New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-17
KITCHENER At ACADEMY BOY HOLDS HIS PRISONER
Receivers $500 in Bills Alleged
to Have Been Stolen.
J0STLEO IN ELEVATOR CAR
Companion of Man Under Arrest
Escapes in Crowd at City
Investing Building.

Raymond Murray is only small boy
Of sixteen years. yet he proved yesterday
that he is made Of the stuff of which
heroes are moulded when he wrestled
with an alleged pickpocket on the
twenty-secCnd floor of the City Invest
ing Building, at No. 165 Broadway. and
forced him to relinquish $500 which he
is alleged TO have taken from the boys
pocket Murray kept SO tight hold Of
placed under arrest.
Murray is employed by the Westing-
house Electric and Manufacturing Com
pany, which has offices on the twenty
first and twenty-secOnd floors Of the
City Investing Building Shortly before
> o'clock yesterday he was riding in the
elevator. with the $500 which he had
Just received from the National Bank of
Commerce. tucked in an inside pocket,
when he noticed two men acting i'm d
suspicious manner. They crowded him
into one corner Of the car. while they
manipulated their hands in a way which
attracted his suspicious. Every few
minutes the boy would place his hand
over his inside breast pocket. where the
roll Of bills was concealed, so as to be
certain that il was still safe.
Lust as the elevator man called out
the twenty-second floor Murray felt a
slight tug at his coat collar, and then
the two men rushed from the elevator
with the other passengers. One touch
he haH r1Ta
$500 was sufficient 10 satisfy Murray
that the money was no longer there. and
he darted in pursuit of the men, who
had pressed into the crowd.
With a flying tackle the boy landed on
the back Of one of the men. The sud-
den attack took the man by surprise, and
during the mixup of arms and legs the
$500 in greenbacks dropped 10 the floor
at Murray's feet He stopped only long
enough TO pick il up and then returned
10 the attack. The companion of the
man who was wrestling with the office
boy attempted to make good his escape
Five or six men who have Offices in the
building caught him on the twentv-first
floor and held him while somebody tele-
phoned for the police. Without warning,
however, their prisoner suddenly peeled
off his overcoat and undercoat. threw of
his hat and darted down the stairs at
the end of the hall. Although fully
twenty-five men Numbered down the
stairs after him. he was too speedy and
was lost in the crowd.
In the mean time young Murray was
still wrestling with his prisoner. who be
gan 10 drag him down toward the stairs.
Just as he was threatening to shake off
the boy other tenants I'm the building
rushed up and overpowered the man.
He was taken to the Fulton street sta
ton and from there to Headquarters
where the police said they recognized
him as an old offender.
Murray was questioned by the police,
and said that he had noticed the two
men while he was drawing the money
at the Bank Of Commerce. They fol-
lowed him into the elevator Of the City
Investing Building. he said. and began
to jostle him.
The prisoner gave his name as Charles
Kramer. a bookkeeper by trade, but re-
fused to give any address. He was
charged with grand larceny. The police
have sent out an alarm for the arrest of
the second man. lie is described as
about thirty years old. = feet II taChes
In height, Of light complexion and wear
ing a business suit.