The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-01
AT GRIPS WITH A BURGLAR.
DkeENHzRDT sHoT Ar TWICE AND
HAMMERED WITH a PISTOL BUTT,
Bot re HuaE On sud Lsussa ~ the HANDS
the Police Mes w hose Pockets Were
Foil OF Jsvetrv stolen from tke Lswberts.

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not Hs Huax On sid Lsrssa n the Hands
ofthe PoIice n Mes w hose Pockets Were
| Foil OF JsweIry stoien FROM the Lswberts.
| A burglar and George DeRenhardt Jr., Of
| $40 West Fifty ninth street had lively time
OF It In the saloon at that number early yester-
day morning. The burglar 10 a sleek, minis
terlal-l LOOKING man about % years old. and says
he Is George Ellis Of 1o3 Prince street.
| Young DeGenhardt. who works in his fathers
saloon and bowling alley. closed up the place
shortly before ~ o'clock on Saturday niRht,
and with Michael Mullaney OF 442 West Fifty
| eighth street went around the corner to q res
taurant The young men remained In the res
| taurant until about2 o'clock when DeRenhardt
said IL was time he went home. and he invited
Mullnney to spend the night with him. When
| they were In front OF the saloon DeGenhardt
| said that he would step in for a moment to see
that everything was oil right Opening the
| door he saw the figure OF man bending over
! the cash register. Degenhardt said to Mulla-
| ney:
Mike. run for policeman. I'll keep the
| fellow from getting away"
| Then he swung open the door with bang
and made dash for the man behind the bar.
The burglar broke for q rear window. BY
which he had got in.
NO, you don't. Policei policsr shouted
btGShHhtu' attempting " menu 'ho man ohs
| For a reply the burglar pulled revolver from
his pocket and fired point blank at his would
be captor. lie missed. Then he ran to the
stairs leading down to the bowling alley. As
he disappeared he fired second shot ut his
Degenhardt plunged down stalrs after him.
In the bowling alley the thief turned upon
lime lin Deesnhardt srabbed the Ia hand which
held the revolver The burglar get i free,
bar1t'a hnad with Knocking him 10 hia
knees. Although blinded by the blood which
flowed from the wound In his head. the young
man seized the burglar about the waist, Yell
damn, YOU. painted the man, you've
fE FIT more lives than a cat lf'0n won't let go
Ito ended the. sentence by pounding Degen.
volvcr Finally Degenhnrdt staggered his
feet and succeeded in grabbing his aseAtlant
%Ses fHs the rde # Hs
on when Policeman Beck came down stairs ut
svore and SSack Cd his Disso
but III Ss damned that amt the piucEisst
Aceompsnisd, ~ Mullaney and Deeenhsrdt
took his prisoner to the West sixty-eiehth
| street station house.
a surprise. In his pockets were lady's gold
chatelaine watch. q cluster diamond ring.
loose diam onds. ruhies. and torauoises. What
however. interested the police the 10 ost was
second collection Of articles in the mans
pockets. They were silver card case
n si1ver-mounted note book, two silver key
rings, match box, q silver comb case,
and knife. A gold chain with a cigar cutter
charm. two silver necktie catches a gold tooth
pick, silver cigar case. and q silver badge.
marked No. M" with the name Lambert
Brothers" Fifty-eighth street and Third ave-
nue.. stamped upon the back. There was also
found upon the burglar 565.4O which IL Is
supposed he had tax en- from the cash register
in the saloon. He also had second pistol. not
loaded. The name stamped upon the badge
led the police yesterday morning to send
for Robert Lissauer. the superintendent OF
Lambert Brothers. When Mr. Lissauer reached
the station house he identified all the silver
ware as part OF the property stolen from the
store in November by burglars who cut
through the floor. In order TO make the iden-
tfcntion more certain. the superintendent
produced n catalogue of the missing articles
and compared it with the property found on
the prisoners person. Mr.. Iissauer especially
identified tho badge. which he said had been
made to order for students at Princeton Col
lego.
When Justice Grady heard the story in the
Yorkville Police Court yesterday morning he
remanded Fllis The detectives OF the West
sixty eighth street station say that they
believe that they can put their hands on two
women who may have been connected with
the robbery OF Lambert Brothers. as they have
been seen in the company OF the prisoner.
When the whereabouts OF the women 10 dis
covered the police hope to find the remainder
OF the stolen property.