The evening times., 1899-05-26
JUBILEE DE9ECTIVB !
CAPTURES 4 BURGLAR
Mulhall Overpowers the Pris-
oner by a Clever Trick. !.
Thief Threatens to Shoot the Officer
in a Churchyard.
Crooks Companion E.capes After n
Long Chase-Robbed Two Houses
in Warrington.

One OF the most important captures Dy
the local police was accomplished last
night at about 8 o'clock, when Detective
Mulhall, one Of the special Jubilee detect
ives arrested Henry Clark. The capture
was not effected until after a stiff fight
in which the hunted man attempted to take
the life Of the officer making the arrest.
Clark is regarded as one Of the most ex-
pert inside burglars in the profession and
has a very long record. He has been ar
rested in Chicago and belonged TO a gang
of shoplifters and fur thieves which killed
q man in Ohio a short time ago. The man
was wanted in this city for srohbing the
house Of F. P. May, the hardware mer-
chant. and Detectives Mulhall. Proctor.
McDevitt. and McNamee were assigned to
the case. and given description of the
supposed burglars. There were two men
concerned in the robbery and the detect
ives found both suspects on Massachu-
sets Avenue northwest, near the corner
of Twelfth Street, about o'clock last
night.
The four detectives followed the men to
the corner Of Eleventh Street where they
boarded a horse car. the sleuths following
suit. When the car reached the co.ner Of
Eleventh and F Streets the suspects jump
ed of and the detectives followed. They
stopped for a moment on the corner and
Detective Proctor advanced toward them
to place them under arrest. He called 10
them and at the sound OF his voice both
Of the men started to run. Clark ran
along F Street toward Tenth and the o.her
man ran down Eleventh Street toward E.
Mulhall followed the first man aud the
other detectives ran after the second
Mulhall's man ran as far as Tenth Street
and seeing that he was being followed he
turned the corner and crossing the street
ran into the yard of ST. Patricks Church.
Mulhall followed close behind and when he
entered the yard he saw the man staining
against the wall of the CHURCH in q dark
corner. He Immediately advanced toward
the burglar, who seemed to be cmptying
his pockets Of something which was after
ward found to be a lot Of jeweiry, the pro-
ceeds of robbery the men had committed
just before they were first seen by the
detectives.
When the detective came within speak
ing distance of the man. he called upon
him to surrender Clark warned the Off
Ger that If he made another step he would
shoot him down. Then the detective saw
that he was covered with a revolver. Tie
man was evidently desperate and prepared
to murder in order TO escape. The detec-
tive and his suspect remained staring at
each other for moment. when suddenly
Mulhall ducked his head and made a rush
for his quarry. The detectives head
struck the thief sQuarely in the stomach,
and ha f,r2 - -
flying out of his hand into the tai grass
ten feet away. Clark was completely
winded by the blow and the detective had
no difficulty in securing the prisoner. He
was taken TO No. stationhouse and lock-
ed up.
After his prisoner had been safely slowed
In cell Mulhall went back TO the church
yard and found about $500 worth of Jewell
ry lying scattered about on the grass. This
was subsequently identified as the prop
erty Of Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Summers of No.
Ills NJ Street northwest, whose house was
burglarized last night while the family
was viewing the fireworks. The burglars
had evidently Just finished robbing the
house when the detectives spied them.
Detective Proctor did not fare so well
with the man he was after. When the thief
started to run the detective followed as
rapidly as possible, keeping about fifty feet
behind him all the way down Eleventh
Street. When they reached the corner of
E Street the burglar darted across the
street and into the open door of a barroom.
He ran through the bar, out the back door
and climbed over the fence Proctor was
close at his heels, and when the man reach
ed one side of the fence the detective was
on the other.
The burglar heard the detective COM
ing and climbed up on a shed in the
rear of Pennsylvania Avenue. From the
shed he entered a pool room on Eleventh
Street by a second-story window. ran out
the front door. and disappeared in the
crowd. Proctor was close behind all the
way. but lost a little time in getting on
the shed. SO that the man had opportuni-
ty to make good his escape. 1t is sup
posed that he made for the nearest rail-
way station and got out of town. 1t is
not thought that he had any of the
booty Of the two robberes he was con-
cerned in. as most of it was found in the
churchyard. where ii was thrown by
Clark. Early this morning Proctor went
up to the church and found the revolver
which was knocked out of Clarks hand
and a large jimmy. which had evidently
been used to gain an entrance to the two
residences robbed.
The prisoner was brought to the Detec-
i've BUREAU tHtS HOTuiuS. WueTe ut u
be seen by all OF the out -of-tOwn detec-
tives who are here for the Peace Jubilee.
None OF them recognized him. however,
and the only man who knew anything
about him at all was Mulhall. the detec-
tive who captured him. The latter has
seen a great deal of service in police work
throughout the country. He was at one
time Secret Service man, and has been in
the employ of the Pinkertons in Chicago.
He is an all-around detective, and was tax
en- on the extra force during the Peace Ju-
bilee for his wide knowledge of the crooks
of the country. Both he and Proctor have
worked hard on the case. and they receiv-
ed the congratulations of their comrades
at headquarters this morning for their ex-
cellent work.
Clark, the prisoner, was the most un-
concerned man in the Detective Bureau
this morning when he was brought there
to be measured and photographed for the
rogues' gallery. He was very stylishly
dressed and appeared to be in a flourish
ing financial condition. He is about five
weighing about 100 pounds. He appears
to be consumptive and several times dur
ing his interview with the detectives he
was compelled to stop and give way to a
racking cough that seemed to weaken him
considerably. The man retains perfect 81
lence regarding his movements last night
although he talks pleasantly on other sub
jects. He seems to be we'll educated and
from his manner and bearing one might
believe that he was a college student with
WELL to- do-parents. He will be held for
further evidence before being taken into
court.
Many Lives Saved.
In almost n, every neigh6oriood there is some one