Morris tribune., 1911-06-23
would have a tendency to make him



rest, if made, should occur at the New
York end of the line. In the first place,
it would give us more time to look
about us and thus be more certain Of
what we were doing. In the second
place, we might need to keep more
than one suspected person under sur
veillance and follow our man to the
steamer. We had telegraphed to New
York to have couple of men at the
station to do my bidding,
The only weak spot in this plan was
the stop at Poughkeepsie. l told Hor-
ton that if the woman got out there
to arrest her, and l would do the same
with the man. But we didn't believe
either would do so because l had
learned from the conductor that both
had tickets to New York. Before we
reached Poughkeepsie my suspect had
thrown down newspaper he had been
reading and dropped asleep, real or
pretended. He didn't awake while we
were at the station, but as soon as
the train started he jumped up and
made a dive for the car door.
Of course I followed him. He shut
the door in my face, and time was re-
quired to open it. When l got off he
was running like a deer through the
station. From there he ran along the
track northward, and as there was no
favorable outlet on either side Of him
he was obliged to run under my full
view l called to him to stop, and he
did so at once without my firing shot
and surrendered very tamely. clapped
the bracelets on him and waited for
the next train to return to Albany
While doing so ordered him to take
off his boots, expecting to find the
bills in them, as we had been advised
by the woman who had given him
away. I was disappointed in finding
nothing. l noticed that he had a very
small foot There were other things
about him that led me to fear l had
got the wrong man. But he seemed
to have expected his arrest, and the
circumstances taken altogether were so
overwhelmingly in favor of the theory
that he was the man | wanted that
gave the matter little thought. | be-
Iieved now that the woman who was
under Horizons care had the loot, and
my anxiety was all in that direction.
| took my man to Albany and gave
the chief an account Of the circum-
stances of the capture as far as I
knew them. Nothing had been heard
from Horton. The chief ordered a
search made of our captive. He was
handed over to couple of the force
for the purpose and taken into pri-
vate ROOM Presently one of them
came out with a broad grin on his
face.
eve don't care to go any further
in that NATTER he said. IF you
want that young fellow searched
you'd better call in woman"
"Why?" l asked, astonished.
Because he's a woman himself"
The chief looked at me thunder
struck, then with an expression OF
contempt ordered that my catch be
held till Horton should be heard
from. after which. if Horton had no
success, she should be discharged.
"Just you waltz said, a good deal
iritated; "'this thing is game. The
woman Horton is watching has got
the property on her, III warrant"
"This one" replied the chief sneer-
ingly. has turned out to be a~woman.
I'll bet the other turns out to be a
man"
AS he spoke a telegram was handed
in. 1t proved to be from Horton and
simply said that he would be with US
by the next return train. That was
the longest wait l ever had in my
life. When he came in his cOunte-
nance showed what was Of course to
be expected-failure.
He told us that when the train
stopped at Poughkeepsie the woman
he was watching went into the saloon
and locked the door If Horton wait
door she might make her escape |
through the car window If he went |
out on to the platform to watch |
from the outside she might unlock |
the saloon door, come out and leave |
the car by the ordinary passage. !
While he was trying to make up his |
mind what to do the train started on.
He ran out on to the platform Of the |
coach. but saw no woman. AS soon !
as he could get a trainman to do the |
work the saloon door was forced.
The window was open and some
woman's clothes were on the floor.
Sims was subsequently captured and !
a considerable part of the loot with
him. He said his sister had planned !
the whole thing for him. She had |
written the letter giving the informa
ton respecting his departure and the
train by which he would leave He had |
dressed himself as woman. not TAX
ing pains to conceal the fact that he
"was made up" The sister had dress |
ed herself as a man and purposely /
misled us, jumping off the train. hop
ing to divert attention from the broth
er. Sims had the swag on his person
and hoped to walk out of the train