New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-24
BURGLARS ENTER HOUSE
JUST OFF FIFTH AVE.
Police Chasing Two Men Through
Back Yards Secure One
Prisoner.
STRIKE DOWN H0USEKEEPER
Man Hunt Follows In Thirty third
Street, and Women IS Screams
Add to the Neighbors
Excitement.
STRIKE DOWN H0USEKEEPER

People living in SD street. just off
Fifth avenue. had thrilling experience
with two burglars last night One OF
the men was captured after search Of
bacl. wards. but his confederate escaped
/ by clin, bing an eighr-foot wall. To gain
the street however. the man first struck
Miss Ida Roe, Of No East 33d street
with a Jimmy. cutting cash in the
Young woman's head and knocking her
unconscious.
About 10 o'clock the Lieutenant at Po-
lice Headquarters sitting at the tele-
nhone switchboard got this message
Hello. lieutenant this is H. B. Upton
Of No. 3 East S3d street Two men just
ran down a fire escape a couple OF doors
awav and are now i'm the back yard. /
think they are burglars. You'd better
send detectives
In few minutes Detectives Van Was-
ner and Kenny were on their way 10 the
23d street address The detectives en-
tered Mr.. Upton's fat on the third floor
and questioned him. Then they descend
ed into the rear yard and began a search
If the rlace In 4 few moments tney
fourd a man crouc'lrg close 10 the renee
pe orfAreI ro resistance when the de-
tectives bounced on him. He said ne was
Frank Lang. OF Mills Hotel No 3. an
electrician. According % the police
Lang admitted that he had been engaged
IN burglary when caught. He was
,sker IN charge and the search for the
second man began.
After the police had made careful
saarch of four or five rear yards, they
oscended the fire escape Of No 912' ana
had only reached the second floor when
thew we're met by Mrs. f. NJ. Sedgwick.
cr. wouId not let the detectives into her
a.a~,r,snt until she had called UP Police
Headouarters and learned that they We're
.hare on official business. While MIS-
c.a0r,ick and the detectives were talk
,r con,motion was heard In the house
xo and Van Wagner and Kenny
i,,,r,ediatelv scrambled down the nre
ascane and ran 10 the yard OF NO l.
Tbev heard woman's CRY as they
ao +beir Uav up the fire escape. ana
,.ne,, they reached the second floor ana
,,,,,,hed in the window. they found MISS
-, Do = housekeeper for DR.. D. D.
ralavan living on the floor. blood stream
- from, her head. and a group OF SER
.,r.e surrounding her AS the detec-
- rere irving 20 learn how MISS
r.. bsd haer injured. Or. Henry bue-
30 ~ No 40 East 41st street VINO hao
I'm called by the servants came IL
-. coated Miss Roe. and found that her
~ - badlv cut although the wound
IS not serious ..a con
when Miss Roe had recovered con
.,.,,srass she told the detectives 'hat
=. uas looking out Of her rear "lhuo"
.ha saw the men in the rear yard.
,,.,,ua she was looking into the YARD she
sa,d a man came up the FIRE escape ana
,,,v,,had in the window, despite her et-
forts 70 prevent him
when the fellow saw that MISS Roe
n.orId block his way. he struck her on
,so head with the Jimmy Then he
aar,ad through the apartment and got
70 the street
u was found that the burglars had
.,,ered through the front door Of Mrs.
ssdgwicks apartments by jimmying the
aooT When Miss Sedgwick. who had
heen out entered the place the burglars
ran down the rear hre escape Lang
"a ho aid not know the name 81 his
confederate.