The evening world., 1908-03-31
WOMAN DRAGS
ALLEGED THIEF
MILES TO JAIL
Mrs. Gerber Nabs L.eonhardt
in Manhattan and Lands
Him in Williamsburg.
DOES 1T ALONE, TOO.
Her Good Right Hand, and
Sometimes tler Left, Prove
Good ACcelleratorS.

Mrs. Sadie Gerber. OF No s93 Broad
way. Williamsburg. certainly deserves
some sort Of decoration 1 nthe medal
lion line for her accomplishment to-day
in nabbing n supposed burglar in Man
haitian ard whisking him to Williams
burg and seeing him bolted cozily in a
double barred cell.
Also IL NAV be remarked that Mrs.
Gerber has the corsage whereon there
Is ample room to hang cluster OF
medallions. Furthermore. Ms Gerber
has a good right arm n left that Young
Joe Leonhardt weepinglv declared was
terrific" when she tossed him into the
Bedford avenue station. not to mention
a muscularlv endowed boot with which
she now and then battered his shin
when he protested against her uncsre-
monious method of arrest.
She Accuses Joe"
Mrs. Gerber announced in the Lee
Avenue Police Court. where she ar
raigned joe that she had been hunt
ing for him since March Is On that
afternoon, as she was returning home
she saw a young man-she swears he
is none other than her prisoner-leav-
ing tho house in haste. This was for
chilly called TO mind when she found
her fiat cleaned out Of money And
jewelry.
Carrying a picture OF him in my
mind l began a still hunt" said Mrs.
Gerber to the Court. Il knew I'd land
him II 1 kept at it. so did not call
upon the police"
The young woman visited all the
pawnshops in her neighborhood in the
search for the stolen jeweiry. and to-
day crossed the bridge to Manhattan
TO continue her search.
Mrs. Gerber made a tour o. the pawn
shops around the Manhattan terminal
Of the Williamsburg Bridge Her way
finally took her through Eighteenth
street. and while passing No. 6C6 East
Mr., Joseph Leonhardt. twenty-five years
old short. slender and chronically
tremulous. emerged. He lives there.
He Went Along.
"Ah. ha!' cried Mrs. Gerber. AT
last" she added. reaching up and
bringing Mr.. Leonhard; down to the
she cooed folding large hand about
Joseph's swan-like neck and cutting on
his wind And If you make noise.
she pursued, "Ill lust lambaste you
where it'll do the most good
The young man made feeble cack!e
OF protest, whereupon Mrs. Gerber
nudged his chin with her good right
hand, shaking some half dozen moiars
from their moorings. Thereupon Joseph
was silent all the way down Avenue A
to Fourteenth street; silent. but deeply
conscious of the hootings OF sundry
scores of small boys who fol!wet IN
the wake of the valiant Mrs. Gerber.
a policeman stepped UP to the pair
at Fourteenth street, smilngly inter
ested.
Been staying away from home, has
he7" chuckled the patrolman. We'll.
n guess YOU can attend to him."
"Blub-blub-blub" gasped the prs-
oner
All Aboard for Williamsburg
shut up" hisscd Mrs Gerber. jolt
ing his ear lightly with her left. Joseph
shut up and was lifted with a manful
lift of the collar aboard a passing
Williamsburg Bridge car
The Journey 10 Williamsburg will
long remain in the memory of young
Leonhardt. His captor did not permit
him to utter one articulate murmur
after she had jammed him into cor
ner and planted her boot on MS foot.
At the first sigh OF protest she jabbed
his shin with the gentle caress OF a
sledge- hammer. The passengers In the
car cheered her on. Sympathct!r
women nod ied their bonnets and said:
Give It 10 him" He don't deserv,
sympathy" Been out all night, nusn
he?'' III YOU need any help Just ca!
on us"
She Needed No Help.
sistance, When the car stopped at Bed
ford avenue she caught her prisoner b'
the ear. lifted him firmly tr in his sea
and spun him down the car. laudms
him in a heap on the pavement. The
she gathered him up again and rrarchr,
Aim-Spanisa tashion-lo the police sta
tiOn.
astuniSlment a. the young WON II
dropped tie limp ana nerve-shakeI
young man before him. The Magts
trate in tie Lee Avenue Court lst.ne,
breathlcssly to the account OF the cap
for statement he was only able L
Take her away. Away Away
away. away" He was held In $500 Dai
for further examination.
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