The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-03-21
Thief kILLED.
Samuel Hague, Jr., Shoots a
Burglar Who Offers No
Resistance.
POLICE QUICKLY RESPOND
Jere miah Vanderbe g k s
Household Aroused By the
Intruder and Neigh
borhood Alarmed.

borhood Alarmed.
/ A burglar who said his name was James
| Wilson, twenty-six years old, no home.
was fatally shot early this morning in an
attempt to rob the home of Jeremiah
vanderbeek No. Il Glenwood avenue, and
died at one O'Clock today at the City
Hospital. All attempts of the police to
| get a statement from him other than the
name he gave were fruitless. The police
say his name is not Wilson. TIE man
resembles a German. He weighs about
175 pounds and is about fees inches
| tall
His wounds were inflicted by Samuel
Hague, Jr., member of the Vanderbeek
household One bullet entered the cheek
to the left of the nose and passed out
back of the left ear The other wound
which eventually caused death by an in-'
ternal hemorrhage was caused by the
bullet entering the lower end of the right.
lung.
Ii was shortly after one o'clock when
Mrs. Vanderbeelx was aroused by the
ringing of the burglar alarm. This was
put in on the advice of Captain Cox Of
/
when an attempt was made to rob Mr..
Vanderbeek's house last November.
Mrs vanderbeek aroused her husband.
He got up, went to the room of Hague,
and together they began a systematic
search of the house. Both carried reyolv-
ers. In descending the stairs to the first
| floor they were careful to make no noise.
Neither wore shoes
The parlor and dining room were
searched and then they went to the
kitchen. AS they passed through the
various rooms they lighted all the gas
jets The kitchen was dark. save for a
streak of light which came in through q
window where the curtain had been left
up. The light revealed to them the form
of man seated at the kitchen table in
a crouching manner as if to escape obser-
walton.
Hague fired The man was seen to slip
! from the chair and fall beneath the ia-
ble AS he was falling Hague fired again.
The man was heard to groan loudly. The
men lighted the gas and discovered the
burglar lying beneath the kitchen table
covered with blood. He was conscious
Mrs. Vanderbeek in the meantime had
stepped out on the front porch and blew
/ a whistle as instructed by Captain Cox
several months ago. Patrolman Wolfe
ben was on the scene in two minutes. a
call was sent TO the City Hospital ard
the wounded burglar taken there. The
doctors found that one bullet had pierced
the right lung The other bullet went
throught the left cheek. Five minutes
after the whistle had been blown twelve
policemen were on the scene. Men carcie
! from all directions Excitement in that
| fashionable neighborhood ran high a
| hundred people were about the house seek
| ing information.
Inspector Archibold and Captain Cox
went to the City Hospital after the burg
/ lar had been attended to and endeavored
to get a statement from him. He was
conscious but suffering intensely. The
victim gave his name as James Wilson
| and his age as twenty-six. He would
tell no more. All efforts to get detailed
statement from him wer of no avail. Four
detectives and Chief Murphy visited the
! hospital again early this morning but the
man would say nothing. patrolman
was stationed at the mans cot up to the
minute he breathed his last, to get any
statement he might make.
The police are of the opinion that the
victim concealed his proper name. On
/ the right arm of the burglar are various
tattoo marks.
There is heart, anchor and cross, and
on the left arm an anchor and chain and
| the figure of woman, besides the letters
! "a. B. 81 and the figure "S." The cloth
| ing of the victim is very ragged. The
| coat. trousers and vest are of poor quail
itv and old The underclothes are also
ragged and the tan shoes full of holes
l The fact that the vest is marked with the
/ letters &c. x W., 1896" " and IS. NJ. b.
on the lining, leads the police to bebiieve
| tha. the man has served time before and
! that the marks were put there by the
/ nrison officials for the purpose of identi-
4 fving the clothes when the prisoner took
/ off his prison suit at the expiration OF his
/ term. Marks on the collar, shoes and tie
also make it look as though the man
! came from Pennsylvania.
The body was taken to the morgue and
| the police are working to clear up the
mystery.
An examination by the police disclosed
the fact that entrance had been effected
by breaking a pane of glass in a Kitchen
window on the west side of the house
and pushing back the CATCH AS the win
! dow was raised the alarm went off. The
| burglar never moved out of the room.
4 Why he remained there is a mystery II
is said that he heard the man coming 70
the room and intended to give himself
up, but before he could spead he rad
been shot A seven inch spike.wa found
in the clothing and package of cigarette
paper and tobacco. There was nothing
l elSa in ba cfothps
Last November an attempt was made
| to rob the same house. Mr.. Vanderhetk
| came down stairs and as he opened the
kitchen door he saw man in the room
! and a revolver on the table, The intruder
sprang for the gun and Mr.. Vanderbeek
lodged back of the kitchen not wishing
\ to be filed with lead. The burglar escap-
j ed before Mr.. yanderbeek could notify the
police Captain Cox then instructed the
family to get whistle and told them
how to blow it.
The police were complimented by Chief
Murphy for responding so quickly.
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