The evening world., 1910-12-28
DODCER"
TR|PPED AND THE
POLICE Got HIM
Clever Hotel Thief Who Has
Been Working Broadway
Houses, Caught at Last.

Guests OF the hotels alons tho Great
White Way will be pleased TO know that
yie "Artful Dodger' is In a cell ut Io-
Zee Headquarters. lie vas caught this
nornlng going through Tho trousers o;
a guest at the Herald Square Hotel.
He Is getting old now. this "Artful
Dodser.' and he has lost much OF his
CORNER cunning. Otherwise. he would
not have stumbled against a chair and
aroused Benjamin II. Taylor. a broker
OF some heft, WHO wondered what the
stranger was doing IN his room.
The "Artful Dodger' Ia his under
world "monikcr." what his real name
Il no one knows. and he won't tell, but
ne has a string OF aliases that range
from John Doe to Edward D.. Baker,
Edward J. Walter and Charles Meyer.
lie claims 10 hail from Denver. but he
could not name "A single street In the
lair OF The Beast when questioned
at Police Headquarters.
There Is a story TO tho effect that he
has a real name and n real family on
the rare occasions when he visits Dan
bury. Conn. But when he was ques-
toned about this rumor he merely
yhook his head.
Squeals From Hotels.
Before the recent upheaval In the
folacs Department Detectives Hughes
and Hyams had the hotel beat" and
they heard many squesls from the
Breslln. the Gilsey, the Grand and
others. AT the Breslin six rooms were
cleaned out. and the thief, supposed to
have been the "Dodgcr," got away with
something like 500.
Hughes and liyams spent many n
sloeplcss NIGHT trying TO get a line on
the "Dodger," hut lie was cagey and
E1ve them no flash. lie was spending
money like water along the White
Way" all the while the detectives we're
trying to get a line on him, ana what
he didn't spend he cropped on the
green tables IN the district.
Mr.. Taylor was asleep in n room on
the third noor of the Herald Square
this morning when he was aroused by
the falling OF n chair. lilo jumped out
rUf bed and confronted the "Dodgcr."
t"What are you doing In this room"
Taylor demanded.
'"oh. oh. ] beg you PARDON the
"Dodgcr'' exclaimed. "I must have
gotten into the wrong room"
in the wrong room he - eJacu-
lated Taylor. "Where did you get that
bunch OF skeleton keys and he point
cd to then In the "Dodger's' hand.
| o~verpowered After Fight.
, Then he wallopcd the "Dodger' one
IN the Jaw, and the man stumbled. But
he saved himself from falling and dared
out Of the room and into n wash room.
\ Taylor was after him, and he dragged
I me man out into the hall. There the
&Dodger." who Is ffty-six years old,
Tit up as good a fight as possible until
, additional forces OF porters and bellhops
, o~verpowered him.
Police Headquarters was notified and
I Detective Bauerschmid, was sent mp TO
I get the mar. When &c was lined up
Cor the look over Detectlyo-Licu,.
foy recognized him. Ho said the ma;i
had never been convicted OF a crime In
ihisc city. but that he was known 10 tho
police In every city in tho United
States, had been an Involuntary guest
OF many werdens and tina; no detective
weekiy's Christmas number was cort
lplete without the Dodgers" features In
the picture supple lent. lie was ar
rested In Boston, In 1894. during the
knights Templars convection, IN 1860
70 escaped from the hospital cf t1o
New Orleans prison. where he was do.
ing a five year bit. but wos recaptured
in Chicago a year later.