The evening world., 1908-03-13
BATTLE FOR LIFE
|. / With BURGLAR
y TN RR. Tunnel.
Detettise and Prisoner Twice
Near Death by Passing
EhszAT Trains.
HAULED OUT WITH ROPE
,IiW IHi
Detective, Night Stick in Hand,
H~a Fierce Fight Before
1T Subilles His Man.
HAULED OUT WITH ROPE

sWnNe Trans w mn 'eu t''Iu"Sh thc ->e'
York Central tunnel to-day a detec,iv
and burglar. graspins each other
/ throat. pressed their bodies close t.
the wall the sides Of the cars whipping
their clothes as they rushed by. Thei
theodetec;ive bore his man down. an,
before he could r.se blow from 1
night stick la!i him cold.
The burglar is regarded as one OF The
most important catches made since rob
bers began holding nightly carnival in
New York.
Passing up Park avenue Just before
( dawn. Policeman Frazer. OF the East
{ S!xty-seventh street station. saw a man
crouchins in the areaway of the Palacio
/ apartment house a S.Xty-iifih street.
I The man leaped to the street and Was
Z followed, BY the policeman. The chase
continued TO Madison avenue. thence
north to Sixty-sixth street. where three
Central Office dctectives-Brown Cooke
and Str!nger-jo the policeman.
Frazer began shooting al the fugitive.
I The detectives also drew their guns and
were ready TO fire. when the man ieaped
| through the street opening into the
I tunnel and disappeared.
So darE was the tunnel that the police
could not see one foot Into 1t. The
reserves wera called from East sixty
seventh street. and word was sent TO
Grand Central station. A big touring
automoaIA happened along. and Its
lights were borrowed. together with
long rope which the Machine carried.
When the hight was thrown down the
dark hole a man could be seen lying on
the tracks Detective str,nger volun-
teered 10 so after him. The rope was
tied about mis- body and he was lowered
throusa the opening.
Fought a. Train Passed.
As StrlnEer reached the bottom the
man rose to his feet and drew a black
Jack Before he could use i; Strnger
had hin by the throat with one hand
and theSNrist with the other. The bur
glar fought like n mailman. Back and
forth the men swervel across tae
tracks Far down the tracks could be
heard the rumble OF an approaching
train. and then the headlight shone tuli
upon the TWO lighters.
The burglar used al. his strength to
hurl StrrEer under the wheels sf the
train. but he WAS unequa. 10 the task
This tram past. the fght continued ana
a second tram came. Str!nSer mad
hardly srsnsth left to hold mis- man
and himself against the wall. and the
suction tr9nl the train bore eoth OF
them down. the detective falling on top.
and assts last coach rumbled by he
=
used his nigAtst!ck.
Strlngero dragged his man under the
opening and tied the rope about mis-
body. and re was drawn TO the street.
In the, tunnel was found a handsome
silver card case and Il zinc medal. on
which was inscr!ocd;- "lHs'anat!on Ivy
Chapter. 2c>--R y. NJ. Feb. .. 1870.
New York City" There was also the
blackjack
The PRISONER had GU; on nose ard
knees from lis tail. Otherwise he was
not htrt. In his pockets were found
" full sertot skeleton keys and lock
pick. -
Found Bag of Loot
I'm Harry Rrinck," he said. "and
that's ~ YOU Will know alb 7u' me-
When' the police investigated at the
Palacio apartments they found bag
containing eishty-tive pieces OF silver. in
the arsa@ay, The silver had been stolen
from the apartments oe Charles W.
Pearson. jon the fourth floor. The bur
glar had got TO tie iire-cscapc By using
long p,alk. After reaching the csca pc
he hadsgalied up the plank after him
ana Lowered It when he had committed
thk robbery.
fThe burglar showed a knowledge o.
silver In committing the robbery. Things
that wGe plated in the dining room and
jeweITy of little worth he found In the
parlor and front rooms he broke and
cast aside. After filing a satcheI with
the valuables the robber had prepared
feast Tor himself in the dining room.