The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-06
ROBS WOMAN, FIGHTS ON ROOF
nos THIEF WITH TWO GUNS
ClUGHT ny POLICEMAN.

Chsssd AiSst After .5abbtng aevOtVer nc
. aauntrreP and Wan WhO Nan Co
Help Her WrestHng Match Among
G'hiInneyp- says IIe was . Fool.
Mn. Minnie Michels OF aeS Whit!ock
avenue. The Bronx. went walking y~s-
terSiay afternoon. dr~ssed with some care
and wearing jewel or two. 4 nineteen
yeAr-old hoy. William Smith. who lives
With his widowed mother. Mrs. Ellen Smith
az 2IOT Arthur avenue, passed her on Ia1h
street near simpson street. and stared
rather hard. A moment later Ms Mich"lS
was astnnirhed to find a loaded revolver
damned against her breast and voice
which still broke pitch demanding the
contents % the handbag she was carry
ing.
Mrs. Mlchels contrived tn let ont
scream. John h. Robinson 81 $50 Long
wood avenue. who was ON the street
short distance away. hurried up. but
before he could say boo ho found the
revolver pOked into his own bosom.
e. Z. Dslarme. a youth who drives a
department rtore wagon. chanced 20 he
tooling 10y. lie stopped the team on its
haunchss and ran for the fray. by this
time several other persons were coming
up and William Smith felt the time had
come tn run. He sprinted east through
I6sd street tn Southern Boulevard. On the
way he passed a firehouse and some OF
the flr-men joined the fifty pursuers.
Al Southern Boulevard Smith turned
and loped north two blocks till he came ~
the A-Pe-co apart ment holse. No iOt3. The
A-re-co IL a six story building with ele-
vatoru. In through the hallway the hoy
dashed to the CONSERVATION u the negro
elevator bows.
He did not wait for the lift. but hurried
up several aoor~ tall he met Mrs. Keenan,.
who was just coming ont II her apart
mcnt He asked permission 10 come in
and explained that h" was b~ing mohh"d
for nothing. all in ono breath. Mrs. Keenan,
took a breath herself and pushed him otlt.
In stairs the youth bounded. with his
rtlrsuers gaining all tho tinne. He could
not know that the moment hs entered tho
ansrt ment house one of the failing crowd
had dropIs.d of ON Southern Boulevard
and got Policeman John J. Mclaughlin.
| Mclaughlin had entered the adjoining
APARTMENT HOUSE iu4S. aud had bs'stl
! whizyed 90 the roof He had time To cross
80 the roof 81 1903 and hid" behind q
water tank before W Illiam SmIih emefgeu
from the sCuttle.
The moment smith was fairly on the
/ roof Mclaughlin rushed out and AZ hun
smith saw him coming and CLOSED with
him The loaded revolver was in Smith =
hand Mclaughlin knocked u loose anu
/ n spun through the air "a the ground
The boy was slim and why. tie wig
gI.,I ~ that Mclaughlin had hard work
. t. keep the lad hand out Of has hip pocket.
Try ~ hc could Mclaughlin could NOT
get ms own hand On SMITHS hip pocket
~ -..,. what hc was reaching for. Finally
the tired boy drew from the pocket an
other revolver. also loaded Mclaughlin
Wr,.-tsd Il from hIm aud kICked II 10 a safe
di-t.tuCo.
smith wrestled with lcSs grit and after
a time. u.araus quiet enough and eN-
harl4tad enough for Mclaughlin 9" slip
handouts on his wrists.
The hoy said at the Morrisania police
station
she Mrs. MicheIsl looked like ready
money 20 me She looked as u she must
have about SSpO m that handbag Money
was all was after and | was after that bs'-
,aris.' ! was hungry. ! WIS fool. Yep.
"" tseu arrested once before. for carry
ing a black jack.
HIS mother says the how has heen ~
for the last week with cold Up tIl
then he was az work He has always t-N@n
half invalid. she says Has father died a
year ago.
smith Said no bought the two revolvcrs
IN a Third avenue paNnshop. In" hand
bag empty. was found on the TOP nOor
81 the A-re-CO. The coins, which Mrs.
Nhchels was able 10 de-cribc since she had
only s. 81 with her. Werc found Ia the last
nickel IN smiths pOCkets