The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-19
SLOT7ERER ARRESTED.
The Man Who Assaulted Mrs. Fitzgerald
nj !: lznheth NMbhrd by the Iol;cr.


Mt I: tzaheth Nnbhrd by the Police.
ELIZABETH. Nov. 1S.-Thore are a good many
PEOPLE in this town who will say that they havo
known Sebastian Slotterer for twenty-five
years and have never known any good OF him.
He is now something over 40 years old. and
will shortly co back to the penitentary. where
he has already spent ten years. Tho police OF
Elizabeth have him safely locked up, and the
keercr goes back into the cell room every few
minutes to look through tho bars and see if he
Is still there They have wanted him ever
since the day before election and they dill not
got him un,il last night and even then they
had n hard time oft.
Slottcrer's acquaintance with tho police be-
gan in 1874. WHOM he assaulted his step
daughter and got five years for it. After ho
left prison his wife would have nothing TO o
with him. But lie took up his abode with a
woman of evil reputation. living on n farm
not far from Elizabeth. and. after shiftlcss
life OF five or six years. was caught Robin. the
North Elizabeth Railway station. and was sen;
to prison for five years more. Whom he got gu,
he went back to this woman. and has been Ut
to all sorts Of dcyiltries ever since. For nearly
year he has been employed as man of all
work by Mr.. c. G. Fitzgerald
Tho day before election he entered Mrs.
Fi,z:crald's house whom she was alone there
came uron her SEWN. in the sittin. room.
and tried to assault her. by chance tho gro
Gerry boy callod 1T tn. house when lie had not
Fitzgerald from Violence sIotterer, holte!. and
sacked the house before ho, attacked Mrs.
Fitzgerald. and had got a gold watci! and dia-
stairs. The rolice locked for him as well us
they could but could find no trace Of him.
SSwTf and sa 20
the diamonds. Norton suspected something.
Ard the day the Sanen EI;e got the
back to get SO more. ore OF the clerks tried
TO detain him. while the ether went for the po-
Siotterer would not t wait ' Tor the MONEY :' '"'
The DO lice wer. good deal cut W over this.
They put their heads together and decided
try somewhere not far from tho house Of his
female friend and .comranion. SO at ~ O'clock
set out in a wagon. There was the Willy VI De- -
tectiye Decker. the foxy Sergeant Elmir.rr.
and that notable slcu,h. Sergeant Gerstun.;.
They ,so had dark lanterns. As they drove
along they talko in WHISPERS and altogether
Gu. cut quite iiEnro in their progress through
They advanced frSt right steal,hily. unon.the
iittl" house where S3' i was In the haht
examined il from the outside and soon salts
fled themselves that no man was within. The
outbuildings in the ne.ghborhoot. The near
e.. est was tho barn Of George NJ. Brutswert.
They advanced upon tins and opened their
dark lanterns. In the mud in front OF the
barn door they found the tracks II m-n. re-
Gently made and pointing inward. All then
drew their clubs and all stoned breathing.
The opened the suHcaking door and en-
tore! Their vas ~ great stack of hay almost
filing the place. Sergeant Emin:er's lantern
found footprints. the same as those before tho
door br'crttTc Decker'S lantern foand an
'.i slouch hat ut tn" edge OF the bay. Scr
gca0t 'crstung's lantern found Il hout stick
ing out Of tho hay
"'Iuii on thq: boot, said all three. and FL
ming"r pulled. 1t had a lc. inside Of It. Ser-
-"an i.imrr g"r h"aved no and dragged out IL
nlan, III" nan they had been looking Tor.
S!"iio'"r j"r l;"t away AMI s,rang to his feet.
~" iiGs'y "iAb II Decker SWIM. around and
S.m;ir"e" Eel sunsr!n~s urnu The hay.
Ih'y han,!rnil"d him and rut him in tho
WAGON, ard wor" nearly back 10 tho iall before
beam around I'M, morning th"' b ef Of 70
ne" haH n talk with him. and founi out nj
what rawn shnn in Now York he had pawned
| III" watch tn: afternoon tho Chief went m
ana GDt H. 80 NrS. Fitzgerald will get ack all
! hHr lnwct"H W Tor Niotitrrr. he will spend
some more time in the prni,eutiary.