Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-30
WON EN-
AND NJ EN-
IN HUNT
Exciting Chase on
Broadway for a
Fugitive
Shriners in Full Dress
and Their Guests
Call Police
JeweIer Detmers En- Route to Show
Accuses Man Who Is Made Pris-
oner, Revealing $500 Rob-
bery-Denies His Guilt

Broadway in front of the Mason
opera house was the scene of an excit-
ing man hunt last night.
Men and women bound for the
Shriners' show Joined in the chase.
The man they were after was caught
and the capture made public the mys-
terious robbery of a jewelry store.
1t is now up to the prisoner, Tom
Mccarthy, to disprove Jeweler Fred
Detmers' assertion that he knows who
is responsible for the robbery. He de-
MES his guilt.
After a sensational race down South
Broadway from Second street, in which
men in dress suits and women clad in
dainty slippers and beautiful evening
gowns Joined, Mccarthy was captured
by Officer Dunn.
In Theater Lobby
Mccarthy was standing in the lobby
Of the Mason opera house about 8
o'clock when Mr.. Detmers saw him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Detmers had just
alighted from a carriage and were
entering the opera house.
When the proprietor of the jewelry
store saw Mccarthy he walked up to
the young man.
"Are you the young fellow that
drugged Ed? Do you know who robbed
my safe of $15OO?" asked Detmers.
Mccarthy did not answer.
Seeing the furtive glances cast
about by the young man the jeweer
turned to his wife and asked her to
run for the police.
M AS Detmers was speaking to his wife
3 Mccarthy made a sudden leap toward
the sidewalk.
Chase Begins
Detmers was after him in an instant,
crying Stop thief!'
Mrs. Detmers followed her husband
and in their wake came numbers of
other theater-goers.
Slowly but surely Mccarthy gained
on Detmers. With a supreme effort
Detmers called to Dunn, who was ap-
preaching from the opposite direction
to stop Mccarthy. For an instant
Dunn sized up the situation and then
began to run toward Mccarthy
Mccarthy began to dodge. But like
a football star Dunn leaped for Nc
Carthy.
Street Fight
knees and the two men went to the
knees an dthe two men went to the
pavement with thud. Though stunned
Dunn clung to his man.
Patrolman England was the first to
reach the struggling pair He over
powered Mccarthy and released Dunn
In company with Detmers, Dunn and
several other officers Mccarthy was
taken to the police station. There he
was sweated but maintained his inno-
cence.
From what Detmers told of the affair
at the police station it was learned that
his store was robbed of $1,000 Wednes-
day night. The officers say they under
stand that Detmers claims that Nc
Carthy formerly worked at Detmers'
store.
1t is also said that Detmers claims
that Mccarthy knows who drugged an
office boy named Ed. 1t is said by the
police that Detmers claims that some
one secured a key to the store and
thus succeeded in gaining entrance.
Police Mystified
The theft was reported to the police,
but according to their statement last
evening they knew nothing of the de-
tails and were totally unprepared for
the sudden developments of the case.
Detectives Jones and Mcnamara
worked until an early hour this morn
ing attempting to find the goods and
money stolen from Detmers' store.
Nearly all day yesterday the de-
tectives were working on the case,
but failed completely to locate any
Of the stolen goods. The plans mapped
out by the officers were suddenly
frustrated by the new developments
in the case.
The officers admit that unless they
find the stolen goods before morning
the case against Mccarthy, if he is
guilty, will probably fall through. They
strongly intimate that Mccarthy has a
pal whom he is shielding but refuses
to make any statement for publica-
tion.
Another arrest was made in the Det-
mers case, so it is stated by the police,
and important developments are looked
for.