New-York tribune., 1901-12-12
CROWDS CHASE BURGLARS.
MAN WHOM THEY HAD ROBBED PUR-
SUES THEM DOWN FIRE ES-
CAPE-ONE CAPTURED.

planned burglary resulted in the loss Oh
jewelry valued at 81 900 from the home OF Hu-
dolph r. S Miller, chief examiner OF the De
partment of Buildings, Lighting ana SuppiieS'
at No. 140 East Fortieth-st.. late yesterday
afternoon. Three men were in the job, but two
escaped with the booty. William Hehrs'
twenty-five years DID, painter, who refuses MS
address is a prisoner He is a burly man OF
great strength.
No 141 East Fortiett-st is a three-story nat
house owned by William F. Miller, carpenter
and builder who uses the first floor as his of1ce
and lives on the second floor. Rudolph Miller
who is his cousin, lives on the third moor, WIN
his wife and her father. The latter is eish'S-
five years old. and deaf
Mrs Miller went shopping yesterday AFTER
noon Her husband got home about o5o CLOCK
He met n strange man on the stairs MI Miller
did not think of him again until he met the
janitor. .
,,uAr tried the kitchen door. but found it
,ocked Having no key he went to the parior
and entered All was corf,fsion. Furniture was
,,mbIea about and clothing lay over the floor
ond ON the upturned furniture. Some bedroom
,,,r,iebinps had been dragged into the parior.
,,tuar locked into small bedroom alongside
the parlor and saw hi. wife's father readlne' IN
a rocker He had heard nothing Miller ran
through the rooms and saw tha' All were "
~. san,s condition He could not enter the
,,,.obsn hut pushed the door open enough TO see
two men cot against the door
'Open this door,! cried Miller.
..J,,e all up," cried one of the men. lhes
,,sbAd the cot against the door again. anu
climbed out Of the window. Miller gave pIs"
and showed the cot away. Inc heii
scendins the fire escape
..PoIice, Come back here. crleo Niei' sum
i,,, b;s haad out of the window
.Dont YOU follow us or II put 'u'.'
+brouqb vour head cried the nearest ihah' Nio
was Henry pointing a revolver at MiiieI- ne
went down and Miller followed, shou'ins io' ''ie
notice all the time The man dio not sno'' 'N
sou., &c fast as he could. Max Graves the jan
itor had heard the shouting, ana ran o"' "
office to the yard. just as the hrs' man udsn
through carriage alley toward 'he s'iee "
-. ,a aftar him but the man skipped the
fence and got through yaru Vi 'N"oN '
eorr,aga factory to Forty -frst-st Miller couiu
NOT scale the fence, and he ran TO forte'h-s''
King of the East Thirty th-st. station, .,
I've been robbed of-why. there ,ne ,I',i i1ai,
o,r :. he cried pointing to Henry nan d ooch
@ nuM, uapry had come through Forty-hrst-sI
~ Ssr+ed hack again to Third-aVe ana theh "
Forty-second-st. large crowd satnere9 h,s as in
" y nd 6f+v persons were chasing MN III
ran. ran anu @ TIyvo Young men seized him and he
drew a revolver. 1t was knocked oul - -. ms
hand and one man pinned MN Wy t. ,,hdued
49, nit him on the head, and he was supuueu.
i1 1sS ras taken to the station. cold chisei was
found in his possession ,. +b.
Graves the janitor. and croWG cnased iti, tne
other man TO Lexington-afe. ana anu MI Tha door
ct where he ran into 1lathouse, ing upU ~
Sr,,ed behind him. He tried to get out pul
could not open the door He made the nai9oS h;,'
r - The crowd yelled and darted after hlnl,
~ uIpsa,, ran 10 IeXington-aVe.. boarded a car
and rode to Forty second-st.. "here he '"inp''
off and disappeared. ia ,os, tuo d,amond
Ill diamond brooch, a pearl brooch silver
iIAS stud.