The evening world., 1911-11-23
BURGLAR CHASE
Wakes MORGAN
AND NE|GHB0RS
Thief Scared From Banker
Lanier's Home Finds Watch
men Waiting for Him.
GOT ONLY A MANDOLIN
Drops That in Flight Which
Led Him Plump Into a
Bluecoat'S Arms.

This Is the story Of a bold burglar
who broke into a basement and was
baked by a bankers buzzer that baf-
NED his badness and hustled him out
to be blaze1 ut by bluecoats.
A little more and J. Plerpont Morgan
and Arson Phelps Stokes might nav.
Joined the chase. clad only in rajamas.
As II happened. they didn't. The BUR-
glar wasn't In the house OF either of
thems bu, lie was close by. In No. 30
East f1hirty-seventh street, the home
OF Charles Lanier. who is seventy
eight years old and rich and a member
of the banking and brokerage firm OF
Lan!er & Wlns!ow. at No. 80 Cedar
street.
But Mr.. Morgan heard the racket.
policenon's clubs hlim-blamm!ns on the
sidewalks and poles mems revolvers
barking Up and down the street. so
did Mt. Stokes and Mr.. Morgan jr.. and
Mrs. Herbert Satterlee and the rest oI
the fashionable nelghborhood. For fif-
teen mlnu''S there was as much excite
ment AS. Il somebody was trying to run
! away with the Old Lady OF Thread
needle street.
Thet burglar began by crawling into
M. Lanier's coa,hole. James Feather
stone, a watchman employed to keep
on eye on the nearby homes Of Capt.
Joseph Il. Dellemare and Charles ".
Ditson, saw him go in. In about three
minutes Teatherstone had collected
Patrick Mccoy, another private watca-
man. and Policeman Murphy OF the
West Th'rticth street station. and stood
by for developments.
Although 1t was / o'clock In the
morning. Mr.. Lanler was awake. and
It happened that just as the burglar
started up the basement steps Mr..
Lanierr pressed a button and summoned
his valet. George Ward. The intruder
heard the buzzer. imagined the game
was ND and ned, with only a combln,-
ton mandolin and guitar he had picked
up in tho basement. Ward being given
to sweet music when not engaged In
valeting.
The burglar burst out OF the grill door
In the basement to find the three repre-
sentatis cs OF tho Law awaiting for him.
Tha was when the bllm-blamming and
the shots began that made Mr.. Morgan
and the others sit up in bed and specu-
late On the uncertainty OF human
AFFAIRS.
Down the street dashed the stranger.
with the three after him. Murphy
fired three shots rs tho chase led past
Mr.. Morgan's home. The burglar throw
away the musical instrument and put
on more speed, but turned a corner and
pumped squarely into the arms OF Po-
llcemen Duncan and Bewlck OF the
West Thirtieth street station.
At the station house he described HIM
self as Richard sylvester. ffty-two. n
druughtsman out OF a Job and with no
place OF residence. file was arra!gned
his morning in the Jefferson Market
iourt.4
Mr.. Lanler. sitting quietly In his bed
room On the secoad floor. didn't even
Iknow burglar had been In his house
until the excitement was all over. In
the house also were his granddaughter
INC ten servants.
lie points out. however. that his resi-
dence'! IS ~unlucky for burglars. Fifteen
years ago one tried to enter by a rope
ladder. He was captured and convicted
and Is stu In prison.
and 10 still in prison. The library OF
]. p. Morgan is directly In the rear OF
the Lanier house but divided OF by an
eighteen foot metal fence.