The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-21
GOT The BRONX HOLD-UP MAN
DYNAMITE AND GOLD SMELLING
PLANT ~ ms PLACE.
rdentlnrd as Man VINO Tore Mrs Cornish's
Diamonds From Her Throat In the
street Suspected Of safe Burglary
Nsn Woman Arrested with Him.

Dynamite, burglar anu, goId
tmelting plant, an opium smoking layout
end variety Of stolen goods we're found
o. the Alexander avenue police yesterday
,, tho tenement where they arrested the
r1ld.up man who early on Saturday morn
INC tore Mrs John " Cornish's diamond
brooch from her throat N the street near
rer homo AZ ~ Fast lSsth street. shot a
hor husband and exchanged shots with
roilcem1n The prisoners name is given
o. John Murphy and n woman arrested
with HIN calls herself Florence Murphy
7hoy ired around tho corner from the
Clrnlshes at 72l East 157th street They
wore crested early in the day but the
DYNAMITE. which was in their coal bin,
WIS nor found until last night Then the
tenement house got into panic
An aronymous letter to Capt Ward be-
t-svcd Nun nv and he was positively idend-
fed bv Mr. and Mrs Z Morris. who we're ont
nth tho Cornisho- on Friday evening, as the
man who rode scross town in a lSsth street
cfrVih the party. eying Mn 'Cornish's di :
mond- and who got or the or when they
did cart w ri would not show the let
Ter Yesterday, hut he told the contents N
was written in a scrawling hand and said
tnai the hold-up man was John Murphy
al East 18th street Ward started his
detectives out in house to house search
When thev got 10 the tenement It IA yes
urdav afternoon they found that John
Murphy and his wife lived there.
capt. Ward set men TO watch the house.
Tney had pretty coed description OF the
nan they we're after both from the Cor
r:shes and Mora who had been out
With Mr. and Mrs Cornish on Friday night
After watching the tenement for several
hours without seeing the man they were
after go in or come out it was decided to
try and land him in the house. Detec-
tives were sent TO the roof and then Capt
Ward and Detective Buckridge Knocked at
the door of the Murphy hat, in the rear.
one fight up.
The door was opened by a woman. to
whom Capt Ward said that he wanted to
sec John Murphy. The woman said no
wasn't in
Who are you?- she asked
we are railroad agents and We have a
good business proposition to mako to Mr..
Murphy" was the reply Of Ward.
We'll. he amt in said the woman, and
slammed the door.
Ward told Detective Buckridge 70 60 on
down stairs and to make "a much noise as
possible doing II The captain remained
in dark corner of the hail. In a minute
the Murphy door was opened cautiously
and a well built young man sneaked out
md peered down the stairs. Before he
could SEQ Ward the captain had pounced
on him and was yelling to the other police
men.
Although Murphy was taken by sur
rrlse he put up a stiff fight and the woman
helped him. Even after several Of Wards
men arrived Murphy struggled TO get free
Ruckridge finally drew his pistol and
threatened to use it, and that stopped the
fight
Tho police took a quick look around the
fat and after surveying the contents Of
the five rooms they knew they had made n
good capture no matter whether their man
was the highwayman or not, They were
satisfied that they had either run into a
fence Of had come on pair Of clever crooks.
Murphy and his wife we're bundled into
the patrol wagon and taken TO the Alexander
avenue station. A rnesseng ger was sent after
Mr. and Mrs Cornish, but they were out.
Then Mr.. and Mrs Morals we're summoned
They both positively identified the man as
the one they had seen in the surface car
and had seen running from the policeman
after he had shot at Cornish and the police
man.
Murphy wouldn't say word. Neither
would the woman She said she was Flor
ence Murphy Both were taken 10 the
Harlem police court and arraigned before
Magistrate Baker. Capt. Ward asked that
they be remanded for twenty-four hours
So that Mr. and Mrs Cornish could get a
laok 1T Murphy.
DO you want to go back to the police
station or be remanded TO jall?' asked the
Magistrate Of Murphy.
The Jail for mine and not the police sta
tim answered the prisoner quickly.
Both prisoners were taken to the prison
connected with the court When he was
rid n them Capt Ward took his men back
10 the fiat They found it very well furn-
'sted There we're several sets Of
hooks that had never been opened. In
two trunks the searchers found an opium
pipe and a smelling outfit by which gold
could be melted. There was small piece
~ melted gold near this outfit, along with
four inches Of gold watch chain. In a
l"NllNfhll lNfI lOlIlAl luItC hoh DOANSt NaNAI
coutainng a woman's spring hat. The
hoxes and hats bore the name Of Saks 4
Co. Another interesting find was silver
badge on which was printed Ticket Specu-
lator 10. lO5' In deck in the parlor
vsre couple OF dozen checks made
opt To various persons but which had not
been sent through any bank.
There vera considerable bric-a-brac, a
haH dozen rugs and good deal Of stuff
hat the police have not yet had time 70
examine Capt Ward estimated the stun
IN the house 10 be worth between SO, 900
and $1,000
Last night Capt. Ward and Sergt. Nash
decided "a search the cellar Of the tenement
They called the tenants into the cellar
found the coal bin Murphy used and went
grabbing in it. In a minute or two Capt
Ward pulled out package wrapped in a
newspaper. He spread it out on the cellar
floor. took one look at the contents and said
Dynamite
The tenants scattered and many Of tn EN-
wore so scared they took to the street and
would not return until the police had
taken the dynamite to the station house
capt Ward found five sticks Of the
explosive in the bundle. Further search
in the coal bin brought out a fve-eighths