The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-07
THE BAD MAN OF CHAPPAQUA
LEGS 1T FROM CITY NALL PARK
WITH A SLEUTH IN CHASE.

Trolley Cars Catch the Sleuth, hut lie
Gets the had Man--Finally the Bad
Man Jumps from white Plains Train
and Goes to Hospital Unconscious.
station was rudely broken yesterday by
the arrest Of a Peasantville burglar by one
Of that townships triumvirate OF police.
While all Pleasantville was enjoying
the national day last Saturday a belated
celebrant in buggy saw the hand of John
Webber on Thomas b. Pierce's gate. Re-
turning from the ball game that evening,
Mr. Pierce found that his house had been
robbed Of much-worn silver watch. a
gold ring and pair of plated cuff buttons.
AS Weber had come to be known as the
bad man Of Chappaqua, Chief Poth OF
Please ntville's police was not long In de-
Gliding ON course OF action.
watch the Monday morning trains to
New York." he commanded, as his two
attentive sleuths crowded about him, "and
follow your suspect there. When he tries
to pawn the goods, grab HIM. Then tell
the first policeman you see that I'm boy
hood friend OF Big Bill Devery and that
my brother is the doorman in Mulberry
street. The whole city force will fall over
itself to fix you right"
Sure enough, armed with the "open
sesame" Of his superior's name, Officer
Fred Wild Swallowed the suspect on a New
York Central train from Peasantville to
White Plains yesterday morning. On the
way he saw him take out much-worn silver
watch. His first impulse was to make the
arrest then and there. But the thought Of
the prospective reception to be rendered
him by thousands of municipal bluecoats
was too fascinating.
At White Plains Weber took trolley
At Fordham he took the Third avenue
elevated 1t was only when the City Hall
station was reached that Wild, with a re-
assuring @Your nuts my anvil" grabbed
his man by the scruff of the neck and
yanlsed him toward the green lights across
the Row, followed by shrill crowd Of at
least 200 newsboys, apple women and East
Side students of sociology.
"Got warrant, of course" suggested
the sergeant after the pair had rested their
chests against the desk rail and the huskiest
members OF the Fourth precinct valetudi-
marian reserve had been lined up against
the door to keep out the mob.
"Not exactly" hestated Wild. But
my Chiefs got brother who's doorman
at Mulberry street
Just how the 4open sesame would have
worked on the sergeant the bearer of it
never found out, for preliminary
pounding on the door pushed its palsied
guardians aside and admitted young
man and woman who wanted to look
through the Rogues' Gallery for the
~ hn wi nb nd lfn hair hah u
carriage just when they were going to
want It.
Civility sent sergeant and officers for
ward to open up their mine of criminal
physiognomy. The door was left I'M
guarded. One jump took the ~bad man
to Spruce street After him shot Wild.
Up Pleasantvlle way cars pass each
other only when they meet on a switch.
But now a Madison avenue and Third
avenue car tearing of time on the row
caught the sleuth between them and gave
his prisoner twenty-yard lead. But the
sleuth cornered him against the wall Of
warehouses which brings Spruce street
to so abrupt close.
When they got back to the station house
they found Capt. Steve smiling welcome
from the doorway.
$50 the boss is the brother of doorman
up at Mulberry street, Ell? Welt Well!
OF course, anything. I can do for him or
his slbordinates----"
But the trolley car incident had taken
away all the Peasantville cops interest
In things municipal, All he wanted was
to,get his prisoner safe home on the double
quick, As he hadn't warrant, this wouldn't
have been legal il the prisoner had refused
to go. But Weber was as anxious to leave
Everything is there" he lamented, rue
fully regarding the worn silver watch
Il 81, hA IN ~ ~ butt
which, together with an unidentified pair
Of opera glasses and a badge Of the Saliva
= Then Plea santville's sleuth and Pleas
antvile's burglar bowed themselves out,
the Captain waving them farewell at the
door and watching narrowly against their
coming to any mischance on the quadruple
trolley track.
Wild and his prisoner left the Grand
Central Station on Harlem division train
for Pleasantville at 4:45 o'clock in the after
noon. When the train was a mile south OF
White Plains Weber got up from his seat.
-Im going to get drink, he said.
Wild went with him to the water tank.
As soon as Weber had refreshed himself
he punched the detective and knocked him
over Then he ran to one end Of the car.
where somebody held him until Wild got
up and got his hands ON the man again.
Wild and Weber fought all over the aisle
for a minute or two.
Webber finally got free, made a run for
the end of the car and jumped off. The
train was going at full speed. 1t was
stopped az soon as possible, and Wild
and several other men went back. They
found Webber unconscious in a culvert.
His head had hit the stone side OF the
culvert. An ambulance took him to
hospital in White Plains. He came to and
was taken to the Jail.
PULL MAKES THE PIER GO.