Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-14
WITH BARE HANDS
Policeman Subdues Desperate
Burglar in Saloon Cellar.
PUTS ON THE HANDCUFFS
Intruder Had Seriously Wounded
Proprietor of the Place.
TRIES TO MURDER OFFICER
Encounter Occurs in Partial Dark
ness-Guardian of the Peace Has
Complete Victory.
PUTS ON THE HANDCUFFS
TRIES TO MURDER OFFICER
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, February 14.-Patrolman
William D. Harris of the 4th avenue po-
lice station. Brooklyn. pulled off very
credtable job this morning in capturing a
burglar who tried to hack him to pieces
with long dirk. Although provocation
for the night stick was more than suf1-
cient, the proprietor OF the place having
been dangerously stabbed. Harris went at
the job with his bare hands and subdued
the burglar, in spite of being cut and
slashed.
The proprietor of the premises which
the burglar had entered is John Krudop,
who had a saloon at 1923 9Th avenue. He
was on the operating table at the Nor
wegian Hospital for a long siege this
morning while his wounds were dressed,
and is in a serious condition.
Harris was trying doors on his post on
9th avenue at 2 o'clock this morning, when
ne noticed that the cellar door Of Kru-
OOPS saloon was open. There was a man
standing on the corner, and Ha ris asked
him If the proprietor was down in the
cellar.
Il don't know replied the man. I'm
waiting for car
Desperate Fight in Progress.
The policeman went down to investi-
gate. There was a terrific fight going on
IN the cellar By the light Of gas jet,
turned low. Harris. could just make out
the figures of two men locked in a ciinch
They struck heavily against the furnace
and went down on the floor There was
cry Of pain, and only one man arose.
The sound of a step caused the latter to
wheel about, and he found himself face
% fac with q policeman.
Then there was another clinch. The
policeman got the knife again and again
through the cheek and left hand. AT
last .nd ne secured good grip on the man
to the floor, and, twisting his arms
wrists; Then he turned up the light.
krudop was covered with blood. He
had been stabbed in the breast and az
domen and under the left eye. His
scalp was slashed to shreds. He had
kept on fighting desperately In spite of
his wounds until he had received the
last one, which was in the breast.
In Critical Condition.
DR.. Carr, from the Norwegian Hos
pital, said Krudop was in a critical con-
dition Before he was placed in the
ambulance he identified his assailant.
= az ~Ase~eA a. all ASoA0ip TduA N13nnO,
twenty years old, who had worked as q
bootblack at the saloon until two no..
ago. he was evidently after tae re-
eelpts OF the establishment, which had
been accruing in the till since SATURDAY
noon.
Inc bootblack was armed with an
eight-lncn stlletto. and revolver was
p.cked up on the floor. lie had. had no diff
nculty In enecting an entrance. as the
cellar door had been lett opSn THO ea
an oversight. The police think that 4
was hruaop's habit to go down INTO the
cellar to see to the furnace ire, and.
knowing this, the bootbIack planned to
dlspatcn him in order to clear his way
to the till.
Policeman's Discovery Saves Life.
Krudop's saloon bears the reputation
Of being one of the best in the neigh
borhood. Krudop lived with his wife
and three-month-ol baby in rooms be-
hind the saloon. When he went down
to attend to the furnace and was Crop
ing his way in the dark he was dea /
stunning blow on the back of the head
that felled him. He got to his feet and
faced his assailant. A fight ensued last
ing for ten minutes. Patrolman Harris
arrival was opportune. If he had not
noticed the cellar door just when he
did the chances are that Kurdops life
would have paid the forfeit and me MUIR
derer would have escaped with his booty
Manno will be arraigned on the charge
of burglary and fe'oniofs assault today,
and on the charge Of homicide in the
event of Krudop's death.