The evening world., 1911-04-24
BRIDE BATTLES
WITH BURGLARS;
WOMEN AID HER
Plucky Mrs. Mitchell Jumps on
lntruders and Fights Hard
on Stairway.
500 JOIN IN THE CHASE.
Badly Mauled Pair Captured
After Desperate Flight
Over Housetops.
500 JOIN IN THE CHASE.

A dozen women contributed = strenu-
ous share to tho capture Of two burglars
to-day. who were intercepted In the act
OF Jimmylng their way into The apart
ment OF Mrs. olive Mitchell. n bride, on
the fourth floor OF No. 1877 laird ave-
nue.. around the corner from the East
SlSty-scventh street police station. Hum
dreds Joined IN the chase before the two
men were finally captured on the roofs
Of the row OF fiathouscs between sixty
first and SiSty-second street, on Third
avenue.
Mrs. Mitchell is not of the ethereal
type OF blushing brides. as one OF the
two burglars discovered when she
grobbed him and threw him on his neck.
She had been downstairs waiting. and
ascending TO her HAT. found two short.
heavily built young men on their knees
before her door prying open the lock
with ymmies.
LeIped Upon His Back.
Clad in a kimono and felt slippers.
Mrs. Mitchell mounted tho stairs with
velvet tread. She saw what was going
on and did not stop TO ask questions
or make any fuss. simply leaplng from
the top step to the back OF one Of the
oracksmen. who went down In a hesp.
The bride got a powerful grip on his
collar. but he fought with arms and
legs and threw her off. As he scrambled
to his feet he struck her In the face.
but she collared him again and accom-
panied him In a scramble descent down
to the third floor. The clamor OF the
combat attracted every woman In the
building. and tho two burglars found
1t terrific going to night their way
down the four flights of stairs.
Mrs. Mitchell lost much OF her kimono.
and several OF her neighbors who hero
icslly Joined her in an elort to secure
the burglars were badly mauled and
torn.
As for the two powerful young mon.
when they had fought their way into
the street, their garments were IN lat
tiers. their faces were bleeding from "A
terrific scratching and they had lost their
hats. Fave women oiiowed them INTO
the street. yelling. and their cries at
tracted the attention VI Sergeant O'Sul.
Ivan and Patrolmen Regain and Murray.
all OF the East Sixty-seventh street sta
ton.
300 join Chase.
The two burglars started south. with
about half u block start VI the three
policemen. Before their hight had
brought them past Sixty-iiftn street,
wv men. women and children were
shrieklng in pursuit. Int policemen
had their reviewers out. but did not
dare shoot over the heads OF the crowd
twice the burglars were tripped. but
scrambled up again and sprinted des-
perately. They were assailed from
every side viii missiles. At last the
fugitiyes lodged into a nathouse and
raced 10 the root. Women in this and
adjoining houses followed them and
their screams brought policemen.
sergt. O'Sullivan sent Policeman Re
gan through n house on Sixty-second
street and Murray through another on
the ~Sixty-frst street corner. while
O'Sullivan followed into the house
where the pair had vanished. When
the policemen emerged on the roofs
women were at every ~scuttle. leaving
no escape for the fugitives. o'sull!van
sp.ca them darling from behind 4 chin
ney. The three policemen fired a dozen
shots over the heads Of the two men be-
fore they threw up their hands.
At the East S~ixty-seventh street sta
ton the prisoners said they were Louis
Martin of No. $50 Eldridge street, and
4. Rosenberg OF No. "a Norfolk street
one of them still had a Jimmy. The
other had thrown his through a win.
dow. AT Police Headquarters 1t was
said both men have records.
In the Harlem Court before Magis
trate O'Connor the prisoners pleaded
not guilty. Cast was held In $500
bat and Dlofus In $4,000 bail for tn,
Grand Jury on a burglary charge.