The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-12
TWO BURGLARS CAPTURED
WHILE TRANSPORTING REV. ". D.
 M0SSlrAN'S RESIDENCE,

MOSSMAN'S RESIDENCE.
 supernumerary Policeman ParlSo Dis- covered Them In the House and Arr rested Both at the Point of Revolver
 Entrance Gained by Frying Open
 Rear Door With n stolen ChiseI-Mis- sion Offering Money Taken-One Bur
 glar Halls from Denver and the Other
 from Worcester.
 Supernumerary Patrolman Frederick A. Parke, who has been doing police duty only since November Ii, last night very cleverly captured two burglars in the house of Rev. w, D. Mossman, su- perintendent of the City Missionary as- sociation, at No. 475 Orange street. Parke was patrolling his beat, which includes a portion of Orange street and as he was passing MT. Mossman's resi- dence he noticed that the house was all dark, save for light which shone through the blinds of one window. Looking more closely he saw two men | in the room where the light was, ap- parently rummaging about. Going to the house of William M. Geary at 419 Orange street, Parke asked if the peo- pie who lived next door, at No. 475, were at home He was informed that they were not, that Mir. Mossman was prob ably at English hall mission and that his family was in the country. Hastily informing MT. Geary of what he had seen through the window of the next house, Parke hurried back there and drawing his revolver went around to the rear door.
 He had just reached this door when he met two men coming out, Covering them with his revolver, he ordered them to throw up their hands. This com mand they hastened to obey, looking the while into the muzzle of the power 1 full pursuader held firm in Parke's hand He then ordered the two to walk in front of him around the side of the house to the street. The queer pro- cession had gotten part way around the house when MT. Geary was met, he having closely followed Parke when the latter had returned to the Mossman residence. The smaller of the two men was given into the charge of MT. Geary and both prisoners were taken to the street where Parke called the Grand avenue police wagon from patrol box Arrived at the station house, he turned over his two prisoners, the capture of whom would have turned the head of many an older officer, with as much unconcern as though they were only 1 ordinary trunks.
 At the police station the men gave the names of Frank Jessup, twenty seven years old, of Denver, Col and Frank Bowman, thirty years of age, of Worcester Mass, Jessup said that he. was barber by trade and had last worked in Springfield, Mass, at his trade. Bowman said he was by occu- patton a machinist.
 He was searched and on his person were found nineteen of the small en- velopes in which the money offerings at the English ball mission are enclosed, one envelope with ten cents in and the others containing five cents each. In Bowman's pockets were also found large chisel and small phial partly full Of a liquid which he said was toothache medicine. Nothing was found upon Jesseps person. Both con- fessed to their guilt. They said that they had been at MT. Mossman's house at o'clock in the evening and saw that no one was at home, finding on the door a card on which was written notice that MT. Mossman was at JTpolicb ,nll UNben tbev called n about o'clock and rang the door bell to make sure that no one was at home. Getting no response to the bell they went to the back door and pried it open with a chisel which they had stolen at the lumber yard of the w. A. Beckley company on Water street, near the Fair street lodging house where they roomed.
 Soon after the two burglars were caught, Rev. MT Mossman was notified and going to his home he could find nothing missing except the offering en- velopes which he had laid on table af- ter coming from the afternoon service at English hall. Both Bowman and Jessup are fairly well dressed and ap- pear like amateurs in burglary They say that they have been in New Haven about three weeks. After making the arrests, Parke returned to the Moss man residence taking with him the chisel found upon Bowman and found around the edge of the rear door seven marks made when the burglars prled the door open, and into these marks the chisel exactly fitted. The pair will be given hearing in the city court this morning.
 Parkes work was especially meri- torious from the fact of his having been on duty for so short time and old off, cers said last night that the job could not have been handled better had he been an old, experienced patrolman. Parke was formerly drum major of the Second Regiment band.
 THE SIX DAYS RACE.