The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-02-09
POLICEMAN TAKES
WOMAN BURGLAR
Her Husband Uses Her as Shield
When Trapped - She Blocks
Sleuth's Aim and Saves Life.

ESSEX FEELS. y. Y. Feb. S.-A ray
OF light falling across the sidewalk
I from the window ol the Erie Railroad
station here. which Is also the post
Office building, caught the attention OF
chief OF Police John =. Eysoldt, or TINS
place. who with his brother. Conrad,
was walking along Butterworth-aNe. Oh
his way home al II 80 o'clock IN The
morning. The station and postoihce Is
closed early every evening, and the
chief realized that there should have
been no ON in the building.
lnsrucJng his brother TO stand Ae-
side side door INFO the building, the
chief crept around the building 70 the
front doos the WINDOW being the ou.y
other means of exit rom the building
Eysoldt vas about TO force open the
front door, when suddenly Il was dung
back and a woman was pushed cuJ
into his arms Behind her was man
using her form As a shield.
Eyesoljt grabbed The woman around
the waist and flung Ter 10 one side as
he drew his revolver with the other
hand and aimed il al the man WHO
stood revealed n the doorway Tie
chief pulled the trigger bat the Wo-
man was TOO quick toI him. She threw
herself upon him. raising one arm IN
the afr With he. hand she managed
10 knock up the chiefs arm and his
shot dew harmisssly into the air. Be
fore be could recove; the man had run
from the doorway and escaped into tile
darkness, leaving thL woman sull On
the grasp OF the chief
Something in the woman's actions
caused Eyesoldt 20 suspect that there
was another man in the building. His
brother had come running around tue
house at the sound OF the shot. AMI
they entered the building together.
The caief kept hold OF the woman
while Conrad stepped into the room
end switched on the light Its rays
revealed a man standing behind the
door with appraised club above his
head Conrad sprang upon him just
as the chief jumped forward. and in
an instant the two men had the third
on the floor and had disarmed him
Meantime the woman had stood with
her hands over he eyes, apparently
too terrified 10 run CT 10 help her com
panion.
The couple were locked mp while
Eysoldt examined the postoftice. He
found thai packages OF mail had been
united and scattered about the room,
which bore evidence OF having been
completely ransacked, The police or
peighborlng towns were notified TO
look out for the third man VINO
escaped with about SO in bills. the
only booty obtained by the robbers.
The prisoners who were held by
Recorder Miller in $4,000 bail each,
we're sent TO the Newark jail. They
said they were William and Elizabeth
karcher. man and wife. and lived n
No "a Whittlesev-are., West Orange.
II was said there that they had n1r
been seen much in that neighborhoot.
and It vas discovered that recently
they have been living in Furnished
rooms at No. ll3 ACademy-st. Newark.
Karcher 3 only ? years old and his
wife is 10 She IS said 10 have been a
bareback rider IN a circus before her
marriage
Karcher is the son of the late jacob
Karcher. OF West Orange. who died
last fall of injuries suffered in some
way which he never explained he
was brought home one night semi-con-
scious. and never recovered.
The Essex Fells station was robbed
a year ago OF about $500 worth %;
stuff