The Portland daily press., 1895-07-11
BURGLAR ON A BIKE.
He Ran Away on the Wheel and Then it
Ran Away with Him.


New York, July 10. "A despatch from
Greenwich, Conn.,, printed in this morn
ing's Herald tells of the latest use of the
bicycle This is the story:
William Dean, burglar, was captured
here Tuesday after desperate STRUGGLE.
in which he tried to kill Policeman Fitz.
roy.
DR.. E. N. Judd, who lives in LAFAYETTE
place, heard noise about four O'Clock in
the morning in his house, and he imme-
diately Jumped to the conclusion that a
| burglar had entered. He got out of bed
and went down stairs, and what he saw
confirmed his belief.
| He found his mother on his return to
| his room, standing by window, and she
said that she had seen man few
moments before go out of the yard ON a
bicycle, which she thought was DR..
Judds. A search was made for the
machine, but it was gone.
DIR. Judd went at once to the house of
Policeman Fitzroy, who lives around the
corner, and notified him. The policeman
Immediately hitched up his horse, and,
with DR.. Judd, started in pursuit, Robert
F'itzroy, his son followed on bicycle.
They found fresh tracks of a bicycle in
the road, and, urging the animal to full
speed, followed the trail. At the top of
a hill, just before they reached Glenville,
they saw man looking at a bicycle, near
bridge which crossed small stream.
sprang from the wagon and left DR.. Judd
to hold the horse. The man who was
looking at the wheel was not the burglar,
but a nearby resident. The bicycle was
broken.
Fitzroy knew that the man who was
looking at the wheel was talking to some
body, but could not see. the man He saw,
hnyyovo. hot cfinlrir0 lllt frnr,, ,Int
the bridge. and drawing his revolver,
went around to the other side of the
structure
Then the man under the bridge fred at
him. Fitzroy pulled the trigger of his
weapon, but it failed to explode the
cartridge. The burglar fired four more
shots when they were about fifteen feet
apart. He had fallen upon his back into
the brook, and was shooting in that
position. Fitzroy managed to fire two
shots, but.without effect, for he could not
see where the burglar was.
The fourth shot the burglar fired struck
Fitzroy in the forehead and made a
burglar then scrambled out of the brook,
and started to run across the field, but,
wounded as he was, Fitzroy pursued. He
turned and fired still another shot at
Fitzroy, but without effect.
He then stopped and gave himself up,
throwing away his pistol and saying,
you've got me- - There was house
near by, and Fitzroy's wounds were
bandaged there
= During the fight Fitzroy's horse became
heightened and ran away with Dr. Judd
in the wagon, but he jumped out and the
horse was captured two or three hours
later. Fitzroy borrowed B. horse and
wagon and brought the prisoner here.
The doctors do not know whether the
bullet is lodged in Fitzroy's head or not.
He was shot over the left temple and
there are two holes, one seeming to show
where the bullet went in and the other
where it went out.
It was.found later that the burglar had
entered two houses, the residences of
Simeon Wolf and DR.. Judd, where he
secured lot of silyerware. which was
found in his pocket after the arrest.
1t seems that in going down the hill
had no brake on it. At the bottom of the
hill is the bridge.
was very rapid. He struck the railing Of
the bridge, breaking it, and rider and
wheel went into the brook His fall
disabled him, for his knee was 6islocated.
He Hooked like desperate man at
noon when he was taken into the court
room before Judge Cameron for hear
ing. He was bound over for trial at
Bridgeport without bail He was In his
stocking feet, and his face was bruised.
1t is thought by some persons that he is
the burglar who, a month ago, entered
the houses of Elkanah Mead, Jacob
Rippel, s. W. Warren Mead and Mrs.
Jones.