New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-11
A BURGLAR RUN TO COVER.
POLICEMAN HOLZER FOUGHT HIM BY THE
LIGHT OF A CANDLE.
THE MAN CAPTURED AND RECOGNIZED AS Al
EXCoNvICT-RECOvERY OF A QUANTITY

THE MAN CAPTURED AND RECOGNIZED AS AN
EX-coNvIcT-RECovERY OF QUANTITY
OF STOLEN GROCERIES.
Patroman John Holzer Of the East One-hundred-
and-fourth-st station showed his mettle a re-
form policeman late Thursday night, when he
four men carrying suspicious looking bundles
in Secopd-ave near One-hundred- and thrd-st He
had worn the police uniform only a month. but he
thought the burglars and he started in
pursuit OF them like flash They separated and
In different directions when they caught sight
of him. He chased one OF them, who dropped a
bundle and ran into the tenement-house No. 3o7
West One-hundred- and third-st. and then darted
into the back yard and climbed over the fence.
The young policeman chased the fugitive over
several fences and fired several shots from his re-
volver into the air in the hope OF stopping him.
At length the chase ended in the dark cellar Of the
house No. 2.0ll Second-ave. and Holzer was cropping
about for the fugitive when he was hit on the arm
with club which the had found. Holzer
had one bullet left in his revolver and he threat
ened to send that into his adversary if the blow
repea ted. Then he waited in the darkness
until other policemen came with lighted candles.
When the lights appeared Holzer attacked the fugi-
tive and knocked him down with blow of his club.
The pretended that he was insensible. and a
patrol wagon was called TO carry him to the police
station There he recognized as John Hines,
an ex-convict, who had been out of prison only a
few weeks after serving term for trying to XIII
Policeman Wayland. of the same precinct.
As soon Hines locked up. Policeman
Holzer began search and he soon discovered
that the grocery OF Knorra & Eyferth at No. 2OS2
First-ave.. had been entered by burglars and had
been ROBBED Of chests OF tea. bags of conee cigars
and canned goods OF the value OF 800 Policeman
William Brown went to No. 30l East one hundred
and third-st. and learned that Mrs. Gormley, nvng
on the third floor had recently let TWO furnished
rooms to young At a. m. Brown and Police
man GutZel were admitted 10 the young men
rooms, and they found John Mitter, twenty-five
years old, and William Twomey, twenty seven
years old, sound asleep in bed. Under one bed
they found a number of packages of tea and
coffee, a lot OF cigars and other articles worth
nearly 500.
The young then placed under arrest.
While they DRESSING there was a knock on
the door, and two more men entered and were
arrested. They Edward O'Boyie. thirty years
old who lives in the house and James German,
twenty-four years old, OF No. POS East Seventy
hfth-st. The goods found in the room were
afterward Identified by Knorra Eyferth as goods
taken from their store by the burglars.
All five prisoners were arraigned before Mag1s-
trate Crane In the Harlem Court. German. who
gave a satisfactory reason for going to the rooms
where he was arrested. and VINO bears good
reputation, discharged. Later o Boyle proved
that he had been work all night IN the Harlem
Market, One-hundred- and fourth-st. and East
River and could have been concerned in the
prisoners were held for trial.