St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-01
TWO MORE CRAHKS CAGED
ONE LUKATIc DEMANDED ONE HUM
DRIED THOUSAND
FROM A GOTHAM POLICE CHIEF
A Wnd-Eyed Fellow Wanted Five
Thousand From Sergeant Fa-
gan After a Rough-and-Tum-
BILE Fight He Was Placed in
the Prisoners Pen - Both
CraHks Are Now Secure.

bic Fight He Was Placed in
the Prisoners Pen Both
Cranks Are Now Secure.
New YORK, Oct. 31.-The lates! crank
walked into police headquarters at 1915
to-day.
81 want to see the superintendent"
he said to Sergeant Mangin.
lie is very busy; won't I do?" said
the sergeant.
NO; [ am after the superintendent.
l want the money he owes ne. Why
don't he pay it?"
oh" said the sergeant, catching on;
''all right, come right In.n
And he led the man into the chiefs
presence, keeping close at his elbow.
The superintendent looked up from
behind his desk and took in the situa-
ton at a glance.
"Nhat can l do for you?" he said.
You can pay me the money you owe
me. Why don't you? Tve waited long
enough"
LET me see how much it is" said
Mr.. Byrnes, looking his visitor over
with a searching glance. The fellow
never WINGED. He evidently knew his
cause was Just. and expected the super
intendent to come round.
Its S75. 000," he said. 81 told Mrs.
Bell to give them to you. You were
one man IN a thousand | picked out to
keep the money, but now you've had it
long enough. Two years is a long time.
There is So. 900 interest on it now. l
want it in pennies"
pennies are pretty scarce, but maybe
we can manage it. Frank, you take
this man into the detective Office and
get him his 500, 600. See that they give
him the S25, 900 in pennies and the rest
in bills"
The sergeant and the crank walked
over the bridge arm in arm. The crank
is in an iron cell now waiting to be paid.
He put his name down as Thomas
Reilly, a painter by trade, forty-ive
years old, and his home at Is Pell
street.
Sergeant Pagan, of the East Thirty
fifth street station. was behind his desk
at II O'Clock this morning when a wild
looking man entered and in a fierce
voice demanded 5000. The man, who
was fairly we'll dressed, kept both hands
in his oyercoat pockets, and it looked as
if a revolver might ut exhibited at any
moment.
Seeing that he had a crank Of the vic,
lent order to contend with, the sergeant
turned the matter aside by saying that
ha did not II own anita ca mIah mnnnu
with him. He promised, however, that
if the man would call again later in the
day, his demand would be satisfied.
The crank left after threatening thai
unless the money was forthcoming on
his return there would be trouble. Al
exactly 1890 o'clock the man again ap-
| peared and renewed his demand fol-
5000. There was no one in the police
station save the sergeant, and in order
to gain time he invited the man into the
waiting room. The two were talking
business when Patrolman John Rose
entered.
81 owe this nan $780," Pagan said,
with a show of relief. "Oficer, take
him down to the bank and see that ne
gets it,"
Rose realized the situation in a mo-
meDt, and courteously invited the man
out. The crank, who was overjoyed at
the pr aspect of getting the money s
easily, followed. and was arrested.
Harlem developed its crank tonight
The crank stood on Harlem bridge,
brandished a revolver and yelled:
Capt. Brooks owes me $50, 600, and !
mean to have it. He borrowed it twelve
years 2 to speculate with" There
were a good many pedestrians on the
bridge at the time and trolley cars
filed with passengers. They heard the
shouts and saw the revolver, became
fearful and hurried out of the cars to
huddle behind the buttresses of the
bridge and call on the police. where's
Capt. Brcoks?:" yelled the crank.
No one answered, but several knew
that the only Capt. Brooks in that por-
ton of the city was the chief executive
officer OF the Twenty-ninth precinct.
Officer Boyle, whose post is on the
bridge. hesitated for a moment when he
first saw the crank. Then he employed
strategy and managed 10 get behind the
man. He promised to take him to Capt.
Brooks if the crank would give up his
revolver. The crank consented and was
| promptly arrested. He aid his name
was John O'Donnell, and sthat he was
twenty-eight years old.