The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-30
BURLT negro THIEF.
New Peril for the Pretty Type
writist Incident in Corln-
sellor Sees Office.

The circumstances of a lively tsncoun-
ter between a pretty girl typewriter and
a colored thief masqueradlng as a beggar,
We're made known to the police this
morning. Yesterday afternoon Counselor
William G. E. See, who has offices in the
Fuller building. engaged a young lady
typewriter from New York to do some
work for him. She was busily engaged
in Mr.. Sees private office when, shortly
before five o'clock, she was startled by
hearing some one enter the outer office
steathily.
Gong INTO the room she was Mortified
to find herself confronted by a strapping
big negro. He bowed and extended a
card which bore these words.-sI am
deaf and dumb. Won't you please assist
ne?"
The young lady, hoping to rid herself
of her unwelsome visitor, gave him some
change and beckoned him to leave. The
negro gazed at her intently and made no
effort to leave. The typewriter returned
to her work, from the corner of her eye
Watching the intruder intently.
Suddenly he crept over toward a safe,
on which lay her wraps, and dexterously
extracted from the pocket of her sack
her pocketbook, which contained a sum
of money.
Thinking. apparently that hi had not
been detected, he started to leave. TIL
young woman sprang from her chair,
and graphing with the negro, held him.
young woman chung to the thief, and
%pinionillg him against the wall, grabbed
her pocketbook from his hand and then
fled into the hall.
Clerks employed in adjoining offices,
attracted by the commotion, rushed into
the hall, and espying the excited young
woman. asked the cause of the trouble
sible.
The negro had in the meantime made
a break to escape by dashing down the
He was pursued and o~vertaken. The
clerks set upon him and punched and
kicked the thief who demonstrated that
ne was an imposter by swearing ike a
trooper. The negro would have been
arrested had not the young lady objected,
declaring that she wished to avoid motor
iety, and insisting that mis- offense was
not Of serious enough nature for her to
lose time in appearing in court and prose
cutting q charge against him.
Police Justice Potts, who has an office
IN the building, when informed of the oc-
c~urrence, said that a great error had
been committed in allowing the negro to
escape.
Such wretches are not fit to nave their
liberty" he excitedly exclaimed.
The name Of the young a typewriter
quest. Policemen are looking for the
negro.
This afternoon Counselor See reluct-
antly furnished a name for the type
writer. He said she was Miss Emma
Schlichter. 1t appears that she had for
months been employed as a st~enographer
which concern had offices in the Have
meyer building, Cortlandt street. Some
the hands Of a receiver Counsellor See
was appointed to that position by Chan
cellor MCGEE. Since qualifying he has
been edeavoring to get at the true condi-
ton OF the company's affairs with a
view to filing a report with the Chancel-
Tor. In the. preparation of the report
Miss Schlichter has been engaged to as
sist him. That fact ~accounts for her
Presence in his Office yesterday.
day. She is at home suffering from ner-
vous shock, as a consequence of her un-
pleasant experience. The police have
the negro crossed the C%ortlandt street
ferry to New York.