The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-04-09
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coon STORIES OF TIE PRESENT DAE.
He-.rkss'e Experte.ee or = Newspaper
Reporter VITA Burglars.
oppprten. 1898. sy cso-t. o. L.~t.
"whati Another suburban burglsryl". ex-
claimed the city editor as / handed in q half
column scoop" one night at midnight.
Yes. and the police have no clue"
"How many does this make ="
This Is the seventh In three weeks and no
arrests"
Have you given the police fits 2"
yes. I have stated that the detectives
have utterly failed to get on-Chief OF Police
seems to be perfectly he~lpless-citizens talk
OF q vigilance committee-gang Of criminals
running the city. and the Mayor had better
bounce tho police force and then step down
and out himself"
"Goodi The old man will back us on the
editorial page. and the Star will send to New
York for q couple OF lrst.class detectives and
have the honor OF breaking up this gang.
Keep mum. but hustle It's our golden op-
portunity."
Seven residences In the eastern addition had
been burglarizsd. ono after another. and all
doubtless by the Same gang. and yet the de-
~tectives had utterly failed to get . lead. Jew
elry. money. and silverware had been taken In
zach case. but nothing could be traced or re-
covered. In two instances an intruder had
been seen and his description furnished. but
the police had arrested a SCORE OF e suspects"
only TO turn them loose again. After the first
three cases I had been instructed to turn
loose" on the police. and I hat followed In
structions SO vigorously a. to endanRsr every
official head. After my article about the
seventh burglary appeared. backed as It
4tA~.fA l-.l-A .
Police" I was virtually outlawed at head
quarters I was leaving the building after
receiving a volley Of abuse from the Chief.
when a messenger boy handed mo note This
was at 8 o'clock in the evening OF q September
night. Tho note was addressed to me BY name
and stated that l could secure soma very in
tersstinR particulars regarding the recent
burglaries By calling at q certain house on
Harrison avenue. That was one OF the streets
In the eastern addition. and all the burRlaries
had taken place within q radius 81 half . milo
Of tho house named. did not stop to wonder
who lived there. nor to ponder over the con-
fonts OF the note. which was signed "One Who
Is Posted" There was q scoop in It. and =
chance to get tho hotter Of the Chief again.
and l called n cab aud drove directly to the
number given.
I found tho house to be a rather ancienttwo-
story frame. situated between two brown
stone fronts. You will find the same thing on
a dozen streets in New York. Boston. Phila-
delphia. or Chicago. The property belongs to
an estate or to some one who is obstinate or
Indifferent to tho march OF Improvement. Tho
door was opened By n colored woman. who
seated me In II very plainly furnished parlor
and then disappeared. In about i've minutes
she returned and asked mo to walk IN stairs.
and on reaching the second floor she opened
Tho Innr IF IN hnr NJ rnnn, anil uuhn rs.I m In
There were two occupants. | 9th men. Ono
was lying on a bed. coat and shoes of and a
fan In his hand. and the other sat reading
a newspaper Mt q centre table. There was O
sort Of free and easy look to things which
struck me 1ueerly. / had expected to meet
n gentleman In his W parlor -one Of the VIC
tins Of the series VI robberies. no doubt
while these mon were n bit rough looking. and
n bottle OF wliskey and a pack OF cards were
In sight on the cheap-looking table. won't
admit TINT l felt like Withdrawing before q
word had been spoken. for duty calls II re-
porter into queer places. and experience
brings Indifference. but I reaflrm that I had q
half defined suspicion that things were not
exactly straight.
you are Mr.. Blank OF the Sar.: said
the one Mt the table. rs he rose up and ex-
tended his hand. Permit me to introduce
myself as Mr. Green. This gentleman IL my
friend. Mr.. Scott. Glad to see you. Mr.. Blank.
Take this chair. Rather warm this evening.
Have q smoke or q drink
l took a cigar which he offered me from .
box lying on the foot OF the bod. and after it
was well alight I referred to tho note. and
added that I would lie glad Of any Information
lets see." replied the ono Mt the table.
There, has Desn u series Of burHlaries in this
sunTrD"
Seven in ALL"
And up to this ,imo tho police have failed
to- make an arrestF
You are the reporter who has written Up
each account. believs"
Yes. You have criticized the failure Of
the police until the Chief must feel sore against
And the Star is going TO- employ detectives
on It's own account. Ihear|
Very enterPrisinG, paper. the !s,nr is." he
glanced up and down It's columns. Il suppose
Il "" sIf Ss ! s. s!g ! th 'fSs i % You You. s sSss business
Chief Of policcT
OF course"
We'll. ! promise that you .hall. Ven give
ssteSsmedm contemporary for weeks to come.
The man on the bed chuckl.d as II he Ind
heard a good Joke. From the lnstant the other
began speaking ! felt. that 1 was menRced.
and though he smiled occasionally his eyes |
had an ugly CLEAN. While ! waited for him to
into. and how l was going to get out 1t was =
couple Of minutes before he said:
Have another cigar and n drink and make
yourself comfortable for u couple OF hours
Excuse me. but 1 can't spare az much time
IS that, II you hav: any information to give.
/ ahall be very grateful to you"
"Oh! We've lots OF Information to impRrt
In the first place. We are the burglars who
made all the hauls. In. the second pla CO, we
are going to show You how to get, even with
the Chief Thirdly. We have promised you a
word. Hold on. ny friend I SIT down again!
We have the call! Il you attempt anything
I had jumped ,up at his admission, but az he |
finished no displayed . revolver. and had such
q wicked look in his eyes that I dropped back
into the chair. Both Nor laughed heartily, |
and the fact made me Indignant J. was not
but I didn't propose to be blufed or