The sun., 1893-07-26
A BURGLAR WITH A PISTOL.
YOUNG COSTAr CiUGHThFTER TWICE
THREATENING TO USE IE

| He Drew n when Mrs. I,rn-ky Found Hin
RobbinE Her Roor,- aud Later Held Up
| Crowd OF Pur.u-rs-A Desperate.
James Conway. who il lS years old and
whose fancy has been iired by dime novels.
| was orralgned In the Yorkvilie Police Court
Yesterday afternoon after having. single
handed. held up crowd Of grown men with q
pistol and demonstrated In other ways his
right to the title OF desperate Ho is Of siight.
wiry build and medium height His hair lie
straight and black his eyes are dark brown.
and his complexion swarthy Ms an Italian's
Conway pricd orcn the door Of Mrs. Mark
Lonsky's apartments ut 1.4+2 Second avenue
while she was out shopping Monday afternoon
sho returned about o'clock with her two
ycar-o old child in hcr arms. and encountered
him as hc came nut OF her room with big
bundle Of nor clothing.
What arc YOU doing in my room 2" she do.
mandcd.
Nome Of your business" he answered.
And what arc you doing with my hus bands
scarf In p she aeked. and sho snatched from
his scarf pin OF peculiar form.
Mrs. Lensky then Tut down her baby. and.
aeizlng Conway, cried for help lie dropped
his bundle and whipped out scf.cocking.
3s-cnlibre revolver Mrs Lcnsky scr.amsd
ana resnInished herhold, and Conway dashed
into the street.
Mr.. Lensky ran after him, crying Thief
anu u dozen men started pursuit..
Conway ran up Second avenue to Seventy nth
xs,s srs9t thr%nshr hr rSir rSSfiysnyh street to Third
tried to a escape ' ,ourh Il" "tr rpn but Tie icna
was too hiGh anJ lie returned to the hall. He
hal now grown to twenty. 1--WE or thirty men.
He cid not give NJ at the sight o! them: He
mi Xii the nrst man Al" that At" lays Ills iinser
His np,rsuers felt he meant Just what he
liSf nj
volver. and he coolly walked out and made his
Mrs Lensky notified Cart strnusa of the East
Sixty-asventy street po leo stat ION Of the rot.
berry. From her description he readily rerog-
and De,ertives Graz W o ana Weller went t" the
horse market ct T Hnd ohHrs Of hhnuns
Second avenue and Seventy -nfil, street. '
he ,SrNh saw then as soon ~ Thy saw hin and
Grnbe s"o Him. WSen he I Ss
detectives hand on his shoulder Conway
STOPPED sIop; short and ,rie'! to draw his rs,.dy
young man was soon In Tho station house.
he hnd enthsrP
strapped around lis waist. There % was a sell.
cooking 3S-cniibrc revolver onded with all flve
loaded ear,rhres in S' the et it" In ons aaa Of his
pockets was wig Of curly light bl own hair.
What nHna c6 do yan ito with that thing" de-
II put It on SO nobody won't know me-" he
and said he hardly recognized him.
what were you going to do with that pistol.
you little loRfer? You know you wouldn't dare
use it, the Captain continued.
Did cher tink I'd swally i.?" Conway re-
turned.
The following fragment OF q letter was also
found in one OF his pockets:
lin the Bakery Bett. $3.50 ave Me and
Rube Burrows werc together When caught
and Harry "ron of ~ st. we put Nit out. Me
and heron is alone in the Boys Prison. don't
tell John or any body CoLARoDo JOE.
Come down and see ua. cell Roy prison
tell Nit expect to get q months. Col. JOE
ask ior Chas Ward
that's My Name.
Big Bob Bradley"
A picture was roughly drawn in pencil at the
end Of the letter. representing a cowboy with
q pistol In his outstretched hand.
Can't Strauss says he has known Conway for
the last four ,yenrs. ana that the boy is hope
!assly bad. He never works. hut steals fora
living. He was arrested for burglary whom
only IA years old.
When Conway was arraigned in the police
court he told Justice Ko"h that he lived with
his father and mother. and that he gave them
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