The Detroit times., 1911-08-16

Detroits bicyclist prowler is still
at large and the police are bending
every effort to bring about bis CAP
ture. Every day brings to the de-
tective bureau in the central police
station fresh reports OF his daring
operations and the detectives are In
vestigating every case with view
to learning the fellows habits and
methods.
They are convinced from the
signal success he has in his work
that every house he selects to break
into, he has carefully investigated.
They are sure that he follows his In
tended victims to their homes, learns
In what rooms they sleep and at what
! time they retire.
The most daring Of his adventures
occurred about 2 o'clock Tuesday
morning, when he broke into the
residence at No. 155 Hendricks-st. He
climbed on bench, cut the screen
from a side window and climbed into
The room, where slept Elsie Bartsch.
a pretty young girl, employed in the
main Office OF the Michigan State
Telephone Co.
She was awakened by a rough
manu- Ou HcT duo WhVh obO
opened her eyes, she was gazing In
to the unkempt. unshaven face OF
man.
II tried to scream" said the girl.
II couldn't. was paralyzed with
fear. raised mp in my bed and
he pushed me back again. ! saw
the gleam OF revolver In his hand
He said: Don't scream, little girl
II you do,-I'll have to kidnap you.
II don't know what ne would have
done, II he hadn't been frightened
away. There was a noise In another
part of the house. II sounded II some
of the folks were stirring, and per-
haps, he thought some of my reln-
tives had heard him. At any rate,
he turned quietly away, and climbed
out the window he had entered.
Perhaps I'm mistaken, but wouid
be willing to swear that he Is the
same fellow who followed me home
a few nights ago. | work in the tele-
phone ONCE and generally get
through about o'clock. | usually get
of q Sherman car at the corner and
cut across a vacant lot because II
saves time. A few nights ago, en-
countered a man In this lot and he
followed me across the field.
81 don't know II | could identify
the man who came into my room. II
was dark and l couldn't see very
WELL"
AZ an indication Of how daring the
night prowler is, after he left the
girls room, he went TO the house two
doors away at No. f61 Hendricksst
Two young girls, Carrie and Emile
Mann live there. At this place, he
also climbed through bedroom win
dow, by mounting bench he found
in the back yard and cutting q
screen from the window. In this in
stance, however, he entered a room
occupied by a young man, William
Mann. As soon as he discovered his
mistake, he left the place.
Tuesday morning, the prowler also
entered a room occupied by Marie
BELLE, No. 327 Jay-st., only two
blocks away from the Hendricks-st.
addresses. He was frightened away
sftcr he got into the room.
Late Tuesday night, persons livinG
in the vicinity of the Wilbert fats. at
No. 100 Charlotte-Rve., were startled
to hear the scream OF woman.
Shortly after a number OF revolver
shots were fred. Conflicting stories
were told of the affair. but the most
general version was that a woman In
the neighborhood had been awakened
by a man entering her room. Some
man came to her rescue and fired the
shots.
Chief of Detectives Mcdonnell says
his officers will leave no stone un-
turned In their efforts TO bring TO
light the prowler. He urges women
to s,ep on the second floor OF their
homes, whenever Il is possible. The
captain fears that the series OF night
attacks may have tragic end, as In
every instance. the fellow has been
reported TO have been armed. Wo-
men who can shoot will do well 10
have revolver under their pillows,
is the captains advice.
The captain believes that the man
responsible for the midnight visits is
person who has been In the city
for some time. he says the attacks
are similar 20 series that were
made a few years ago. Detectives
Raker and Horrigan are In charge Of
the dragnet OF police that is now IL
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