The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-28
BULLET-pRO0F BURGLAR.
DENTIST AND POLICEMAN FAN TO
IVA MN.

re slides Down n wnter Pip from the
Fourth story and Vaults Over Five
Fences Amid - Ioliey from Roth lie
Finally surrenders from Want OF wind.
On Saturday afternoon FRANK Parker. Al
years old, who said he was n carpenter. applied
ut 300 East sixty. second street for a furnished
room. lie was assigned TO a hall bedroom on
tho fourth floor rear. The adjoining house,
III, is occupied BY Dr. Albert Bandman, n
dentist. Shortly before Q O'Clock yesterday
morning Mrs. ljandman was awakened by n
noise outside of the window OF one OF her
tourth-story bedrooms. She opened the door
softly, then ran to tho front and screamed
burglars" Police" at the top Of her voice.
Her screams awakened her husband and
brought Policeman Joseph Il. Ward of the
East SiNty'sevcnth street station to the house.
Mrs. Bandman, who was standing at the open
window In her night dress. stopped her scream
Ing long enough to tell the policeman that II
burglar was trying To get into the house, and
that he might murder some one II the bluecoat
didn't hurry up and arrest him. Ward sum.
moned Policeman Sexton. and, stationing him
at the area door, ran MP the three flights Of
stairs leading TO the dentists rear bedroom.
AS he passed the lattcr's room he heard two
shots fired In succession at the rear of the
house. Reaching the room designated by Mrs.
Bnndman. he saw Parker sitting on the win
dow ledge peerinR INTO the room through tho
opening. He kept his seat when the police
man ran TO the. window, and in answer to the
question Es to what lac was doing there replied
thnt he was trying to get out of 200 as quickly
but this is 2l1." said tho bluecont.
y! knew that replied Parker; but. there
are thieves in the lower hall of 2O0. and ! don't
propose, being shot, AT, ly running into them
Ward answered by blowing his whistle. and
t hi@ nr the nnn nan niin on the ~ window ind :, ledge swung
his hands and Knees began to slide slowly to
the yard, four stories below. As he disap.
penrcd DR., Bandman, who had stationed him.
self at II lower window. blalcd away again
with his revolver. The shots only made Par
ker slide all the faster.
The policemen ran down stairs, and. accom-
panied BY sexton. made for the back yard.
minute behind Parker. who was disappearing
over the event foot fence which separated the
yards OF eli and 3l3.
revolver. Then, rs Parker dropped on the
''V Wien 'i he reached the top 0rp " the Pence fence Parker
was half way over the second. Without wait
ing to take aim, the policeman blazed away
by u second vollcy from the window. Mt which
stood TIE dentist. mar6er seemed; however,
liceman. he won't over four other fence like n
gynnast. As he reached the top of each fence.
Ward stopped long enough to fire his revolver.
:eople living. on the block. who stuck their
heads out Of rsm windows and wanted to
NiII Hh an iI' luihtb Nuo uuoul.
When Parker reached the sixth yard from
his starting point his wind gave out and. sitting
down with his back to the seventh fence, he
waited for the policeman.
I'm out Of training said he, when the
latter grabbed him by the collar. and all that
high v~aulting did me. You're o damned poor
shot, though"
AS q precaution against further fence climb
ing, Ward hnndcuf,ed his prisoner and then
took him TO the station house.
An investigation of Parker's room at 200
showed that he mad probably got out of his
window, and Iy the aid OF the water pine had
swung. himself to the ledge CT that of 2ll,
whore he was first discovered by the policeman.
When arraiEn"d before Magistrate Brann In
tire Iorkville Police Court yesterday morning,
the prisoner hal nothing to say for himself.
and was committed to await the action of the
lnry.