The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-26
MAN HUNT IN HARLEM SWAMP
POLHEHEN ON HORSES. ~ no tTs
avn N FOOT tHt>T 4 NEGRO.
s,l'oonrrs trra Polnt al Out IuKitNe's
Whereabouts FROM The Rigging Tried
suicide when Caught Ia thr NUd
wanted for ~ abbilg Another Negro.

Tha rrlicn reserves - tie tasi l2aih
street station, assisted 10y central Onic'
DETECTIVES. mounted men AID a umlFr
~ c~i'izrus. had a four h,ur~' huu yc-ter-
daV In the sWamp- at asst street and the
Harlem River. for William Clemens. a negro
employed ON the nov l<.nuN avruu" hi.dgs,
who was wanted Tor -i.hhirg bnrliInlr
J Handcll. a leg-p 81 go Ea-t i?7ia ~tr'n'.
with whom N" had uuIrr"li"d ia" nlght
before over Clemsutir- Mpop Randrll
went 10 tho Harlem Hospital. and had
fourt'sn stitches taken in a cu' on IA"
loft side ~ his face. aud later went ~ ~"
East I2oth street station. and reported
the Gas. to ~" sergeant D't"ctiy'
William u Mooney wa -'rt out To fHd
Clemens A. YESTERDAY Wa pay dlv for
M" bridge rinplovee- Mooney went 10 the
contractors oNir and told 'hr cas- Ii"r
To point Clem"r- on 80 him II h. called
and not Ia give th" m'n'v - anybody "l-'
The detective had not l-rn then, hong.
when ~" Moon girl came and asked for
tlemers's euveloI-a Nh" Was told that
the man must come for D. himself When
she left Mponcy followed hey - liSd street
and LPnoN aVcnue. when" -l" met Clemens
Tn" pair ~aw Mpuur, f~ullpwi.g them and
started on a brisk walk toward Seventh
avenue Mooney WIS IHiu"d hy Detective
sergeant Nuloarr of Police Headquarters
The two detectives then made q dash for
tl"meu-. but N" ran east 10 D'noN avenue.
and up 10 the swarnps. near la.ih s'rct.
Wh"rn he climbed n f"uN'. and Disappeared
In the grass several mounted police
men from seventh avenue had started iu
the chR~a. bot they had =" giy" u up on
account 81 th" f"ro,' MulcIr' had uu =
new blue -nrgr rui'. hu' the said be- would
get Clemens II he had ~ wnd" IN mud up
Ia his neck TIL" n"grp- head could H.
~ru bObhing w and down ~ The gras-.
but he got through u and IA" mud viii
the celebrity Of t-avor
Detective Mooney Calle-i 20 Clemens 10
stop. but the fugitive Iaii uo attention w.
IN" command, and kept ught uu until be-
worked hts way near ~" -hur' Noon"y
fired five shots IN ~" ar Zoo fughi"n him.
bat hat did no good 4 call Tor assi-tanc"
was then sent 20 the station for mor' men
10 guard the shora. 49, that ia" negro cuuli
not g,t away Acting Captain Porter soon
came vith twenty men. and an additional |
call wa sent 10 he sub-staiiun IN Fast 1921 |
street for a squad Of harrison police. who |
came IN their steam launch Tho crew ~
a schooner. which was anchored ~ mid |
stream. got up m the ugelug and were ahl"
tu -'n IN" negro's head every now and then |
bob mp through th" gra-- and they would
motion 10 the mon ON shor" where To look |
for him 1
The mon ~ the launch caught sight 81
Clemens and on" % them struck him on
the head with an psr, hu' oven 'h"n they
Cpuldn catch him Policemen Murphy
and O'Bn"u. who had then l-s'n ~ th"
swamp Tor aver an hour trying d" capture
tho negro, came ON hacking moro dead |
than alive They wcp' covered with mud /
frum head 10 foot and ~aid they had enough
Of man hunting 90 a swamp tn" hunt
had then lasted nearly i've hours. and
still tho ncgrn wa In ~" swamp. and
shaved no signs 81 wanting n" Cutu" pu'
lri"CIiy" M'oneN and Acting Captain
Porter l-cafG" desperate. and finally |
Noon"N said w" would Civ" a 'w"u'v-ipllai
toll "a anybody who would * ~ and bring
clemens on, Jeremiah Levy. q mounted
from a mschauic and -sid thai h" i",'d''d
the m' noy H. started after M" negro.
but. like IA. other. ~" -p"n found ont
that man hunting ~ mud nearly wai-'
deep - morr difficult than chasing a run
away hor-a on seventh avenue
He and the other policemen we're finally
furU,SI 20 giV" up ia" hunt and wait until |
Clemens got tip~i Thomas Kelly WHO iiy,-
10 It5'h street near ls'noN av"nus. mad"
his way iu a small dock near 'hp b'idg"
II" -aw Nv. negru making nv WaN fut this
dock clemens had then ts-rn ~ 10" swamp
Tor nearly four hours lie Wa getting
urSi. and knew n 10" could get under this
dock be- would h. abl" to hud a resting
plac'. and I@rhaI- "lud" hl- pursu"r-
until night. when h- cuuld g"t awav ia ia"
dark
Kelly CIimlasi onto the dock aud when
Clemens made ht- Wav fo Nhrr" there
wa an oI-'niug large enough Tor a man
10 get through NELLY drupI"d on 20 The
n"gru and both men wer" half buried IN
ia" mud 4 tug boat cam" along then
AMI throw a ruTc tu Kelly and with IA"
of ~ou. ~ he harbur polC' who
came zap ~ the launch hr got M" ruI" around
the negro'- buiv and haul,~i him uui After
waH caught tl.mrns ru' hl- throat with
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