jabbed MIN
with the point OF it until he ran off, the two women
following him and uttering the cries for help that at
1racted the policeman
Hardly had Kate and Hannah told their story when
Mary McCartly, servant at No. 80 East seventy
.ortst arrived at the police station, and Recognized
lawson As the man who had assaulted her early III
The evening. she said that Lawson had met her al
NadiSonaye and Sixty-third-st at about O'CLOCK su
made Insulting offers 10 her She rpeiied him. where
unon he seized her by the throat ana threw her 10
,be Sidewalk she screamed. and he ran away Lay"
con WAS placed In cell and half dozen other women.
-, .rs.d 10 rive their names or addresses, called
81 the nolice station and complained that they had
hsen aAcosted in an insulting manner by Lawson The
,r,sonep who is small-sized wry negro, with mick
Inns = fat nose and c0ffee-colored compieMJh' was
rraigped before Justice Murray at the forkVle romeo
Court Yesterday morning Despite the overwhelming