The herald., 1895-12-08
The Prize Burglar Thought to
Have Been Caught
A PLUCKY WOMAN DID 1T
Mrs. T. E. Rowan, Jr., Meets Him and
Gives the Alarm
Captured After Lively chase-Work Of Poot-
pads at vernon-capt. r. N. Marion
Beaten and Robbed

and turned over to the ponce ABOUT noon
yesterday. The officers think that be is
the indi vidual called JACK the Early
Riser, ths one who has been doing the
m ost vf the desperate work that has oc-
CURED during tho last month o. so.
Mrs. Y. Il. Rowan jr., the bride of
Tom" is the heroine of the occasion
and to her is due the honor of having
probably brought to close for a while
at least the rather profitable career Of
"Jack.''
ABOUT noon yesterday Mrs. Rowan
walked from hsr kitchen at S26 South
Hope street, into the apartments in the
front part of the house. There are two
rooms here, the bedroom peing separated
by portieres. Az she went toward this
entrance she saw standing before her
nicely dressed man who stepped out from
behind the portieres ahd bowed most
suavely.
II beg your pardon, but fear have
got into the wrong roon," observed the
polite stra niger, before Mrs. Rowan could
say anything. "You will certainly par
don me for having disturbed you and
am very sorry but came here by ap-
pointment but know now that have
made a mistake -
Eyes you have and you had be tier
leave" replied Mrs. Rowan, who knew
full well that the person before her was
burglar aud who hat then in his pocxets
che feared all OF her rings and jewelry
which had been in the bedroom.
'Whv, this is NUMBER S26 is it not?
You see was to meet Jack Gray ana he
told me tc 60 right upstairs and read
the papers and make myself perfectly at
home, so did so and walked right up
and have been waiting until you came
in,' explained the sauve visitor.
where did you want to 60? asked
Mrs. Rowan.
"This Is Broadway, is it not?' he r..
piled.
''No sir. This IS Hope street and you
are very long distance from the houss
Of your fri,nd." said the lady.
"Indeed, madame, you must pardon
ME for this mistake and for having an-
noyed you," and with this the man pro-
oeeded leisurely ar und to the door into
the hall and to the stairs.
Still thinking If those rinRs Mrs.
Rowan ran into her bed room and saw
that he had not touched them, but learn
sd that her watch and her mothers were
missing. She could hear the man as he
ran down the s.airs and out OH to the
porch. She hurried to her mother. IN
tho ba,k OF the house, an. asking for the
latter's watch, was told that it had
been lying on the bureau, so then she
knew that the robber had carried it off.
Mrs. Rowan hurried down the stairs
Ill - 4k1n 49,
ct her heels, and started after the fleeing
man as he ran across the lot in the rear
Of the Abbotsford inn toward Flower
street. Mrs. Leavitt. Mrs. Rowan's
mother, had encountered W. L. FIew OF
C:2. ". Eighth street, as be rode by on
his bicycle and told him about the burg
lar, and Mr.. Frew at once rode across
tho lot after the rest OF the crowd. At
the corner they were infomed that the
man had got on Traction car going south
and which was at that moment turning
into Pearl street. Mounting his hi cycle
Mr. Frew rode down Flower street as
mar d as he could, to head off the car and
tell the crew to help HIM catch the rob-
Ter.
Mrs Rowan in the mean time ran
down Flower street. desiring to be on
hand in ORDER to identify the man when
he was nabbed. Mr.. Frew had thought
corner OF Ninth and Pearl, but as there
is level stretch down Pearl as far as
Eleventh the notorneer, ii. Van Hou-
len. let the lever out to the last notch
and fairly few, with the swiftly pedaline
Frew falling behind every second.
Things were getting desperate and the
burglars stock went up Immediately.
but Frsw pumped at q rate that would
have put to SHAME rider on the national
circuit, and when the car slowed up to
turn into Eleventh. street he gained a
sTse t pit OF around md o poTR 1s
aveneing angel in the person of Mr.. Frew
and his bicycle. Into Georgia Bell street
the car went and again did Frew gam.
This was all that he required to put him
even with the car, though. and he rode
up along side OF the conductor and yelled
TO stop, as the man seated ON the front
OF the vehicle was burglar trying to ss-
cape.
AS tho car was brought to a standstill
nearly in front OF the power house, the
burglar, who had heard the conversation
T rn.s aa h% a"m 1%eed off off on the Ep
across the street, jumped the fence and
then inaugurated go-as you-please hur-
die race, such as one only sees in circuees.
Frew, the motorman, Conductor R. f.
Hayhurst and Carmen W. u. Hill, H.
W. Ely. J. +. Turner and others took
after the man.
Through lots they ran, over fences they
went, and into yards they bounded, but
still the burglar managed to keep abo1t
half block ahead Ut his pu-suers. He
crossed Trenton street, then Pearl street,
and running around through an alley
hid in the yard of II. W. O'Melveny.
Here he threw away the watches no had
taken. One OF the men spied him an !
called Here he is!'' and imme lately
jumped over the fence. The hunted man
then ran out through the driveway at the
side OF the house, across Pearl street to
wards trenton street. again cutting all of
the lots. The crowd was close upon him,
and he put his hand men.oingly back to
his hin. pocket, as though to draw pis.
tol, but even this did not stop them.
Finally he ran through on TO trenton
street, then doubled back and rushed
into a little alley at the side Of No. iI2O
Trenton street, then around to the front.
whore he gave himself up and seated
himself painting and exhausted on the
little stoop.
The crowd closed in on him, and Frsw
said, well, the jig's up, eh?'
To which the fellow replied that he
had done nothing. and had only been
taking exercise by running around.
Mi. Frew asked him il hs would accom-.
pany him to the police station, and the
man replied in the affirmative. They
got on q Car and rode to the corner of
Eighth and Hope streets where Of1ner
Richardson, who bad hurried on his bi-
cycle from the station, met them and