New-York tribune., 1903-05-03
HE CATCHES TRAMPS.
TB4T Is HIS BUSINESS.
dennis FrasrIey Has OOer Three
Thousand on His Record.

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-ta7pe condolences. It is known to the police as
e HOBO club" but its disreputable patrons sell
soo make any trouble under its roof
FKyfi-her away, me bonny boy :? demanded the
.oe,-e9 tramp. who once long ago lived in Kirk
TO Srloketown in my palace car" responded the
~ Who Was the raggedest sort Of 'bonny
hor" u see hy the markings that you just got in
-on, The city Of sleep" said the Scot. Have
heer with me-
A. thev bent dirty elbows the one who was going
~, on the trucks Of the first fast freight that
,,-,yad available put a question Did you
i. s-v+rins of Fra vVley. old cuI?"
a,ou mean that -- Irishman who hangs
., coal chures near Trenton?~ said the other. wip
t7r the froth from his mouth with his sleeve. DO
look IS though I'd met Frawley?"
The o1ner shook his head and muttered; Il hope
-, as lucky" He gathered his about him
60 sunk into the street. heading for the Pennsyl
vsuia tracks.
II is likely that this Of the road passed
,..,r-r Trenton 50 feIy for Denfs Frawley. the
-bs-7rion tramp catcher Is fat his back in St
z,-s-ris 7ospitaI. with three bullet wounds in his
right arm. Meantime the coal chutes reek with
,-surs and Dennis tosses about his cot impatient
- eet after them.
A. MS home in Trenton Frawley's partner in the
.rarnu catching game - pulling AT his chain and
ro7lf-c fer the Of his master. The partner
: Teddy a white bulldog and while he is not on
,ba nsyreH Of the Pennsylvania company he rem
ders II little service
rms Is Frawley's story Of the fight in which he
was wounded a. Tribune correspondent secuieO
il al his bedside;
u had three buns tied into my wagon and was
driving across the railroad tracks when heard
.o,,e one shout Don't kill me-, left the wagon
and ran down the rack. where found white
- m his hack with three negroes top of him
! knocked the negroes down one after the other.
with nv blackjack and the white man got UP ana
ssc I'm shot" The negroes got up one by one
and started down the tracks I followed, but had
not counted upon three others who were lying on
she ground near a fence. When I got near. the
three men started TO shoot, and / DID the same
The shots came awful quick, and all saw was q
streak Of fire. ] didn't know until the shooting hao
sronped that I'd been hit and then thought my
an was of The three bullets must have struck
ma all about the same time. Two lodged in the fore
e- and the other entered just above the Wflst anu
-s-,e ont near the elbow. The only thing / N MAD
about IS that I didn't set the man that old IL
-.4-l- 7 Ero7r who he is though and II I'm not
mistaken he shot at me once before in New
brunswick He would have been Jugsed then' DuI
-. .rdze LEI him 20 He claimed that he was 100
- ev-sz- for assault and battery and that he only
,-zs blanks IN his revolver, but don't heheVe H.
and know that there were no blanks this time
Frawley has a record Of having captured single
handed 5000 +ram9s in the six years ne mas peel
working for the company Among them were two
-,-5arsrs vzro have since been hanged, score or
,-,r-s1- -o,hars no end of burglars and common
thieves Frawley IS always supplied with chains
and handouts AS he works alone he chains a
,s- N telegraph pole tree and goes In search
o+ others The protest against being chalheo
- = - co7d or rain but IL does good
..You are not going 10 leave me here TO freeze to
death are you?' begged one tramp arrested last
winter
.-Ferhaps will" said Frawley, and ne went OF
without a more definite answer.
zy-,,e. he returned an hour later and transferred
.,e prisoner TO his the fellows Joy entirely
c,-s-sha doved any sorrow at prospective inprlsoI
rnenT.
7--,s * no+ the first time that Frawley has been
- :. she rosnital by the men he pursues with
.uch daring. He has been shot twice through lie
-fbs His left was once nearly severed VIII s-
s+a-o knife He has been STABBED IN lhe SiioUIu
- has received numerous beatings- GeneFaliS'
- g g the tramp who suffers. and he has
e,-e7 been charged with cruelty in dealns WIFI
them -
one of Frawley's most notable captures Was a
,,o,o-s5 man named Amos Sterling. who was con-
- - =. -,ear ago Of completely IN the muir
- - Box Wilson White. and afterwaTo hangeu-
Il had been informed that Sterling hao come ll-S
v-ev~ said Frawley. IN telling ABOUT tie c0P'
.,z,5 fo,nd him about O'Clock one atlerlou
,,irr in ? thick patch Of woods near the ram Oo
-~.oke He seemed 10 be pretty well played out
and got almost up to him before ne sa" me anu
then he made q lunge for my throat ailo 80 -
kick when he jumped up But had nm u - =.
rights and before ne had a chance 10 oi0" ii
-fs-ol had the handouts on him Two olheI nol''
Te--v and Ivory had been hanged for taking part
g. TIE White murder. and before he went 10 'iie
FaIlovs Sterling also confessed his part Ih '"0
affair. -, wv.
The only other murderer that Kno" Ne
-.,,sr+ ., confirmed Frawley was a Mexican VINO
killed his wife and six children and was aI.el-
--s-7 hanged IN Mexico. 1 didn't know at the uihe
Mn ba v-as F1t I had been told that a foreigner
vas living in barn out near the cnutes' io- ~
him o-a afternoon and he started 10 Fu1A
-urane5 2 barbed wire fence and then puIhhs ms
Gun said. Go backr got a bead on him. out the 9
1-,11e+ s+4,rl- f- the barrel Of my revolver ana
slid behind q telegraph pole He planted Two
bullets IN the pole and then ran. Then got an
other pistol and located him near me oaiI 80 80
night He was taken by surprise ano aIueI q " 4I' 80
aght got the cuffs on him and took him down 10
the station house x.,-
afterwards il was discovered that the Me1cah
Rad 3 90 hid IN the barn. but l didn't Kho" 'ha. -
Until too late That most TOO nuch ioi me-
rsid the detective regretfully- IL
"One OF the longest fights i ever hao' SCI SCI
FraRlev rernfuiscentIy, was with pig nesro
NAMED C,,vr.ngl,arn who broke Jail at FreehoIo'
We fought for more than an hour and nan fSi7
arms were longer than mine and his reach was
what u2a6e Il hard. but / finally pIa!eo nm =, :
Hu6 then dubbed him. When he came 10 ne as @ :,
he not 10 make a complaint. saying ne -
tisr1e ne for clubbing him. but IL he was causn
fe had se,,a, Years staring him in the face Wei'
Of course that didn't 90 and he went back 10
jan" -,
Another encounter which Frawley recalled win
epua~ent pleasure was with Jersey Blue Vi 'oi-ii
Q Brien who was wanted for hlgh"ay IoOOeiS' q
sault and battery and housebreaking This occurreu
81 N.y F2rr,,sv5ck and after scuffe on the ran
road tracks Jersey Blue and the detecnVe tuii-
bled over q ten-foot stone embankment tosetlei-
But ] was on top said Frawley, ana "heh We
got 10 the bottom ! tapped him on the heaa- ne
waited about five minutes and then came TO- aio
Put hin in box car and took him to jail Jersey
T1se- was nal of Linden Whitley, and caught