The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-16

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| tody of Detective Moir, of the Scran-
ton police department, by jumping
| through car window while en- route
| from Kansas City to Chicago was made
! by Alex. Simowicz, Sunday night. Moir
/ had plenty of trouble with his charge,
| but succeeded in getting him to Scran-
! ton.
| Simowicz was not handCuffed when
they left Kansas city, Sunday night.
| They had not been long on the train,
! however, before SimowicZ insisted on
| leaving his seat without the attend
ance of the detective. Moir then had
struggle to put the handcuffs on his
| prisoner. Simowicz struggled during
the operation, but was finally over
| powered
! At a small station and during the
| night, SimOwicz smashed the window
| with the steel cuffs and attempted to
make a desperate leap from the car
| without any effort 10 first raise the
sash. Moir pulled him back into the
| seat Simowic2 was then handcuffed
! to the arm rest, Moir occupying the
seat next to the window. Throughout
| the remain der of the journey the pris-
! oner was ugly and suriy. In Chicago
a stop of five hours was made. There
| Simowicz was placed for safe keeping
| in precinct station house. while the
| detective sought little rest.
ARRIVAL IN THIS CITY.
! The detective and his prisoner
| reached here at $50 o'clock yesterday
afternoon after tedious forty eight
! hour trip. At the depot Lieutenant
of Police Davis relieved the de-
tective from further care Of Sim
owicz, who was handcuffed. He
was taken to Alderman Howe's Of
| Zee, where Powell Petrosld his attor-
| ney. r. a. Zimmerman, and Chief of
Police Robling were waiting. Then en-
sued I mixed continuation of what has
| already been a complicated story.
Simow:cz was arrested in Kansas
| City or a charge of having stolen $500
frcm trunk i'm Petroski's home, in
the North End Chief of Police Rob-
ling. on information furnished him by
Petroski, swore out the warrant on
which simowlcz was brought back to
Scranton. Meanwhile it developed that
Petroski had lied to Chief Robling
Snnowicz had not stolen $500, but had
jumped bail for that amount. Petroski
was the bondsman.
fore the arrival here of Simowicz
Petroski was arraigned before Alder
man Howe on charge of perjury, pre-
ferred by Chief Robling. He was held
| in $500 bail, furnished by George Kali
osmsky, of COS Theodore street
When Simowicz reached the alder
| mans office in change of Lieutenant
Davis he was formally arraigned on
the pharOn nf Of ba
swore he had not stolen from Petroski
or any other person and had only $685.
so in his possession when arrested in
Kansas City.
PETROSKI TESTIFIED.
Petrosk testified i'm a faltering con-
Trajectory way concerning the charges
made to Chief Robling His attorney,
Mr.. Zimmerman, realized the bad i'm
preston his client was making, and
asked permission to speak in his be-
half. The request was granted and the
attorney admitted that Petroski did
not have $500 or any other sum stolen
from him. Mr.. Zimmerman said his
client had been badly advised by an
English-speaking fellow countryman to
make the charge of theft and thus
escape the expense entaileti in secur-
ing Petroski's capture.
Chief Robling testified that Petroski
mad accused Simowicz of theft and
mad not mentioned the bail jumping
feature until after the latter was ar
rested.
Alderman Howe discharged Simowicz
on the robbery charge, but he was i'm
mediately re-arrested on the charge of
baii-jumping, preferred by Petroski,
end was committed to the county iail
IN default of $500 bail.