Kansas City journal., 1899-03-09
"r ~ EtECTWiC ALARM Caused
ms CAPTURE.
BULLET BROUGHT HIM TO TIME
>EGRo EN-sN>NHr ENTERS ", ".
NoRGtN'> STORE.
In >hatteriuR Window Pane the
Missouri Telegraph Company
wa> >"titird and the Bniid-
Ing NR. surrounded
d, officers.

AZ electric burglar alarm system 81 ihr
*;oG" - " ". Morgan CI";h.ie CON
paHy -; 'rtl Main street. caused th,. ,...t-
tGre al s.S1 O'Clock last ulEai Of - hY.a
negro burglar who gay, his name as J4,l
Williams
The negro :; ke into ih, store OF
;he GooiN's iha": Company % I,w doors
away Icy hrt uE glass IN ihr rear doc.
He secured thing ~ G,pay,ar's ana Ia-
parently pas ou so The Morgan store &"
make anoih, -iIor,. Il, broke III. glass
in the rear sni, hut wa unable tn un-
lock III" door 10y IN" E,rodu.,i ,iou of lis
hand through III. aperture and Tho iI,n
grazing outside prevented him CraNl':.- :
through. Eui in breaking the glass h., had
jarred the door sufficiently to turn in an
alarm. and th" burglar alarm company s"l;
one Of its men. =. r. Ellsworth. 10 the
store
Just as Ellsworth entered the alley AZ
tie south end al the block he heard a
crash Of glass. and a. b., worked his wav
yrard the store IN ;h. dark shadow ri
Ira buildings b." Srw I'll, man look up and
5wn The alley and disappear into the store
The second glass broken had been an.
of The large window glass ana the negro
bent down three Of the iron bars il, fr.nt
OF the window. and thus over six r,e;
from the ground had squeezed his body
through the small jagged hole in the glass
ana got INSIDE. Ellsworth Crort closer and
SAW him in the back part of the store. and
a little later saw his head protrul, from
The window as he WAS nbout to come ont
Ellsworth shouted: Stay wher. YOU are
or will shoot hut the negro fell back
"A wards into the store and stooping low. ran
10 the front door which he tried TO force
eope7! and escape. hut was unable to do so.
BnIict brought Him Out
The finkerton private watchman for the
block had meanwhile discovered the broken
door at Goodyear's and had called for an
officer. Captain William Mahady of the
Pinkerton office: Officer Shechan. of th. city
force. and several district telegraph officers
arrived and Went into the stor.. They
-S-sInd the negro behind the door lendin, m
. 4he cellar. II. refused to come out unt 4
'ZS>echan fired IA bullet through the door at
ms feet; when he gave NJ and came out
with a big shovel in his hand with which
he evidently intended TO defend himself
The burglar gave the name Of Jack Will
iams, but had several letters upon his per
ron addressed TO Henry Holiness and also
some papers which Indicated that h. had
recently been pcniicniiary inmate. He
had broken open the money drawer in the
cashiers desk and secured $50 or 3d. which
was recovered, as well as some collar but
tons and other small articles.
He had pried open the drawer with a
screwdriver he picked up on the premises.
The negro was an ugly-looking customer
very black and short of stature. He said
he was alone In the robbery. and Ellswort h
was positive but one man was I'm the store.
People passing on Main street ws1e at
fracted 10 the front door when the negro
tried 10 break out. Several Of them were
paSitire two men We're in the store, an I
that the man who tried Ia open the door
was tall fellow. yellow in color. and not
black and short like the one captured. The
s.fifcers. however. made "a search of the
building without finding another man.
captain MahadN. a Pinkerton patrol ofli-
Ger: remained in the stor. over night to
make certain that ii another man was In
side lie should not escape.
The Goodyear store was robbed of abo n
80 or S. in similar manner a few iayS
ago.
shortly after midnight Captain n lhaav
heard ire ropes of the elevator rattl.. and
, concluded that second thief was s.ill in
the building. IA. s.nt In an alar n to poIic.
: headquarters and "A squad OF polr,. p. r.
tsponded in the patrol patrol wagon Th"
A buiiuinS WAS then searched from parrot To
- Nrooftrers but without pleasing The search
lefs with "A capture.