The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-05-25
OUR MARINE POLICE.
Mounted Officer Cummings
Sceurs Newark Bay
in Haste.
A FUGITIVE NEATLY CAPTURED.
How Three Sneak Thieves Failed
to Get Away With Mrs.
Jackson's Cash Box.

Mounted Officer Cummings yesterday
Joined the marine police and covered
himself with glory by the successful
chase of a fugitive sneak thief across the
waters of Newark Bay. He had to
abandon his horse and take to boat In
the course of pursuit, but he was equal to
the emergency. Cummings says he
would have taken to the water and SWAN
after the fugitive If it had been necessary.
but 1t wasn't. One of Dick UldrIch's
boatmen gave him all the help he needed
When Jersey City establishes pernlan-
ent marine police Cummings should be
made admiral of the feet.
s At half-past one o'clock yesterday
afternoon three sneak thieves tried to
carry away a cash box containing S41 be-
iouging to Mrs. G. H. jackson, the pro-
prietor of confectionery store at No. 70
Linden avenue. Greenville. Two of the
thieves engaged Mrs. Jackson In con-
versation while the third enoered the
dtning-room at the rear of the store,
through the alley at the side of house.
and took the cash box from the closet
where 1t was kept.
AGENTS FOR Ell DORADO.
The two thieves who were talking to
Mrs. Jackson in the store represented
themselves as agents of the Ell Dorado
Company, and said they wanted TO place
show card in the window. They had no
cards with them. and Mrs. jackson think
ing that they had left them outdoors.
went to the window to get a look at them.
AS she did so she saw the third thief
sneaking out of the alleyway with the
and yelled, stop thief" The thief ran
down Linden avenue towards Ocean
avenue, and then. seeing that he was be-
ing followed. threw the box into the
street.
Jasper Taylor. of No. 90 Noble street.
gave chase, and although the thief had a
lead of over half block be succeeded In
catching him and took him to the Fifth
precinct police station. where he regis
tered as William Morgan. forty-two
years old, OF Cleveland, Ohio.
The two thieves who were In the store
ran toward Newark Bay as soon as Mrs.
jackson gave the alarm. One of them
secured a boat at Dick Uldrich's and paid
boy one dollar to row him over TO New
ark; He said that he had been in tight
at Stencils Atlantic Garden, and wanted
to get to Newark In q hE1fF.
"A nfFExr CHASE.
Mounted PolteemanA Cnnlmjrgs of the
Fifth precinct he'd heard injtHe meantime
that the thief haa gbne towstd Newark
be reached sUldrich's he was informed
that his man had hired} a boat nearly an
hour ago. He scanned the bay and saw
Whist appear}d TO be a boat Within . few
hundred feetNof the Newark shore
Cummings was not to be beaten, and he
ordered Dick Aldrich to get out boat
and take him over. One Of the boatmen
offered to take Cummings across, and the
couple started in pursuit Of the fleeing
thief
STUCK IN THE MUD.
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they saw that the thief had run his boat
into the mud. He succeeded in releasing
it, however, and seeing the policeman
approaching, ordered the boy to row for
'ail he was worth" The boy was ex-
hausted. however, and the thief. grab
bing the oars, started In to row for
liberty.
The boatman who was rowing Cum-
mings boat proved to be the better oars
man and, after a hot race. succeeded in
pulling up to the thief. Cummings then
drew his revolver and threatened to shoot
the thief if he made any attempt at resist
ance. The captive was then transferred
to Cummings boat and brought to this
city. while the tired boy was left to row
back at his leisure.
When arraigned at the Fifth Precinct
Station House the fellow refused to give
his name, and acted in very ugly manner.
The only question that he answered was
In regard to his age. He said he was
thlrty-two years old. he was registered
as John Doe.
The third thief escaped and his wberea-
bouts are not known. Mrs. Jackson de-
scrtbes him as tall man, with q heavy
black mustache and crooked nose.
THEY MET AS STRANGERS.
Policeman Cummings SAID this morn
lug that he overheard a conversation be-
tween the two men last night. He heard
Doe say:-"Remember, Morgan, you do
not know me when we come up in the
morning." and sure enough, when the
couple were arraisned before Justice
Kimmerly this morning Morgan told the
Judge that Doe had no hand in the rob-
berry.
II stole the money" said he, "and in
Justice to this man (pointing TO Doe) /
would say that never saw him before in
my life"
Mrs. Jackson identified Doe as one of
the men who represented themselves to
be the agents of the Eldorado Company.
Morgan and Doe were committed for
trial in default OF 81, 900 bail each.