The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-31
EASY WAY OUT.
Local chapman's aS1euths
Follow New York Meth
DDS in a Burglary
Case.
YOUNG HALSEY'S TWO SHOTS
Bergen Avenue Alarmed at Three
A. M.-Mark fromsa Blow
on the Arm.
YOUNG HALSEY'S TWO SHOTS

Walter Halsey son of George e. Hal
sey, of No. 2s6 Bergen avenue, who is con-
nected with the Butchers and Drovers'
Bank in New York, and who is to be the
Secretary and Treasurer of the New Ber-
gen Barking and Trust Company, tells
of a thrilling experience he had with two
burglars at an early hour this morning
He had been TO party and returned
shortly after three O'Clock. He was on
his way to his room when his attention
was arrested by noise in the basement.
He armed himself with revolver and
went to investigate. AS he entered the
dining room, he says, two men rushed by
him and into the kitchen. One of them,
as he passed, struck him on the arm with
some weapon. As the men ran into the
kitchen, Mr.. Halsey fired two shots at
them. According TO his story they es-
capped through the rear door.
When the shots were fired, Patrolman
Costello was patro1ling his post on Gift
ford place, near the Boulevard PATROL
man Noble was on Brfnkerhof street.
DR.. Claude Wilkinson, who lives diagonal
ly across from the Halsey home, was just
leaving his house in answer to an emer-
gency call. All of them heard the s1ots
and all hastened to investigate at once.
They reached the scene of the shooting
within two or three minutes after 1t oc-
Cured. They found Walter Halsey. re-
volver in hand and very much excited
He told his story of the burglars as re-
lated above. He told the patrolmen that
the men had escaped through the Kitchen
door opening into the back yard He
could not say which way they had gone-
The two patrolmen came from opposite
directions, one from the front and the
other from the rear of the house, while
Dr. Wilkinson came from still another
point. None of them saw the fleeing
burglars. Patrolmen Costello and Noble
searched for the burglars while DR.. VIII
kinson telephoned to Police Headquarters
Sergeant Welsh Immediately notified the
Communipaw avenue station and the re-
serves were turned out. They secured
the neighborhood, but could find no trace
of the fugitives.
AT later hour this morning Detective
Hottie was sent to investigate The re-
suit of his investigation is that the police
diScredit Mr.. Halsey's story and doubt
the existence of the burglars. The de-
tective examined the house inside and
out and then he examined Mr., -Halsey. He
had him repeat the story of his early
morning experience, and then he got him
to bear his arm and exhibit the mark
made by the blow from the burglar. He
found between the wrist and the elbow a
red mark, which would seem TO substan-
tiate that part of the story, Mr.. Halsey's
theory regarding the manner in which the
burglars entered was that they crawled
through window in the kitchen, sixteen
inches square, which was the only win
dow he found open after they escaped.
They couldn't have entered the way they
escaped as the kitchen door was bolted
on the inside, and the bolt was intact,
showing that it had not been tampered
with
The Halsey's house is painted white.
Detective Hottie went outside and ex-
amined the window. He found that il Is
five feet eight inches from the ground He
examined the walls and found no signs OF
mud or scratches upon it. He immedi-
ately discredited Mr.. Halsey's theory. II
they had entered by the window, he rea-
soned the burglars would have left some
marks of their boots on the white paint
Captain McKaig's sleuths have not been
able to find a scent; ergo, there were no
burglars on Bergen avenue last night.
The police are working" on that theory