The sun., 1910-06-13
CALLS POLICEMAN BURGLAR
HOTEL MAN HAS THE PATROL
NAN on THE POSF ARRESTED.

IIas neea sleeping Behind the BaF With
q Plslol Handy since Ile Was Robbed
BeGore and aayu q was a Man IN
Uniform mat Ile shot Al Yesterday
A policeman who has fourteen years Il
good record behind him was arrested
yesterday afternoon in The Bronx,
charged with burglary. He is Wallace
W. Evans Of the Kingsbr.dge police sta
tiOn. Inspector John =. Flood. who Is
the chief police ofiicer in The BRONX.
arrested Evans himself. took away his
shield and had him locked up in the
station house.
The burglary was committed early yes
terday morning. Ernest Weiswan Eler
runs a little hotel at 5lSo Broadway. which
is on the corner of 225th street. Five
weeks ago somebody got into the hotel
and stole several hundred dollars worth
Of cigars and liquors and a sum of money
besides Weswangler didn't report the
theft to the police. thinking the burglar
might return. since then WeiswanEler
has taken TO sleeping on a CO, behind the
bar.
Early yesterday morning Wciswangler
thinks Il must have been 3 O'Clock he
heard somebody walking around the
harrOOm. lie peered over the edge of
the bar and saw a man whom he thought
he recognized. While he looked the man
cut a sandwich and began 10 eat IL.
That was az Weiswangler could stand.
lie hoped up from his cot. with a pistol
in his hand aud yelled to the man to hold
up his hands. Instead. the intruder
made for window leading to a veranda.
threw up the sash and leaped out. Meis-
wangler fired after him three times
Two of the shots struck the window sash
and the other the wide world. The man
diaappeared in the rain.
Weiswangler figured il out that the man
he had just shot az was the policeman
on the beat. lie thought he had seen
in the half light the blue of policeman :
uniform. and more than that. he fixed
Il on Evans. whom he had seen IN post
in the district for some months.
weisWangler made for the Kings
bridge police station. He got there
soon after 4 O'Clock tie told the lieu
tenant what his suspicious were.
we'll said the lieutenant. that man =
just been IN here. lets So. He re-
ported that a window was open in your
place Here Il Is written out
Whsn Evans reported al = O'Clock. he
was told TO stay in the station house.
awaiting orders. Ordinarily he goes on
20 breakfast and then reports for reserve
duty Yesterday morning he wash {
allowed 10 leave Al all
Inspector Flood got the report 10 what
had happenei from Capt. O'Connor. and
yesterday afternoon he sent around ID
the station house to see Evans. Weis,
Wanzler Was there. too The inspector
told Evans that he had a serious charE'
20 bring against him. but that he wa
going 10 give him a chance Ne woulH
line him up with other policemen in th'
station and allow tho hotel proprietor q,
pick out the man he thought he hai serr
earlier IN tho day WriswanElsr knew
Evans by sight. ~ there was no difiiCulty
in picking him out
inspector Flood stripped Evans II hi.
shield and ordered him locked up late
he went around n WsisWanglar's plac'
and found two bullets in',cddsd In th'
window sash. just A. he had been tod
On the counter was the leavingz II a sand
vich They figured that the burglar hal
got in through a side door. the lock II
which was easy 10 pick
Evans has horne a good reputation In
the four wears of his service az Kings
bridge and in the ten years n hls work
on the force before that he h1s a VIZ
and three children They live az 22as
seventh avenue he will be arraiEned
in Morrisania court this morning