The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-18
ESCAPES WITH HIS BOOTY.
Jersey City Thief Leads His Pursucrs
u Hot Chase.

Hot Chase.
! NEW YORK, July 17.-Jersey City had
a thief chase this afternoon in which a
considerable part of the business element
of the population took part. The thief.
carrying 4 satchel containing $1,000 in cash
and 1880 in checks. which ne had Just
sIatched from the hands OF young woman
! who was taking il to bank TO deposit It,
led his pursuers a race through winding
streets, up and down stairs. and through
corridors in several buildings, finally Civ.
ing all hands the slip and getting away
with his plunder.
All that the police have to establish the
identity OF the man is meagre descrip-
ton. TheY are particularly anxious to
get him, as in addition to perpetrating enc
of the boldest crimes that ever took place
in the city he is indirectly responsible fOs
the death of an old woman. whose weak
heart gave ont when she saw him scale
a fence and heard the shouts of his pur-
suers.
The young Woman who was robbed IS
Miss Laura Rickerich cashier of the Pru
Dental Life Insurance Company in Jersey
City. Every Afternoon az about 1.30 Miss
Rickerich takes the receipts OF the morn
ing to the Hudson County National Bank,
on Washington Street Just as she waa
going up the steps OF the bank this after
noon Il young man grabbed the satchel and
was well up the block before Miss Rick.
erich realized what had happened.
She screamed FOR help. but the only per
sons who had Witnessed the robbery had
started in pursuit without delay They
were George Outwa:er and Samuel j. Her.
bert When the main pursuing column got
in motion the thief had just swung into
Grant Street with 0utHater and Herbert
about thirty yards behind him.
At the corner of Grand and Warren
Streets is the Free Reformed Church.
There is a high fence around it. After
seizing the fence for fraction OF a second
the thief began to shin up the side. When
he got to the top he waved the satche
deiantly AT his pursuers and dropped off
on the other side Outwater was the first
of the pursuing party to get up the fence
after him. and Herbert was close behind
AS Outwater and Herbert dropped into
the yard OF the church they saw that the
thief was rapidly shining up the fence at
the other end. This fence separated the
yard OF the Free Reformed Church from
the yard of st. Mathews Protestant Epis-
copal Church. On top Of this fence the
thief once more waved the satchel and
dropped off into the yard Of St Matthews
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yard. up the fence on the other side, and
out into Suffolk Street.
As the thief went out into public high
way once more and 1t became apparent TO
Outwater and Herbert that they were
being distanced. they set up great shout
ing. The thief paid no attention to the
shouters behind him but attended strictly
TO business till at last Outwater ard
Herbert, completely winded, gave UP the
chase.
The woman who died from the excite /
ment of the chase was Mrs. Henrietta |
Fuhilng. sixty -one years old. who lived |
opposite the yard of st. Matthew's Church. |
She had been Ill for some time with heart |
trouble. and was sitting in the window |
when she heard the noise and saw the |
chasing crowd. She jumped to her feet |
and gave a scream and fell to the floor
dead