The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-09-28

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brckmaker after y scr.ion IN Rector's
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AVID" -aii Rob this morning. ~ he
h~csita'cd y minute or tso in Clinton 10 give
is ~reei wagon u dripk of ga.olpne. Rest
,hcria The county ever had. III? Not boast
tx No. Nothing IT the sort. He'll what's
the matter With that spsrkcr? Hurry up
there, sam Rogers Must br ~ No time
~ l,lly Nv God. no."
Deputy sheriff Billy McCahe. steering -
" road racer from Bob's Rel Hook barn.
lure into Clinton just then and took the
O,rner ~ Main street on a wheel and a half.
Bob stood mp and yelled with delight.
Great work. Billy Good boy Hear
any news; Posted all the farmers along
he roads? Toll the wives. you know.
Hobo comes along p~anhandling for grub.
Maybe burglar. Maybe not. Mustn't take
chance. Have EN- feed him. I'll pay the
nll. Hold him until they can get to a
telephone with n description. Now. Billy.
YOU go south. I'm bound north, hell bent
for election"
lisa Cinch. a copper riveted. brass bound.
wire wrapped and harveyized steel cinch,
that bob gets that burglar before the week
. ont. An ordinary sheriff would have
10 work a!oi.c. Bob has the whole county
with him. Politics has been laid aside,
family differences temporarily a%iiustei !.
while Republicans and Democrats. Method-
sis and Baptists. black. white and yellow,
N Duchess are playing amateur detec-
tive to help Bob out. Every lucklcss hobo
hat begs a handout in town and country
= held up and quizzed and must give a
satisfactory account Of himself or go to
the lookup until Bob can get "A look az him.
Julcss the burglar can burrow like a mole
or Az like y bird he is az good as landed
IN The county Jail at Poughkeepsie. where
Bob will buy him tobacco and get him the
latest magazines and feed him thick steak
and give him advice for the good Of his
s,uL
The hunt began last Wednesday night
when two housebreakers broke into Francis
g. andon's country home at Hyde Park.
tive miles from Poughkeepsie. Landon
Is now the big Republican boss OF this
county, having succeeded to the throne OF
Bob Hunter after Bob Chanler and Lew
,haulcr and Brother Capt. Bill Aston Chan |
Tor went after Bob Hunters scalp and got
y Isndon used to be the secretary to the
Nmerican Embassy at Vienna and has
been an A~ssemblyman. On Wednesday
r'glt. as il happened, none OF the family
GAS Al home. and the enterprising yegg-
mon fancied. no doubt, that they would have
all night to ransack the house and make a
ruc" getaway. They had been in the house
only Il few minutes though, when Noxen, |
M" ca retaker, who slept in a house a few
rods away, heard disturbing sounds and
got busy. The yeggs ran. taking with them
81: IN cash, an alarm clock, a fur overcoat
and \ few pieces Of silver. i
NoNen telephoned TO Capt. Furlong of
In" Now York Central police at Pough-
heepsie aud Furlong, with a few men,
scarched along the railroad track. Al 2
o'clock Thursday morning the New York
Central sleuth ran across the pair OF crooks,
who were snoozing comfortably, behind
. pile Of crossties under Landon's tlossy
fGr coat. In the mixup that followed one
" he yeggs broke and ran for 1t, but Fur
long grabbed one and held him with the
aid " n blue and busineeslike gun. The
one who was caught gave his name as Gus
Schroenes and told a romantic tale OF hav-
lng been an officer in the kaiser's navy
until the oppression OF a chesty. Admiral
'rore him out OF the service and into a life
Vt crime. Furlong. who. knew the breed,
sized him up as a Dutch thief" the sort
that give New York policemen the most
worry because they shoot to kill when
cornered.
sheriff Bob dropped everything when a
,oport was made 10 him Of these happenings.
He left the county Jail here at I o'clock
this morning in his car and drove to Red
Hook, stirring up folks along the way.
When he got home there was a telephone
message awaiting him from Victor Travers.
farmer who has a place about four miles
from Red Hook.
On Thursday afternoon Travers had
hired a hobo who wanted n job picking
apples. The man was jagged and hungry
snd looked altogether done up, He said
he was willing TO work for a little grub and
a few castoH clothes. Travers took him
in and then began TO think things. hat
night, or rather at ? o'clock this morning.
rravers told Bob on the phone that he
rad an idea his new hired man was the
burglar Bob urgently. desired to catch.
It was pitch dark and the roads were lumpy
and soft, but the Sheriff made the four
miles between his house at Red Hook and
rravers's farm in just seven minutes,
which is not bad even for a Chanler In q
hurry.
Tho hobo was sleeping in Travers's barn
when Bob got there. The farmer, was
nervous. afraid Bob might get q bullet
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