The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-25
fought A BURGLAR.
RYAN Drew a Pistol and Two
Razors on Policeman Dillon.
The Latter Overpowered and Sub
dued Him with His Club.
police Confident that He's the
"Barber Shop Burglar"

After n short but desperate encounter,
which a burglar attempted to use
~. nj and n brace of raZors, John Ryan,
shoemaker. who says he lives at
oowerv and Hester street. New York,
Das CAPTURED by Policeman ]. j. Gillon,
:, the lower Fulton street station.
|Brooklyn. at 1880 O'CLOCK TINS morning
and locked up In cell
In the arrest of Ryan the police be-
nave they have made most important
U.onture For several weeks complaints
have been pouring in at Police Head
Iouarters from the proprietors of barber
shops whose places had been broken
!, into and robbed. The boldness of the
burglar was illustrated last week, when
in a single night two barber shops-one
adjoining and another Immediately back
~ the Adams street station-were
broken into.
RYAN was at work trying to enter
another place last night, when he was
urprised and captured by Policeman
uGion. He had been successful in a
burglary earlier in the evening.
I Shortly before II o'clock last night
salvatore Massino, a boy. employed by
Joseph Muccio, a barber at 81 Fulton
street, and who slept over the store,
WAS awakened by the noise OF somebody
knowing about in the store. He crept
downstairs, and just as he was about
IN peer into the store through an open
door man thrust a pistol under his
nose and said:
Ssh, shut {,5 up 2,I w voIyIE o'u' If you give an
a' Axe boy wv was so frightened that he
let out a piercing shrek. The burglar
ned. Muccio, who had been awakened
; by the noise, rushed downstairs. he
/ saw the man running along Fulton
street, and raised a cry of Stop thief y
The fleeing burglar turned into Willow
street. Joseph Cabot, of 40 Fulton
street, saw him running and Joined in
He overlook the burglar at Poplar
street and reached out to grab him.
= The man turned quickly and dealt
singing t pss 6oT into On the .ne guter
. Then he turned a corner and disap--
peared. Several poll cemen searched
the vicinity, but could got hnd MN;
they discovered that the burglar had
stolen rs cents from the till. ,,
For several nights Policeman Gllion
has been specially detailed to watch
At 1890 o'clock this morning he saw
man trying to open the door OF Philip
Henn's barber shop, at u CRANBERRY
street, He asked the man what n. ne
morning.
"Oh, nothing" said the man. The
policeman recognized. him as the BUR
glar who had broken into Muccio's shop.
He put out his hand to arrest him, but
Ryan was too quick. He lodged, and
then drawing a razor, slashed viciously
at the policeman. 1t was Gillon's turn
10 get out of the way, but as he lodged
the blow he drew his club and KNOCKED
1.-The weapon from Ryan's hand. Ryan
then brought another razor into play.
The blade flashed, and Gillon Jumped
back a couple of feet just in time to
escape a blow in the face.
head to renew the attack Gillon struck
him on the hand, sending the razor ny,
ing into the street. Before Ryan could
renew THE fight Gillon brought his club
down on Ryan's head and sent. him
reeling to the ground. Then he slipped
handouts on his prisoner and took hin
TO the station-house, where an ampu
lame surgeon was called 10 Dress
scalp wound that the prisoner had re
eeived. -
When asked where he got The razori
Ne declared that he had never seen then
before. During the fight Gillon saw thu
prisoner throw a cigarette-holder away
II was taken to the station-house late
and Identified BY Muccio as his property
The prisoner also had small stone II
his pocket which the police say is USE
In breaking windows.
At a lodging house at Bowery and Hes
ter street this morning 1t was SAID ina
Ryan was not known there.
In the Adams Street Court this morn
ing Massino fully identified the prtsone
as the man who had broken into his EN-
'' Ryan was held on charge of bur
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