The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-16
NEARLY STEPPED ON HIN
The Stopper was safe Burglar Lang anl
the Other WINS . Detective.

the Other vas . Detective.
Superintendent Of Police William n. Brown
Of Newark sent Capt Corbett and six men
away on mysterious errand at 10 o'clock on
Saturday night, and sat up until quarter
after yesterday morning waiting for their
return. At that moment the patrol wagon
dashed UP to the door with tho mon and three
safe breakers in charge. The prisoners wero
John Lang. alias "Joker;" George Hail. and
John Cody. Each Of the men had burglars
tools In his pockets. and among them wore
several unique instruments for forcing safe
locks. They were all locked UP. and yesterday
were photographed.
The police had information that r. J. Still.
mans grocery In Irvington was to be entered
and the safe opened They understood that
five men wore in the Job and arranged to cap
ture them all Detectives Cosgrove. Jaee.
gers. and Carroll were sent on ahead. and Ser.
geants Knoll. Tracy. and WQGGins went to
Irvington on the electric cars. Afterward
Capt. Corbett drove up with the patrol wagon
and slowed 1t under the hotel shed. Still
Park avenues. at point where four roads In
tersect. and there are flvo corners from which
hid. in yards and alleys and waited
patiently for more than two hours when the tall
nE
about to go In whom they saw or heard hack
crossed the street and entered a dark space
between two budnGs In this nsyway
virgins were hidden. and Joker nearly
stepped upon .wricgins as he passed. in. Wre-
gins aroseand Lang turned aroundand auietly
'':N %eii. this is nice"
Sergeant Knoll. expecting resistance fired q
the tho spo ho ee naet
submitted to arrest and were l3aeI into tho
Lang is u convict who was pardonnd from
State Prison six months ago. llc was con.
essned % 81
ark In 1885 He was known MS IL willy thief
before that and had frequently been arrested.
Snd a" BE- strons ani b%
were, found upon him, or either of the other
engnged in safe breaking before. and it is be-
lieysd he was to act as lookout for The "therst
and ane Ioaking and but for his recent assoc $50,
citations with Joker he might have escaped
VIII Lang gu. when
50 both Lang and Iiai wer" arrested on sns:
detected and confessed the crime Lang then
said Hall was q chance acquaintance. AMI Hall
ting, Lang at that time said to Supcrintend-
- viii! stand for anything else. but not TOR
when he was released no snid: Good-bY.
You won't SEQ me again for IL while"
John Cody is II small man apparently 45
years old and is said to he tho mechanic OF the
two. The police say he is the brother OF Pat
Cody. whom they call the most expert safe
breaker in this country. A tool was found in
IrvinGt?n this morning which is supposed to
be for the purpose Of safe breaking. hut 1t Is so
complicated that the police cannot put ii to-
gether 1t is part OF the burglars Kit. and 10
wrapped in no same kind Of cloth which en-
closed tho Other. tools and kept them from rat
Ting in tho mems pockets.
The police regret that they could not capture
tho men Mt work. hut it is snmo satisfaction to
them tn know that the Crimes act pI Divides an
extreme penalty Of fifteen years in state
prison for making or having burglars tools.