The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-09
RACE FOR l'R| A THIEF
wild Chase Through the Streets
h the Heart Of London.
\ DETECTIVES QUICK WORK.


Ranid siimseIs. but Compelled an
unssaspecting 6ystander 70 Join In
the Mad Eight and Capture.
In defending the London police from
charges Of Incompetence a contributor
to Blackwood's Magazine narrates an
Incident In which he figured a few
years ago, when he accompanied his
wife to Bond street jewelers., where
she went In to match some pearls and
have some gems reset, he awaiting
her on the street, where he smoked
his cigar. He says:
Il noticed three wen dressed men
go into the shop and several women,
when suddenly one. Of the wei dress
ed men came out through the glass
doors Of the shop and pushed RAPIDLY
past me as he turned up the street
At the same moment was seixed
violently by the arm by. milkman
who had been arranging This cans on
bis handcart just In fronteof the shop
Quick, governorl' he Glaouted. .Aet.
er him or we lose himl Look: he'spass-
ed the bag to a pair
Now, for the life sof me I cannot
tell you what impelled me. I'm not
The kind Of man that You can picture
tearing up Bond street In the wake
of an agitated millkman. But there
was something In the grip that man
TOOK OF my arm that ampefied me, 20
that threw away my cigar and ran
Pfter the man with the bag neck and
meek with the milkman, wh0s exhoEted
ma TO condnuein efcrtssbg shout
brow leg, governorl II we
~ him we lose him foreverss
we TORE up Conduit street. ! don't
low what the passezEby thought I
no time tosthink Of them. When
we reached Regent street our quarry
oived into the traffic like frog into
mill race. We went In aftsr him.
How ] missed being knocked down !
don't know. The milkman took the
same risks. We were across almost
as soon as the man and sped after
MIN. don't know what streets we
doubled down know that at this
period IL flashedi across my mind that
u was making q conspicuous ass OF
myself Here I was racing down the
slums Of Soho at the bidding Of a
strange milkman, who never stopped
~ his exhortaadonsito me.
Keep it up and wen getahfme
Our quarry doubled and tackled, hut
we stuck to him tn just as we were
pacing down the very worst locking
street OF the slot Ihe suddenly slipped
into q low house. Of which the door
was open. MY miIkman never lost q
second HetwhisperedA hoarsely in my
ear:
" Stop here. governor, ], andyg rab the
first person as comes out Of that
house no matterswho he'isi know
the way behind
In fash he was gone He ha0
|nipped down an, alleyway and disap-
lpeared felt reaa fool, and the
whole folly Of my action rushed In
upon me. hadsleft my wife strand
ed Ia shop In Bond street. had
lost my hat and my stick, ands here I
was In an almost deserted street,
standing outside a door waiting with
orders from q strange man to grab
tne first person that came ont Of Il.
40 TWO secorsds more would have
ICY tne place and gone TO the nearese
na.ter. g WISER ana chastened man.
Ius JUST ~ tnat moment a boy OF
!seus n1eeen came out o. rne doos.
~, m - - ',nusI nave ieIr ms sspeal
~ -. - ! lLneoiaIeiy tnrew' my
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4, .,,,s4 da..~ IS, go.slars .sssnou-
~. go . uOlss nu1n 70 your
atrmroled 7tha ,oora ! TaI+ ,-c,,..1saS -, =,
hold him Ana tbor s,,aaorkv :. a.
by magic. fwo ,,ol,cevror o,,,,e.,,eN =,
the scena and se,zac nv S ~ a., NJ, ~
nv miIIyTnan' yvraathad - sni ~ a.
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