The Washington times., 1901-07-21

mould halt for second and turning in
! their direction, level his gun at thehi-
Several of the more venturesome pur-
suers ran up to him, but were frightened
away at the sight of the weapon. The
fugitive was now crossing Seventh street
and making for C Street.
In the meantime all was confusion
among the officials at Police Headquar-
ters Major Sylvester had just received
a message from Castelbergs store ask
ing that two detectives be despatched
there at once to apprehend diamond
thief who had just left Detective Ser
geants Weldon and Muller, who We're in
the office were Immediately ordered to
the scene of the trouble, and, running
through the hall to the CiStreet entrance
of the building, started down that thor
oughfare at rapid gait.
THE detectives had just crossed Sixth
Street northwest when around the corner
dashed man brandfshing a revolver, and,
noticing the great crowd closely follow
ing him, Weldon and Muller ran rapidly
in that direction. Muller was the first to
come near the crook and Immediately
grappled with him. The detective seized
MeDoweIl's pistol hand and forced it be-
hind his back while Weldon made a
grab for the other hand. But the fugitive
was wiry and in few minutes the three
were engaged in desperate struggle.
Suddenly, with quick movement, the
thief wrenched loose from Muller. and,
with his finger grasping the trigger,
pushed the barrel of the gun against the
detectives abdomen. Weedons eye took
in the situation at glance, and realizing
that he must act quickly to save his
partners life pulled his blackjack and
dealt a terrific blow a McDowell's head.
The latter dodge however, and the
heavy blackjack a.izzed out into the
street In STOPPING, however, Mcdowell
lost his grasp upon his revolver. and
Muller with a jerk, wrenched the deadly
weapon from his hand. In this he was
aided by Daniel Anderson. a colored man,
who came to the assistance of the COM
batants.
Cursing and bewailing his fate, the now
prisoner was conveyed to Police Head
quarters, followed by bowling mob OF
citizens, who greeted his capture with
cries of lynch him" Numerous police
men, attracted by the blowing of distress
calls and the sight of the struggle. drove
the crowds back and the crook was hus-
tied into Police Headquarters. He was
taken at once into Captain Boardman's
office, where he was searched.
During the whole affair the prisoner eX-
hibited a great amount of nerve. seating
himself coolly in n chair and tanning
himself. He refused to talk to anyone,
much less give his name. Suddenly Wee
don. who is one of the oldest detectives
on duty, pulled from his pocket book
containing the pictures of escaped Grim
inals and there among them was found
picture tallying in every description
with the prisoner. The patrol wagon of
the First precinct was summoned and the
suspect accompanied by Detective Muller,
was driven rapidly TO that station and
locked up.
AT Headquarters under the supervision
of Major Sylvester, hurried search was
made through book containing the look
outs sent to this city from all over the
country, and finally one was secured bear
ing a picture which was the image of
the prisoner. 1t was bulletin from the
chief OF police at Detroit, Mich, and the
only thing in the picture that failed to
correspond with the likeness of the pris-
oner was that the suspect arrested pos
sessed dark mousIache while the one
in the picture was clean shaven. But
after making sundry searches and in
vestigatons, it was It last finally de-
cided that the man n cust-iy was no
other than Lewis g. Mcdowell, with
aliases too numerous to mention. who is
wanted in Philadelphia, New York, St.
Louis, Detroit, and Cincinnati.
Mcdowell. alias Morgan, is an exceed
He is about live feet six inches in height,
and weighs about 40 or $50 pounds.
When arrested he wore dark eyeglasses,
an exceedingly well made suit of the
latest pattern, and a long, dark duster.
Probably the city that desires most of all
to lay hands upon Mcdowell is st. Louis,
where he operated successfully for several
years. About year ago Mcdowell was
arrested in Cincinnati, Ohio, and on Feb
ruury q. 1851, was brought to st. Louis, in
which city he was charged with having
obtained over $1,000 worth of diamonds
dishonesty. At the time of the theft Nc
lmDgTSOnltgu j. l.tmn
jr., son of the millionaire beer manufac-
turer in that city. Entering the store of
the Merrick, Walsh & Phelps Jewery
Company, he secured diamond brooch
valued at $500, which was never recovered.
Shortly after committing the theft he was
caught. and upon March Il pleaded guilty
and was sentenced to three years in the |
About week after receiving his SEN
tence Mcdowell, together with nearly 100 |
other convicts. including the notorious |
Milwaukee Dutch" one of the cleverest
confidence men in the country. were |
placed aboard train and started on the |
way to the penitentiary. Mcdowell and |
Dutch were handcuffed together. When |
the train was about twenty miles from |
st. Louis the two thieves set to work and |
from their wrists. Then Dutch who |
was near the window, ascertaining that |
the guard was not looking softly opened |
the window AT the time the train was
plunging over TIE road at the rate of for
ty miles an hour. Suddenly there was a
light scraping sound and Dutch was |
seen 10 drop out of the window. Within
second after him. Mcdowell becoming des-
peratc and noticing the rapid approach of |
the guard dove head first through the |
window The escaped prisoner was bad |
ly stunned and bruised by the fall. but |
realizing that he had regained his freedom
started back Cor st. Louis. where he |
stayed for several months and disap- |