The evening world., 1911-04-22
Captured at the Pistols Point
Returning From Outing
With Borrower Car.
GARAGE OWNER ROBBED
Two Women With Stranded
JOY Riders Who Attack Man
Who Aided Them.

Patrick Flynn. n chauffeur OF No. w
West Forty-second street. vRs held IN
5000 bail ny Nag strste t'reschi in
yorkvilis Court to-day charged with
the theft Of a 81 90 automobile. The
bail was made especially heavy be-
cause OF information ~ Detectives Ftls
and Cain that Flynn had been con-
cerned with an assault and robbery up.
on a garage keeper At Lynbrook. r.. l..
YESTERDAY. In which two men and n
woman took part.
Ralph purrls. who said he lived at
the Hotel calvert. who was IN tho Al.
tomobile when the police captured II.
told Magistrate Freschi he had h,red
the car early to-day IN tn. belief that
II was q public automobile. lie said
he did not know IL had been stolen
and knew nothing Of the AFFAIR at Lyn-
brook. The police said they believed
him and he vas allow ed to go.
According to the story told by Sam
uel McClelland Of No. 2ii West Ono
hundred and Eighth stree. who rents
out automobiles in Times Square, he
turned over tn. touring car to Flynn
at I o'clock yesterday morning with in.
structions 20 take It to the tan and
20 on duty. lie says Flynn was to
have reported back at 7 O'Clock yester-
DAY afternoon. When he did not show
up McClelland called up the garage
and learned that Flynn had never pat
In an appearance there.
Robbery CT Garage Man.
McClelland waited init 10 o'clock last
night and then notified the police OF tho
West One Itund~edth street station.
A general alarm was sent out for the
ca. At midnight Lieut.. Cain and
Detective File received word from ia
maica OF the attack on the garage
man, George r. Walker Of Union ave-
nue., L.ynbrook.
Walkers story was that ne was COM
ing along the Merrick road In the After
moor in a run1oout when he came upon
a touring car. with license No. 5000. In
which were two men and = woman.
II had broken down. The mon asked
him to aid in repairing II and TO lend
them some gasoline. He volunteered TO
10 with one OF them to a nearby drug
store and obtain some OF the huid.
One OF the men won't with him and
watched him pay % cents OF his "
money for a can Of gasoline. Walker
SAYS he changed a $40 bill In makins
the purchase. and that on the way back
mis- companion picked his pocket.
After he had helped them repair their
car he found that his money had been
taken and declared some one In the
party had robbed him. Every one in
d~ignantly denied the assertion. Then
one OF the men came UP behind him II
hit him over tho head with a blunt in
strument.
Crippled His Auto.
He was ked senscles.. When ne
recovered he found thai the touring car
had gone and that the connecting plug
had been taken out OF his runabolt.
rendering 1t useless. 4 deputy sheriff
ant along In a buggy and he folio 81
the fugitives TO the county line. at which
point the deputy refused to 60 any
farther.
cain and File figured tina tho JOY
riders wOull return by way Of the
Greensboro Bridge. n they lay In
wait for them at the Manhattan end.
Flynn and Burris came along at I
o'clock this morning and Npre arrested
at the point of drawn revolyers.
Flynn was forced to drive tho car
down to headquarters. where no and
Burr!s were locked up. McClelisnd
later Identified the car.
u Just wanted a ..ttle ride" Flynn