The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-12
REAL DIME NOVEL PRISONER.
ITEM, ONE YELLOW WIG, DITTO
BEARD; ITEM, 4 MASK.
One Pistol, One BlaekJack and q Pound or
So OF Gold and Diamond Jew eIry-saJs
He's q Pilgrim and q Stranger Looking
for n job l'sherlnE nj the Circus.

SO OF GOld and Diamond Jew eIry-SayS
He's O Pilgrim and a Stranger Looking
for n job I'sherinE nj the Circus.
A little man, queerly rugged out, paced
up and down the sidewalk at Fourteenth
street and A venue A early yesterday morn
ing. He kept within the shadows as much
as possible, sidestepping the streaks OF
light thrown by the electric lamps, and
kept turning his head as he walked. Appar-
emily he was waiting for somebody and
was disturbed because the somebody hadn't
come.
He looked like a slim edition OF little Joe
Weber just stepped from the stage. Even
the drift OF Fourteenth street, which has
the habit of sticking to its own currents,
stopped and watched him, specializing on
a new game that it might be worth while
to get a line on. Under a derby hat, tan
in color. his hair seemed to be yellow and
curly. He had a corn colored mustache
and a molasses candy beard Of the stumpy
"Dutchmau" sort. A light tan overcoat,
check trousers, light spatts and patent
leather shoes made up the rest of his out
At. His face narrowed from a very broad
forehead to an extremely pointed chin, and
he had light and mild blue eyes.
Detective Sergeants Kinsler and Duggan
Of the Central Office came along Four
teenth street from the west. keeping their
eyes on a pair of ~loafers they had trailed
from the East River water front. Kinsler
looked across the street and spotted the
little man with tho ochre whiskers. There
was really nothing about the little mans
appearance that "ould -et him down for a
crook. except. maybe, his glances behind
him and a way of sliding along where the
light wasn't good. The sleuths thought
he looked wrong and they watched him.
He caught them at it and moved briskly
west to Broadway. There he broke into a
run. He got to Ninth avenue a full block
ahead Of the trailers. Along came an east
bound car and he hoped on. The detec-
tives. running out into the street in front
Of the car in the middle of the block, yelled
for the car to stop, but the motorman
couldn't see II. Along came another car
and Duggan ~boardedit. Kinsler missed the
car and turned east for another run.
The little man got off the first car at
Avenue A and ran south, Duggan wasn't
far behind. In the middle Of the block
bet ween Fourteenth and Thirteenth streets
he pulled his gun and ordered Yellow Wits
ers to stop.
Kinsler came up and they marched the
little man to Police Headquarters and stood
him up before Sergeant Barrett, who was In
charge.
What this, a joke" said Barrett, look
ing at the yellow whiskers and the rest OF
the comic opera outfit.
They searched the little man. First OF
all they relieved him of a blackjack about a
foot and ahalflong made Of fine wire tightly
twisted and wound around a chunk of lead
at the business end. The whole thing was
wrapped neatly with bicycle tiretape. Then
they took a revolver from his, pocket, a
pearl handled weapon Of excellent make.
After that they extracted:
horseshoe diamond scarf pin.
/ pair OF diamond earrings.
diamond stud.
= diamond rings.
? diamond pins, crescent shaped.
/ iadys gold watch, diamond studded.
pair OF diamond shirt studs.
/ gold locket set with diamonds. marked with
the Initials NJ f. G"
gold angs, r,rs
Gats:eySs sn sGa 1inE pun MIN , ,ou,.,r. III, mopa
open face gun metal watch, Swiss movement,
lady's ring. SET with three turquoises.
gold chain,
Besides these things, Yellow Whiskers
had fourteen keys, two skeleton keys which
had been made out Of buttonhooks, and
a black mask made out of cotton cloth.
The detectives put the value of the iewelry
down as worth from 500 to s $1,000, and the
gold chain cost a good deal,
When they had got all the jewelry they
yanked off the yellow wig and whisker
attachment, leaving a young man with
and rather an intelligent face. He said
he was Morris Bleischer, % years old, an
Austrian, and lived at 26s Avenue B. Other
details of his makeup were a sweater collar
and a false shirt front.
What were you doing with that black
jack and gun and that bunch Of iewelTy
in your clothes?" asked Sergeant Barrett.
The young man told a tale of attending
a fancy dress ball on Saturday, night. He
a bla ok jack and a gun. He was just passing
through on his way to Bridgeport, where
he hoped to get a job as an usher for Bar
mum 4 Baileys circus.
He was arraigned before Magistrate
Steinert in the Tombs police court on the
technical charge Of being a suspicious
person. The police asked the Magistrate |
to remand him for forty-eight hours.
They are puzzled about the case. The
little mans picture isn't among the 5000
of the men around Police Headquarters
had ever seen him before. To-day In
spector Mclaughlin will call in the sleuths
from all over town and have them look
at him.
Thu detectives got the idea tina the little
man was a Westerner from the look of the
keys that were found on him. They are
not the sort of keys that are common in
this town, the police said or the sort that
local sneak thieves use. Word was sent
to the police OF every important town in
the country, giving a description of the
prisoner and a list OF the things oundo on
him. Mclaughlin expects to get results
by tonight.
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