Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-09-03
SCOUR WOODS FOR
BOY BANDIT WHO
FOUGHT WOMEN
Posse Hunts Burglar Surprised
by Mother and Daughter
in Nutley Home.
PURSUERS FIRED UPON,
LOSE TRACK OF FUGITIVE
Girl Heroine Tells How She
Aided Parent in Battle
With Intruder.

Chief of Police Perkins. of NutIey.
and posse today are tearing up the
patch of woods between Nutley and
Delawanna in a hunt for slender.
well-dressed youth of IS. who, after
he was surprised while robbing the
home of Mrs. Margaret Windheim, 428
Franklin avenue, Nutley. fought OF
Mrs Windheim and her 12-year-old
daughter, kept crowd at bay while
he peppered away with his revolver.
waded a stream while his pursuers
looked on helplessly from the banks
and finally got away. A moving
picture film of the stirring events which
crowded together, upsetting Nutley as
it has not been in many a day, would
have at least the merit of originality.
Mrs windheim and her daughter
Clara came to Newark yesterday on
shopping expedition. She is widow,
robust and, as developments proved,
plenty of nerve. Her other children.
Frederick, 20, and Arthur. 16. were
not at home when the mother and
daughter left. and the house was
locked.
About o'clock Mrs. Windheim re-
turned. Her home is a one-family, two
and half-story affair. AS she un-
locked the basement door she saw that
trap-door leading to the cellar had
been opened, but thinking that one OF
her boys had adopted this method to
gain-entrance did not give the matter
any furttec thought. Neither did she
think anything of the fact that some
of the rooms were In disorder.
Thief's Eyes Bnndaged.
She went to the upper floor to put
her wraps in clothes closet AS she
| opened the closet door a young ma4
sprang out. His eyes were bandagef
with a handkerchief, affording but 4
poor disguise. He threw blanket,}
which he had obtained from one of the
rooms, over the head of Mrs Wind
heim and with a dexterous twist en-
veloped 1t about .er head. With
| twist just as dexterous Mrs. Windheim
unwound the blanket and grappled
| with the young man. at the same time
screaming at the top of her voice. Her
screams ceased when, after struggle.
| the young man grabbed her by the
throat and left her stunned on the
| floor
The youthful burglar, with his face
streaming with blood where he had
been scratched by Mrs. Windheim. ran
downstairs just as Mrs. Windheim's
daughter started to come upstairs. She
had been out on the street showing her
girl companions sheet music she had
bought downtown. She blocked the
| a rlav
The burglar grabbed her roughly by
the shoulder and forcibly carried her
downstairs, kicked her, and made his
way to the front Of the house.
| The cries of the woman and the child
were heard by Fritz Weischedel. who
was working near the house with
Arthur Windheim, and they came on
the run just as the burglar got on the
sidewalk and ran south in Franklin
avenue. 1t was plain that the burglar
knew little of the locality. as he ran
in the direction of the Third river. HIS
pursuers were almost on him when he
! Jumped into the stream and started to
wade across.
The two boys paused for moment,
undetermined, and then started across
the stream. They were only hundred
yards behind the i1eeing burglar when
the other bank was reached.
opens Fire with Reyolver.
Then the burglar dropped to the
ground and the next instant there were
two revolver reports and bullets halted
the pursuit of the Two boys, who fell
behind out of bullet range. The chase
was here taken up by Simon Blum.
fish dealer, on Passaic avenue. who
had seen the burglar run by his store
Blum grabbed shotgun from the
wall, ran 11t in the street and fired at
the fleeing burglar. but his aim was
poor, ana the fellow dashed into the
woods apparently unscathed.
| Meanwhile the revolver shots and the
shots of Blum's gun drew crowd. ir-
Guiding Chief Perkins. whose call for
volunteers to search the woods found
ready response. Half-a-hundred beat
through the brush. but couldn't find
any trace of the burglar. The search
was continued last night with lanterns
and rene wed today. 1t is believed that
the burglar had confederate. as a
man wearing a blue suit and black
| hat was seen near the house and ran
away during the excitement
Mrs. Windhelm, Who still bears the
marks of her encounter with the bur-
glar, her neck being swollen where she
had been choked and her eyes black
ened where the burglar struck her.
gave this version of the encounter at
her home today:
my daughter Clara and had
been to Newark to do some shopping,
and reached home about o'clock.
1 told Clara to so to her room
and change her clothing so sne could
help me get supper for the boys In
stead of doing this Clara went to the
front door and spoke to one of her
companions. In the meantime | went
upstairs and directly to the closet to
hang away my coat.
GAS quick as a flash the closet door
was opened and n man with hand
l1erchief about his face sprang at me.
He grasped me by the throat and pre-
vented me from making loud out
cry. I struggled with him and man-
aged to give several screams. He then