The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-25
CAUGHT BY A WOMAN SLEUTH
MRS. RYAN PURSUED HER QUARRY
AFOOT AND ON TWO CARS.

Che Han Opened the Door to . Man. Who.
She Thought. Robbed Mrs. Sommers's
FIAT. but She Csmped ON His Trail
Until SHE Got . 70 lieen,a TO Take Him.
In Raymond Street Jail In Brooklyn, there
sits on hard cell bench one John +. How
ard, who dismally contemplates the fact
that women are not quite 90 easy as he once
thought they were. He 10 charged with
sneak thieving. His arrest was brought
about by Mrs. Linda Ryan. a young woman.
who nearly tainted after she had seen him
/ fairly in the hands of the police.
Mrs. Ryan lives on the first door OF the
apartment house at 8S7 Quincy street.
On Friday she went out to look into her mail
box in the vestibule, and there found q
young man persistently ringing the bell OF
the apartment Of Mrs. Sommers, who Lives
on the fourth floor. She locked over Mrs.
f, Sommers's visitor. He was a very decent
looking young man and he had nice man
ners.
Il guess this boil is out OF order. said
he. Il can't make Mrs. Sommers hear
me-"
| He smiled and. thanking Mrs. Ryan for
holding the door open. passed In and up tho
stairs. Mrs. Ryan didn't think anything
! more about it,
| Soon after that Mrs. Sommers came n.y.
ing down stairs to Mrs. Ryan, who is a
capable person, ever relied upon by friends
| In distress.
-Oh. Mrs. Ryan, said Mrs. Sommers.
awe been robbed. and went out little
while ago, and when came in heard
somebody coming out Of my door, l thought,
and I wasn't sure, and called up stairs:
Wait, I'm coming up tho way we always
do, you know 1.-THE stairs in the apartment
house are very narrow, and rules Of the road
seem to have been establishedl but he didn't
have any manners. at all, and came right on
down stairs and pushed by me and went on
out. and when got up stairs found he had
pulled the whole place to pieces. and don't
know what in the world we ought to do. but
guess we better call policeman or some
body, and tell"
4That's tho man let inl" gasped Mrs.
Ryan. with true feminine intuition. She
grabbed her hat from chair and dashed
out into the stree: Mrs. Sommers following
without any clear 'dea Of what was going
to happen.
Mrs Ryan hurried along Quincy street
! At Van Buren, street she saw that identical
nice looking young man turn 4, into Van ar,
behind him Mrs. Ryan turned into Van
Buren, street close after him. There was
no Young man In sight. She went back
and waited. Pretty soon the nice-looking
young man came sauntefing out Of vacant
jauntily Cd toward Reid avenue. There
he jumped aboard car coming toward
her. Mrs. Ryan stppped the car and
boarded it. Apparently the nice-looking
young man did not know that he was being
| followed. yet.
his hand for Mrs. Ryan's fare.
Il came out without my pocketbook.'
whispered she. because I'm following
slief, and want you to stop the car as
soon a. we meet policeman.
The conductor stared at her and then at
the young man. and the young man seemed
to become suddenly conscious that things
the car. he Conductor pulled the bell and
Mrs. Ryan raced after him. The youth
leaped upon a De Ka.b avenue car. which
was going full tilt. Mrs. Ryan gave chase,
caught the car and climbed aboard, to the
great establishment of the conductor and
those of the passen gers who happened to
| see her.
She sank back into sent next to Dr.
| John Ketterle of "A Starr street. The ply
| stefan saw that she was very much excited
and that something was going very wrong
| indeed and asked what was the troubl
| She pointed out the young man on the
front seat--it was all open Garland told him.
| DR.. ketterle at once swung out Of his seat
and moved up behind the Moe young man.
| Nothing happeUed until the car reached
Bushwick avenue. Then Mrs. Ryan called
a newsboy.
go tell that policeman over there"
she said to the boy, that the man on the
front seat OF this car is burglar and that
Ihave followed him all the way from a house
he robbed and / want him arrested right
Of"
The boy scuttled across the street to the
policeman and delivered message from
which the policeman got the idea that some
body on that street car was crazy. DE
Jumped toward the car. The nice young
man, who seemed to have eyes in the back
of his head, made the mistake OF his wicked
career. He jumped of and started to run.
Mrs. Ryan -. screamed. DR.. he1terle
Some forty or fifty men and boys Joined III
The policeman stretched his legs a bit,
reached out with a long forearm and John r.
Howard was prisoner.
"You would try to rob my house. would
youp' was all Mrs. Ryan said when she
came up; you ough' 10 DC ashah'eo Vi
yourself.
Howard looked as If Re were.
DIR. Ketterle said that he had seen Howard
throw away something that locked like a
gold bracelet. 1t was not found, but under
the seat, where the physician had seen him
put it, was Jimmy" which fitted the
marks on Mrs. Sommerss door. Mrs.
Somlners discovered that nothing in her
fat had been carried away She con-
graduated herself that she had come home
Just in time.
When Mrs, Ryan appeared court yester;;
day NOR ming as witness against Howard
Magistrate Furlong told her that she was
one of the most remarkable and brave
young women that he had ever known
J anything about. o,..,
said he, -and want to congratulate you
Capt. Bee ker. Of the Hamburg avenue
station, thanked Mrs. Ryan for great
service to him. Howard would not tell
ANYTHING about himself except his name.
but Capt b. ksr is sure that he is one of
the very able fat thieves who ~, have been been
/ time. Howard was held in 800 bail for
axa n,ination ON Nov. e. Meantime the
police will try TO learn more about him.