The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-11
eRANGER'S DARING LEAP.
.-vps FROM a CAR WHILE THE
'ee.,Ty WAS GOING FULL SPEED.
-., pelne n TO Dunkirk 10 Answer n
%s..,re or Forgery - R~ccnptured AFTER n
-, chase and Is New In DunhirE-Nst
-, seriously Hurt bT Fts Nuad Lenp.

-. ueine Taken TO Dunkirk 70 Answer n
"r..,re or Forgery - Recnptured AFTER n
-. chase and Is New In Dunkirk-Not
-, seriously Hurt by His Mad Lenp.
wv,pv. Jan. lo.-Gideou Granger, the
and son.in.law Of former ex-Police Com.
%lns..Or NcClnvo Of New York, who was ar.
Dis In Now York on Friday last, jumped from
Ns.n tho Lake shore road this morning rs
U,.,in was passing Derby. q station between
Inrola md Silver Creek.
omc,r Waller OF Dunkirk was bringing Gran.
TT Dunkirk, where he is wanted for passing
.roed check on the proprietor of tho Hotel
-, Granger went into the closet of tho
=. ,mashed the window and jumped out. Tho
- ras running fast at the time. His escape
~, MT discovered until the train was several
~. from Derby. The train was stopped
"A ofacer Waller and Lake Shore De-
..tvs Boyle got Off and went back
..,oot for him. They walked back some dis
go and then secured help from q sec.
~ rang with q hand car and went on
M they discovered the place whore
s,,coer had tumbled in tho snow. Officer
W,Itsr got out all the farmers in the
,,,,hborhood Of tho railroad to help In the
s.rch. and, keeping on the trail. located Gran.
"a little after 4 o'clock, and was on his way
.o.ke him when the prisoner was turned over
,oh,m BY Henry G. Adams OF Lake View, who
.,d n few minutes start Of him. With Special
~n.teetiyc Boyle and Chief Of Police Quirk, who
,,d ,oined item, they returned to Dunkirk with
H. prisoner nine hours after he jumped from
he train.
North Evans, two miles Off from the railroad,
~ entered a house, where he represented him.
IN as J. u. Townsend, an insurance agent. with
snoface at PSI Main street, Buffalo. and said that
hehad been blown from a train. He was cared
for here and his bruises bathed. He thon went
10 Charles Emmons's store to buy a cap, and
'n hiit tie before beS 3 o'clock Henry G.. Adams of
lake View. with an office In Buffalo. arrived at
the station. After having read of the escape
X t heard a0 a . boy say there was a y" man at
North Evans who had fallen from a
tiin, no and two other men procured
~: : e iOund Granger still in the store. where he
repeated to Mr.. Adams tho same story and said
hewas q graduate Of Yale. Mr.. Adams invited
tho Lake View Hotel, where he turned him over
10 Officer Walter.
Gideon Granger was born in Canandaigua,
\. Y, about thirty-four years ago. He mar.
ned o daughter of John McClave, afterward
Police Commissioner In this city. .Granger's
bic dissolute habits. While Granger and his
wife were living together Granger was en-
pl0yed for a tint as his father-1n.law'8 private
~tecretary. He forged several checks, which
Commissioner McClave made good. When
Granger was finally. cast off by his father-in-
law be was sore. The LeNow committee gave
him O chance to get revenge. He testified be-
fore the committee that his father.in-law had
accepted money from men who wanted to get
on the police force. His assertions were never
proved. At that time Commissioner McClave
denounced Granger as ~ liar, a forger. and a
"He is one of the most contemplate vii.
hins that ever drew BREATH" said Mr.. Nc
Gave to a Sun reporter at that time. i've
tried to reform him, but failed. He comes of a
good family. His great-Rrandfather. Gideon
Granger, and his grand uncle. Francis, were
both Postmasters-General of the United States.
When Granger married my daughter he told
me he had IA good income. When he started
on his honeymoon he gave mo n forged note for
$3.50. / got him a place in the Post Office, and
be wasn't there two days when he began to
open letters and abstract checks. made good
bis stealings. He made a written confession,
but the Post Office authorities decided that
they couldn't convict him Oh his own comics.
sion. He pawned the wedding presents his
wife received and got drunk on the proceeds.
! got him many places. but he lost them all be.
cause Of his crooked ways. Then l tried a
new method. l set him up in business, and he
started with no obligations or debts, but'he
threw this chance to the winds, like the others,
and was soon worse off than ever"
Granger has done time in the Detroit House
Of Correction for forgery since then. He had
been not long out of the penitentiary when he
got q worthless check cashed at Dunkirk.