The sun., 1899-07-29

When the Woman Surprised Him at Work
He Chokcd Her nnd Vowed He'd Kill
Her, but She Gave the Alarm Letter
Carrier and Policemen Ran Him Down.
burglar OF mighty rrowess is George
Davis. "a years old who refuses to give his ad-
dress. He was locked up in the fremont po-
lice station last night on a charge preferred by
Mrs. John I. Heath of o7l East l75th street
but before he was arrested he made n great
fight with three policemen. a letter carrier and
Mrs. Heath. all of whom had some injury to
show.
Mrs. Heath went TO visit her mother-in- law
yesterday. On her return home at o'clock
she found Davis in tho centre Of the bedroom
with an open valise at his feet and six suits Of
her husbands clothing beside the valisr. He
had Just placed a pile % silverware in the
valise. and was about to pack in the
clothing when Mrs Heath screamed As soon
as the burglar heard the yell he stopped work
and jumped at her He grabbed her by the
throat and choked her until she black in
the face. Then. as Mrs. Heath was about to
lose consciousness. he flung her into chair
and drawing his pistol. stood menacingly over
her
Now damn YOU" shouted Davis. :" II you
open your head again I'll Kill you. I'm des-
perate and mean Just what say. Dyer un-
derstand ?"
Mrs. Heath understood and she kept quiet
Davis walked over to the dresser and picked
up a lot OF diamond jeweIry he had found in
one OF the drawers. He put the iewelry in his
pock ct and then walked to the door.
Understand me-" he said to Mrs. Heath. III
you open your mouth for ten minutes after
you hear me leave the house I'll kill you Just
as sure as you're in that chair. Now re-
member"
Leaving behind the rest OF tho booty on the
floor. Davis ran out OF the house. As soon as
Mrs. Heath heard the back door slam she tip
toed her way to the front room window and
peered out She saw Thomas Kerr. a letter
carrier from station c; and shouted to him
yard. lust in time to see Davis going over the
fence. Kerr dropped his bag Of letters and gave
IN him at
avenue. Then Davis pulled his pistol and
Another step and III kill youl" he shouted.
but Kerr ducked his head and closed in on
him, The two men grapPed. and battle
Several times Davis tried to shoot Kerr.
but each time Kerr managed to twist the
ne Of S re Finally Fin Davis struck t" N him MAJ terre S
blow with tho butt of the gun over the head.
causing bad scalp wound.
and Davis, turned to fee, Policeman Wood
sdena s the He ehSssd G" baHs hair YS oc % anS nS
caught up to him. Another fight then took
OF Wood when Police Captain Hodgins and De-
tective Kane. who had been at a ball game in
Corona, appeared. Davis, seeing them com
Ing. with a mi ighty wrench broke away from
Wood and ran back to Franklin avsnue.
Wood pursued him. but Capt. Hodgins and
Kane thought, Of a better scheme, They ran
around the block in the other direction and
caught Davis In l74th street Here there was
another struggle. and all three Of the police-
men were badly bruised by the blows OF the
burglar.
When Davis was finally overpowered and
taken to the fremont station he refused TO
give his address or to talk about himself. He
gold watches, three diamond rings. nve
silver fruit knives, two diane ond brooches. and
two diamond bracelets In his pockets All Of
Heath, who said that It was valued at $4,000
Kerrs wounds were dressed by an amhu-
lance surgeon. Mrs. Heath was suffering badly
from shock last light, and her neck was swOl-
len and infnmed where Daviss fingers had
bruised il.