New-York tribune., 1903-03-10
OVER FIFTH-AVE. ROOFS.
POLICE HUNT BURGLAR.
Residential District Thr01cn Into
Turmoil of Excitement.

There WAS wild excitement in the blocks of
Thirty-eighth and Thirty ninth sts. between
Fifth and Sixth aves. just before midnight last
night when two burglars whe were hanolhg
out and receiving bundles of goods from the
third floor of No 35 West Thirty-eighth-st. were
chased by detectives with drawn revolvers. one
burglar was pursued over all the roofs 10 rlIth-
ave. where he disa ppeared.
Just before midnight Dr. Francis w. Murray
of No. 81 West Thirty ninth-st, telephoned
from his home to the Tenderlon station, saying;
TIN looking out of my window at burglar
in a window of No 35 West Thirty-eighth-st
He's handing out bundles on a 1O-foot pole to a
man on the roof OF No. 33. You'd better erase
men around there"
Detectives Brundage and Calen ran around
Callen to Thirty-efghth-st. and Brundage to the
doctors house. The doctor had the door open Tor
him, and he called out:
Come in. They're on the roof. Come on up
Nth me-
Brundage followed to the roof of the doctor s
house. They saw a light in room Of the thlfo
floor rear, of the house at No. 35 West Thirty
eghth-st. "A man was there.
Wait minute" said Brundage. disappearing
down the scuttle.
He ran to the telephone called up his station.
and asked for help
Detectives Mckay and Sheibles arrived on the
run. Callen had been trying to get in, but could
not They found that DR.. Peter CalIan and DR..
Fantum occupied the first floor. and that the
usual occupants of the second and third floors
were in the country. Mckay decided to go
through No 81 to try to catch some one.
Meantime DR. Murray had told BruRdage that
he had seen the man in the window shove three
bundles one at time with a 10-foot pole, out
of the window to on the roof Of No. 53.
The rear of No 35 is deeper than No. 33 but
IIa.$
man On the roof of No. 33. While Brundage
and the doctor were watching and waiting for
the other detectives to surprise the burglars
Mckay came up threught the seuttle of No. 81.
His revolver was in his hand. He spied the man
who had the bundles. The burglar ran toward
Fifth-ave. over the roofs. his steps arousing the
sleepers beneath them.
By the time the burglar, with Mckay in
hot pursuit. was halfway up the block, bankers,
brokers' lawyers and business men We're peek1ng
out of scuttes in white gowns and pajamas,
trying to find out what the trouble was. The
tiamping of the men aroused people all over the
two blocks, and windows began to bang. scut-
ties ratified on roofs, shouts were heard ana
women, too, peered out into the night.
Mckay chased his man nearly to Fifth ave,
where the burglar mysteriously disappeared
Mckay could rot get trace of him. Nearly
every sauttle was occupied by a man VINO
wanted to find out all apont it, and the seutfles
not occupied had locked covers. Nor were
any bundles to be found
Then the detectives entered No. 30 West Thir-
ty-eighth-st. The doctors do not occupy their
offices at night. The detectives went to the
third floor, where the burglar and the light had
been seen, but all was dark. They called out,
but the burglar did not answer The doors were
locked and none of the detectives felt like break
ing in. a Watchman, who refused to give his
name or that Of the family that lived there,
said the family had the keys and that he could
not gel in
''Well. we'n come around in the morning and
see If anything has been stoien,'' said the de-
tectives. and they went away.