New-York tribune., 1907-09-30
HE FELL AMONG THIEVES
,SULLIVAN COUNTY'S HERO
Ne-p York Policeman Had Arely
VacatiOn at SteUenSJ1ile.

Hotel proprietors and many other persons o.. o. 81
uva, County think Patroman William H. ESN'A
Of the East e7th street station. is bound to Fis7
,;a1,, :, the Police Department. They are a'9o
c.-+ain that there are few members of the deteNI
b1,reau of this city who have greater ao.
sIeutbs and are alert in ferretlng out e.
,a,ars +ban he These opinions about Eynoh
ou;sa from, q vacation which he recently spent e
Stevensvle, Sullivan County He went INC
cot q well earned rest, but instead or ehJos M
ouiet time in the country he had ABOUT lno
TWO weeks of his career since joining the NJ M.
politan police force little more than year &C.
The closing of many poorooms here ias' spe
.,, ,,,o,,, eosv and rernunerative jobs away HUM
. n, of ,orng fellows who made their nVlhs III
dark and mysterious ways They dld not hes
to pick pockets undertake other petty io
ne-ies No matter how popular a crook may oe
with influential politicians. the risk Oh haE,is ~
do time for committing small OF ols
80 &c considered by members of the under "oIio
TO be considerably greater than IL silina' '.0 -
was done in rural places Because oh ina
many former poolroom employees Win d "'S'-
+- taking things that do not belong 10 'heil' 'io
taking them by force if necessary oe''
,1,-+icero Liberty and Stevensivlle-three iiou
ing towns of Sullivan County-shonlu if'' .
support them, at least for some "eeA " .Isod
ard that the market value of the puioer
from the victims there in those weeks "ou!o ny
TO enliven the dances held on oalu'
the lower sections Of 'he city. ~ ,z 20
They got 70 Sullivan County httle aheao
Fvnon They never would have gone 'heI1 -. :.
had known he bound that way -
tb.,- will watch him closely because there Is i'fS
70 no trouble wherever he hobs up. James Nf
son of former Police Sergeant MuLPnS' W." IL
otarra Of the formation OF the traffc sauio u
Commissioners McAdoo and Harry ). DeIiiiS, tt,- -
Kane IT, John Behren and Charles Cail'e.
all of whom live In Harlem, are trieioS 0i - -.
and went with him to Sullivan County. IL Is no.
tbatv
c1erk of the operating department OF orc VI '
tunnel companies. was hired by former io'i@o 80
missioner McAdoo to get evidence aStA
hfc poolrooms which had been open lo' 3
He did the work so efficiently that Coi'liiiisSo4e
NcAdoo praised him. Like Eynon' Murphy 80 10
co,,r,eeous Young fellow. and some petty 'nie'e'
hav. already learned TO fear HIM
The first day after their arrival IN , 49,
Fynon and Murphy and the other young men ''o
TIarIeno went to the postoflce building there ana
we're amazed to tho walls or the ONCE CoNeieu
,-,h ooe+nrs asking for the return of diamond
rings bracelets watches and pocketbooks which
had been stolen from summer boaTders ana ies'
dents Of the place. The posters plainly toIo .'a'
odtme crooks had selected the section as d p'a0e
in which to enrich themselves, and that their ac-
,,,,tiee ~, 70 that day had been very profitable to
them II also appeared Of the wide awake
young men from New York that steVenSVli'e ".'
not only overrun with crooks. but was 'he heal
quarters of one or more bands of thieves operating
rQl
Murphy and several friends were enjoying walk
together on Il road Stevensvile when they
came upon a number of men beating another Ihey |
stopped the fight and then asked the conoatantS |
what was the trouble They were told the young /
fellow was a thief. and had hidden large sum Of
money he had stolen from one OF the members OF
the attacking party. The young fellow said he was
not a thief but had been the victim OF an unjusti-
fable assault. He permitted 20 90 on his way /
At the county fair held a Monticello Eynon saw |
two men acting suspiciously. EEe later caught ono
Of them putting his hand into the pocket Of an old
farmer standing beside him Eynon grabbed tho |
pickpocket The latter turned quickly about, In |
the hope Of escaping. and the next moment he was |
living on hi. back and Esuon sitting on him.
Ftynon then got his grip on another suspicious per
son and the two were turned over to a number or
deputy shcrffs and locked in the Monticello jail
The following day the prisoners were arragned be
fore justice Of the peace and one. who said he
was Michael HarrinG, was held 70 await the action
of the grand jury OF the county. He has already |
been indicted for attempted robbery. and the date
Of his trial is for tomorrow.
Since Eynon's visit to Sullivan County the de-
bureau OF this city has been unusually busy
looking UP the pedigrees Of crooks who were not tn
be found In their usual haunts here and said |
10 he a vacation in Sullivan County. Some
sleuths of the bureau also discovered that among
summer visitors at Stevensville and Mt other |
places by when Eynon got StevensIvle |
OF the most notorious gangs Of thieves and |
toughs Of this city. The alertness Of Eynon made
them change their minds about the attractiveness
OF Sullivan County and they hastened to places
further away from Police Headquarters
II is wonder that the hotel propretors OF Sui
livan County have such a high estimate OF Eynon's
value a policeman and that they are seriously
thinking of expressing in Il letter to Commissioner
Bingham their views this subject.