The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-02
SANDY TEMPLHTON RECAUGHT
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SLEUTH VINO KNEW HIM.
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Nv a clever bit OF detective work on the
mart OF Policeman Thomas McGrath OF the
Paterson police force, Alec. alias Sandy.
TempIeton, one OF the leaders Of the band OF
ten prisoners that escaped from the Queens
county Jail early Friday morning, was
arrested at the Market street station OF the
Erie Railroad, Paterson. at l2:t6 yesterday
morning. Policeman McGrath went into
the railroad station for a drink Of water at
that time and tripped over the
form OF Sandy, who was sleeping of a
eouse. The policeman knew Sandy and
without a moments hesitation placed him
under arrest.
Policeman McGrath had it framed up
70 arrest a man who was with Sandy and
who looked as il ne might also be one OF
the escaped prisoners. Unfortunately the
other man got on a train going west while
McGrath was leading Sandy Templeton
avay. Sandy was very sore that he had
gone to sleep on the beat of a cop that
| knew him. He figured it out yesterday
: that he would still be at liberty II he had
used more forethought. The truth Of the
matter is that the escaped prisoner had. no
chance anyway because at latest accounts
Mike Mulvey and Judge Brown, two ANA
teur sleuths from Hawthorne, n. j., were
still shadowing Templeton's home. at a
clinton street, Paterson. They have en-
tered into the work wholesouled in hope OF
receiving a reward from Sheriff Tchoe
Meyerrose Of the Queens County jail FOR
the return of the prisoner, and unless they
have been told of the arrest OF SANDY Il
another part Of Paterson they are probably
waiting in front Of the prisoners Clinton
street home still.
Sheriff Tchoe Meyerrose said yesterday
afternoon that he had heard q rumor that
four of the escaped prisoners had been
arrested in Manhattan. One OF them
was Sandy, the Sheriff said, and the other
was Tom Summetti. The Sheriff had
probably been misinformed, as Sandy
; Templeton at the time the Sheriff was
talking had been locked in a cell in the
Passaic county jail, one Of Paterson's lead
Wing institutions, after which the key was
thrown away. In cells not far distant
from Sandv's are his brother-in-law, Jack
Iangenber0, and his sister, NJ RS. Jennie
Duxberry; SO Sandy will not lack for friends,
said Warden Steele.
The news that the Queens county jail
officials had offered an alleged reward
of SO, OOO-sl 900 per head-for the return
of the escaped prisoners unchanged and
no questions asked put all the Sherlocks
OF Long Island City and Paterson on their
mettle Yesterday. When Sheriff Tchoe
Meverrose recovered from his first shock
after the ten prisoners had gone he tele-
phoned to Paterson to be on the lookout
Tor Templeton. Prosecuting Attorney
Eugene Emley Of Paterson took the matter
ND as soon "a his duties would allow him
10 get up to it and he notified the police
and his own detective, Shane.
Wherefore. when the night squad lined up
IN the Paterson police headquarters on
Friday night Chief 10 I'm Bimson told the
, anarchist squad, the confiagration squad
and the Passaic River food squad to be on
the lookout. Long before this-as early
as II O'Clock in the morning-Detective
Shane had called up Court Constable Tom
Jowett to 20 up to Hawthorne and arrest
SANDY Templeton. The superstition of
Detective Shane was that that was where
SANDY lived. Constable Jowett was busy
with some affairs Of his own till 4 o'clock
I'm the afternoon, at which time he departed
for Hawthorne.
Toward evening" said Detective Shane
YESTERDAY, while telling of the thrilling
experiences of the detectives during the
nreyious day. Constable Jowett called up
on the telephone from Hawthorne to bay
THAT Templeton didn't live there When
this fact had been established hey ond the
peradyenture of a doubt Sleuth Jowett
returned to Paterson.
Twas a dark night and a chilly. Under
cover OF the darness Sleuth Jewett skunk
back into Paterson and avoiding the busy
streets ne. worked his way to his own hons
and had supper. Then he went out, still
unobseryed, and had a shave. Little did
Alexander Harrington Templeton know
rs he was drinking at a bar on Ramapo
avenue and idly swaying like a .pansy
gemmed with dew. that the mechanism OF
the North Jersey police force was after
him.
According TO the story the fugitive later
told to Detective shane, SANDY anu the tnree
Jail on The first shift-the six other prisoners
didn't leave till $50 A. M.-with him, first
stroIled around Long Island City for some
time, and about 4 a'clock in the morning
across the Williamsburg Bridge TO Man
haitian. The fourth man remained in Long
Island City and may be still there for all
We'll. they had several drinks along tn
Bowery, and that last drink did it. After
the last drink Sandy doesn't remember
much of what happened except that for
some reason the three prisoners went into
1Ht Midway "NNNhOl
for a while, theyjeft one prisoner asleep and
came out. All Sandy remembers about the
subway station N that 1t was below the
street, and this is more important to the
Detectives than appears at first blush, as it
proves positively that IL wasn't the Nam
haitian avenue station, which Is elevated.
About 4 O'Clock in the afternoon Sandy
caught an Erie ferryboat for Jersey City and
took a train for Paterson. IL was his inten-
ron, he told the detectives, to leave for
SuRern OF Port Jervis, neither Of which is in
Jersey, az soon as he had seen the folks on
Clinton street, Paterson. Sandy says he
stayed around the house playing with the
baby and talking with ~neighbors from
about $50 TO $50, and after getting a snack
30 eat he went up to RamapO avenue TO get
a drink;as he had "..sn some salt herring
for supper and was thirsty.
He says he did not see Sleuths Mike Null
vey or Judge Brown shadowing the house
ms he weht out the front gate. No it is not
known whether they had got there and
were concealed or whether they didn't
arrive till later. IL is certain, however,
that Constable Jowett arrived at Sandy's