The Washington herald., 1909-06-06

A daring robbery. discovery. an exciting
chase. and capture were the four acts in
q drama played IN the fashionable resi-
Dental section OF Seventeenth and
streets northwest yesterday afternoon
The leading role was acted By Jesse
Ford. a negro. twenty-fOur years old.
who now languishes II a cell at the
Third precinct police station. dreaming Of
his sudden rise 20 the prominence OF a
star. and recalling the long. dreary days
he spent In the penitentiary for house
breaking three years ago.
Policeman Martin Reilly. Of the Third
precinct, who responded 10 feminine cries
OF Police. police!" and Don z. Nc
Cracker, a chauffeur. who made a credit
able showing in a Marathon race IN
Washington about 4 week ago, also held
stellar parts In the cast.
Race Is Run
The policeman and the chauffeur ran a
race Of three blocks with the capture
Of the negro as a trophy for the winner,
but honors were even. Although Nc
Cracken is & runner by profession. he
could not outsGIp Reilly. and policeman
and chauffeur pounced on the negro at
the same time. each congratulating the
other on his sprinting abilities.
/ The curtain for the first act rose about
2:30 o'clock in the afternoon Susie Davis.
a negro cook in the house or DR.. Alfred
/ F. Hopkins, at 1870 I street northwest.
was receiving groceries al the basement
door. The woman glanced through a
window into the front room OF the base
mont, which Is her own private apart
ment, and saw the figure OF q strange
negro moving about. searching bureau
! drawers and looking beneath bed cloth
| ing.
Susie Davis dropped the basket OF gro
| cer!es, 10 the astonishment OF the de-
livery boy. and entered the basement 70
investigate the visit Of the strange negro.
The woman softly opened the door 20
her bedroom and surprised the intruder.
"a burglarr' she exclaimed.
No" ne replied. his knees trembling
visIbly and his face changing IL hue %
a sickly ashen pallor. "a man gave ne
this umbrella to deliver at this house,
and came here 10 deliver Il, continued
the burglar" n answer TO the look Of
accusation and contempt on the face OF
Susie Davis.
You know no man never gave you my
umbrella 20 deliver here. for that UNI
bTella has been in my room for the last
week" said the cook. with emphasis on
the pOssessive prOnOun-
AT this JUncture the "ourglar' made a
motion as though 10 escape. and Susie
Davis emitted a shriI. piercing scream.
giving the cue 10 Policeman Reilly, who
stood al Eighteenth and streets north
west
Police! Police"' cried Susie Davis. TO
/ the accompaniment OF the pit-a-pat of
Reilly's feet on the pavement
Reilly on Scene.
Reilly was soon on the scene. as were
also the chauffeur. Don McCracken. the
housemaid. the butler. the grocery boy,
and several other personages. Reilly
found the burglar hemmed in a cor
ner. covering beneath a poker held high
above the head Of Susie Davis. The cook
told the policeman the burglar" had
taken her months salary. $3.50 from
the top drawer OF her bureau and an in
vesV1gation began
A few minutes elapsed and suddenly the
burglar made a running broad jump,
took two quick turns 70 the left, and was
disappearing down 1 street. Policeman
Reilly and Chauffeur McCracken followed
a second later. With the burglar" In
the lead. Reilly and McCracken nip-and-
tuck behind. and a bowling throig bring
ing UP the rear the race continued In
street 10 an alley between Seventeenth
and Eighteenth streets
AIcCracken ran fast and so did Reilly,
but the burglar ran little faster. Il
was not until the race had been run
/ through several alleys that Reilly and
{ McCracken got within reach OF the
burglar" Both men leaped together and
I the negro went TO the ground. HIS pur-
suers on top. A breathing spell followed,
and then the negro was led TO the sta
4 ton, where he was locked IN a cell He
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