The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-27
MORGAN SMITHS
FLEE ON A ROOF
Jump From Window and
Go Down Fire Escape.
ARMY OF POLICE SEEK THEM
Trapped Second Time, They Use Back
Door and Side Streets to
Get Away.
ARMY OF POLICE SEEK THEM

says so close are the police of
/ New York. Washington. and Philadel-
/ phia on the track of Mr.. and Mrs. J
! Morgan Smith. who are wanted in New
! York as witnesses In the case against
| Nan Patterson for the murder of Caesar
/ Young. the bookmaker, that the pur-
( suing officers assert they will have the
bev-ildered fugitives in custody before
midnight
Tracked to a fashionable boarding
/ house In Chestnut Street, the ]. Morgan
Smiths had a thrilling escape from the
police after they arrived here from
/ Washington
Leap to Roof to Escape.
As the police entered the front door
the Smiths saw them from a window
Snatched up their satchels, they leaped
/ from "a rear window to the roof of an
adjoining building. Thence they ran
down fire escape on the far side of the
/ building. and were barely out Of sight
when the police forced open the door Of
the room they had so recently vacated
( Hiding themselves for the time being
in the house in which they had taken
( refuge, the Smiths then secured board
in an Arch Street house and for several
/ days bafied the police
1 once more they were located AMI
again, by the narrOwest margin. they
/ made their escape
! Observing from the window Of their
/ room that the police were making
house toulouse canvas of the residents
of the street. the Smiths with their
! luggage once more in their hands. made
! a hasty exit from the rear of their
1 lodging. and II was only half an hour
after they had departed that a police
man rang the door bell and made in
/ quiries concerning them.
Escape Thought Impossible.
/ Bafied once more the police have now
spread a dragnet for them throughout
the city. and tonight they say they are
gradually closing in on their quarry,
and that escape will be impossible
4 Every boarding house. apartment
: house and hotel in this city is under
( surveillance
( Thus the pursuit of the escaping
couple has been going on ever since
Mr. and Mrs. Smith disappeared from
New York
For many days the two persons Dis
trict Attorney Jerome. Of New York,
wants as witnesses in the Caesar
Young case. for whose shooting Miss
Paterson is awaiting trial in the Tombs
I have been leading a life OF terror fec
/ ing from city 10 city. from house TO
1 twice but few minutes ahead Of the
innumerable detectives and police set
{ on their track
/ X is believed that Pawnbroker Stern,
! Of Sixth Avenue. New York has recog-
nized the picture Of Smith as that of
the man who bought the revolver in the
case.
The Charge Kept Secret
The charge in the warrant held for
Smith is a secret closely guarded by
/ District Attorney Jerome's office and the
! police. IL was given out that they were
20 be summoned only as witnesses, but
such subpoena is not extraditable
/ II there IS not a serious charge resting
against Smith, why are the entire police
/ force Of this city, three New York city
{ detectives, several Jerome sleuths and
4 Washington detectives on his trail?
on the day Of the shooting OF Caesar
( Young. Nan Patterson and her sister
had intended TO visit their aged mother,
who was dying in Washington. The
arrest of Miss Patterson prevented her
going. and the sister, fearing Interior
I ence from the officials OF New York city
determined To take no chances and fed
! TO her mothers house. The police knew
Z Of the aged woman'S illness. and i'm
I medtately upon the flight of the couple
set watch upon the Washington house
( In spite of their vigilance MIR. and Mrs
] Smith succeeded In getting into the
4 house unobserved, and We're there for "A
day before their presence was known.
| Before a warrant could be served on the
| couple they were on their way TO this
/ city
/ In the meantime the aged mother of
J Nan Patterson has been sinking rapid
I " owing to the shock of her daugh-
/ ter's arrest, and the sudden flight from
/ the house Of the other daughter.