The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1901-08-18
LEFT His HORSE And BUGGY
a Prisoner Escapes From the First
Precinct Station.
The Police Secure 81 Collateral by n
Great stroke of Luck-SiN Bottles
of Beer Abnndoned-A District
Messenger Boy the Only Loser.

A prisoner giving the name of Andrew
]. Milstead, aged thirty-two years. es-
capped from the First precinct station last
night. The police. however. by stroke
OF remarkable luck, have s. collateral a
horse and buggy, and six bottles of beer,
a District messenger boy is loser to the
extent of % cents or Whereabouts. and. so
far as is known, he is the only person
who does not appear to be satisfied.
From start to finish unusual features
appear in the case. for Milstead is credit
ed with having nearly run over an aged
woman at Eighth Street and Market
Space northwest. Then the prisoner is
said to have made ugly remarks to Po-
liceman McQuade, who was in citizen s
clothes, and who seized the bride of the
horse in time to save the old woman from
being Knocked down in the street. Be
cause of this. McQuade arrested Milstead
and turned him over to Policeman Davis,
who, in turn, surrendered his prisoner
to SerSt. George Morgan, on reaching the
station On Twelfth Street. This was about
o'clock. and a number of policemen
were sitting about, in and out of the
station. Sergeant Morgan appears to have
recognized in his prisoner a man above
the ordinary walks of life, and he readily
asscnted to request by the prisoner for
pen, paper and ink. Milstead was per-
mitted to sit in the rear room of the sta
ton, at a big table, while he penned a
note to some friend. asking for the neces-
sary S. with which to secure his release.
Seated at the table, Milstead appeared
very busy writing as Sergeant Morgan
looked at him several times from his desk.
Nothing unusual was suspected when Mil
stead asked for messenger, and a boy
was summoned at a call box in the sta
ton. The boy soon responded and Mil
stead gave him the note he had written
and bade him hurry back with an answer.
There are several policemen who saw
the messenger hurry out of the station
by the front door, but none would say
last night that he saw Rfiistead take his
departure shortly afterward by the rear
route, through the stable, an alley be-
hind the station, and thence into the
street Apparently unseen, Milstead left
the station. No thought seems to have
been given to him until the messenger
boy he had summoned again appeared.
bearing an answer to the note the prjs-
oner had given him. In this note. en-
closed in an envelope. was a five-dollar
bill. The boy handed the note to Sergeant
'" ipbhtN III din Luz MS pliS-
oner. to whom it was addressed. AS Mil
stead was not to be found, the note was
opened at the station and the s. enclosed
was deposited with the funds or the Dis
trict as collateral. On the biotter of the
station the sum was marked as paid to
ensure the appearance of hilstead in the
Police Court tomorrow morning. The mes
senger boy meanwhile sorrowfully quit
the station without his fee.
Yet another problem confronted the
police in the presence before the station
Of the horse and buggy which Miistead
had driven. When the prisoner was led
into the station the horse stood tied to
post still attached to the buggy. After
Milstead had departed. however uncere-
moniously. the horse and buggy became
a load on the hands OF the
police Finally it was determined to
stable the horse and store away the
buggy until such time as the owner saw
tit to lay claim to the property. Accord
ngly Policeman Warren drove the horse
to the Second precinct station, where 1t
was cared for last night IN the ambu-
lance stables
Prior to the move, however. the First
precinct police peered into the buggy.
Sergeant Morgan. with his usual sagacity
six bottles in the bottom OF
The buggy ur.ier the seat. This dtscov-
cry led to an investigation, and 1t was
found that the bottles contained beer.
They were accordingly, carefully removed
ntc the station and sS,wed away until
more suspicious occasion. On-the books
IT the station the address OF Milstead Is
given as 900 Second Street southeast