New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-26
CHASED BY A WOMAN IN n CAB.
ARREST OF MAN AND HIS PuRsrER-A sio"A
OF ATTEMPTED DEsERTIoN-THE COUPLE
LOCKED Up on CHARGE OF
DrGoRDrRIY CONDUCT.

OF ATTEMPTED pEsERTIoN-THE COUPLE
LOCKED Up on CHARGE OF
DrsORDERIY CONDUCT.
. cbass Of one cab by another In Forty-second-st.
last night led 10 the arrest Of Cyrus j. Wheeiock
who says he Is in the real estate business In Bynai@
and OF Fanny A. Johnson. who assers that
Wheelock is her husband and the father OF ner Two
children.
policeman Reed. of the West Thrt,eth-st. police
station was standing at Forty-second-st and Fifth
ave about $50 D. m. when he saw two cabs being
driven through TIE street AZ headlong speed lie
started after them through Fcrty-second-s, and
gained upon the second cab. whose driver shouted
to him to stop the other cab. Reed pursued the hrst
cab and caught up with II near Sxth-ave. lie
ordered the driver stop. and wne the iatter was
sowing I'D the occupant OF the cab. who after~ard
proved to be Wheelock. threw open the door ana
Jumped upon the platform Of horsecar going east
Reed ran after the car followed By crowd whica
had been attracted by the pursuit Of the CAB.
As the car neared F!fth-aye.. Wheelock jumped OK
and ran I'D the avenue TO Forty-third-st, where
he was overtaken by the policeman and the crowd
The second cab had followed in the chase. and hs
driver drove up to where Reed was standing with
his prisoner. Before It had come 10 stop tall,
handsome blonde woman. who afterward proved %
b. Miss Johnson jumped out OF It, ana approaching
the policeman and his prisoner, shouted 10 tne lat
ter: you scoundrel, you will try to desert me
Reed got into the second cab with Wheelock and
Miss Johnson and ordered the cabnan 10 dry 1 70
the station house On the way the woman toid Reed
that Wheelock and she had been living az inc Grand
Union Hotel for four days sna hst nj n' and bsd
made an appointment TO meet her last nlSht. Sne
further said that when they met he lett her abrupt
". Jumped into q cab and drove away. He intended
asserting her, she said for another woman anu go
Ing to Milwaukee. In order that ne fnlBht not 90
so she secured the second cab and followed the one
In which he was ~ ,.o, ,ox,.
nervous and the woman. who was tysterlcaL were
brought to the desk. Miss johnson said that sac
al the tine that they had lived together. and tha,
children born e ' bsr a, Two T." % 'Af
hur-avs Fordham. The other ch;ld died a, year
ago she declared that Wheelock had abused ner
and their children. She also said that she could
send him 0 to sr rs1n i0F her see as y ea
Wheelock gave his as forty-hve turning 70 mn so-
Sc s aa sae y SSTH ba6as You must not
Your friends, Governor Norton Aorzo b. Cornell
She accused Wheelock of having $500 belongng
to her in his possession. and said that ne had an
Barso ho the WhRssock Denied
his wife ba but he ~s Could IL s sas as from
The sergeant entertained complaint o. dso r,,
derby conduct against both and tney o wss fs tainted
and Whoeock with much difficulty. revived her:
Whee'ock afterward told me % M orn tns and
that when he met her BY appointment r sne S Sas
had married her in Buffalo. ,o,oor u,o s,,d b.
After being locked up w ieei0SH, ~ 80. -
had sl4s in the Imperial Hotel safe. sent messen-
ger to the Manhattan ATHLETIC club Tor inomas r;
Mel oughln a contractor. Mr. Mclousnlln Galeu
ar the station house and had a talk with Whee-
lock When Miss Johnson heard that W neeiocs
wss 70 he batled out she sent a message 70 MN
and he returned answer that II ne was naiIsI
out he would bail her out. The city dlIector.
gives the address of Cyrus J. Wheeock as NO lsls
Seyenth-ave. - 1900. NJ NJ,
Ioughlln as bondsman, because he did not kno"
him. , x-,-, ,y..., .ho. vyh.a
lock had an Interest in the house. and also thar ne
had an interest In the Mansion House az bni-
fsla which is owned by Stafford & Whitaker, who
own the imperial.