The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-17
CHILDREN in
LONG CHASE
OF KEYMAN'
Leaps from Window as
Brave Woman Catches
Him in Room.
LEADS In A ONE MILE RUN
School Lets Out as 1t Begins and
Excitement Runs High in
South Fifteenth Street Sec
tion -- Park Policeman
Uses Butcher Wagon.
LEADS IN A ONE MILE RUN

In the arrest, after long chase in
which hundreds of school children
figured. of Henry Seeley, SS years old.
who claims to live in Chicago, Mrs.
Lizzie Hutchinson, who lives in a fiat
on the second floor of 423 South Fiji
teenth street, belongs the honor of
being a heroine. and to Park Police
man Chadwick the distinction of a
hero. 1t was the former who discovered
the intruder at work, and the latter
who captured him after a chase of u
mile, in which Chadwick brought a
horse attached to a butcher wagon
into play. Seeley was arraigned be-
fore Judge Herr in the Fourth Pre-
cinct Police Court today, and was held
in default of $4,000 bail to await the
action of the Grand Jury.
Seeley managed TO sneak up the stairway
of the South Fifteenth street house and did
not put his key into operation until he
reached the third floor. The fiat was oecu-
pied by Charles Mes who is Mrs. lIutchin-
sons hrother-in-law. The latter knew that
her sister was not at home and when she
heard footsteps upstairs rushed up and
found Seeley turning the bureau drawers
inside out, and tossing the beds on the
floor
You buml" shouted the woman, what
are you doing In my sisters house?'
The stranger slammed the door in the
woman's face and ran through another
door and leaped downstairs and into the
street. Mrs. Hutchinson went to the front
collectors who happened to be in the neigh
borhood The men all started in pursuit
of the thief. AS the Fifteenth Avenue
Public School had Just closed the scholars
high pitch or excitement.
a report spread that murder had beeu
committed and the residents hocked into
the street and cries of police were heofh
frequently. The fleeing man set a lively
pace, although he weighed about 1S9
pounds and when he ran over South Fiji
teenth street into Fifteenth avenue, PARK
Policeman Chadwick joined in the chase
The race continued UP the avenue, and
at South Eighteenth street Chadwick, who
is somewhat Of an athlete, made up his
mind that he would change his tactics.
lie jumped into a butcher wagon and ap-
piled the whip to the horse. The animal
dashed away as though IL n race. and
at South Twentieth street Chadwick had
exhausted. painting as though ne had run
q long-distance race. He pleaded with
Chadwick TO he let go. but CHIEF Gil
hooley's subordinate paid no attention to
the plea and took his prisoner to the
nearest patrol box and sent in a call for
the wagon.
When searched at the station a scarf
pin with lion on it and a silver pin was
found In the mans pocket and Identified
by the Nieses as their property. He was
neatly dressed and wore a pair of shoes
with rubber heels attached.
In answer to questions by Judge Herr
be said mat he was born in Chicago and
lived there all his life. He claimed that
he was a beef dresser. He said that he
came East on the promise of a position
in New York.
After being arragned in court he was
sent to police headquarters to have his
picture taken for the rogues' gallery.