New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-29
LEADS BURGLAR CHASE
IN HER BATH ROBE
Woman, Asked by Neighbor to
Watch Apartment, Does
Work Well.
DETECTIVES GET TWO MEN
After Arrests Many Complain
ants Turn Up and Prisoners
Go to Cells Minus
Outer Clothing.
DETECTIVES GET TWO MEN

With little more than q bath robe to
that traled in her wake, a determined
woman flew through 1O1st street, cloye
behind two men, yesterday afternoon.
She lost one of her slippers on the way.
but never stopped until the men were
caught When the police finally took
them in Mrs. Mary Reichstader, the pur-
suer, was rewarded for her energy and
courage in coming out in the bath robe,
for the men were identified at the Tooth
street station by several people as
thieves. They were locked up on a
charge of burglary.
There have been numerous burgaries
on the upper West Side lately, anil
Harry Rich, who has an apartment In
No. II West 101st street, asked Mrs
Reichstader, who lives across the hall
TO keep an eye on his fiat during his
absence. Mrs. ReChstader was just about
to take her bath yesterday afternoon
when she heard A crash Of glass, and
flung the bath robe about her shoulders
and ran to the door Of her apartment.
When she saw the glass in the door of
the Rich apartment had been broken
she called, asking who was inside She
dressed young men ran out, pushed her
aside and ran down the staircase. One
Of them dropped something and Mrs
Reichstader stumbled on it, losing one Of
her slippers. This did not stop her. She
kept right on down the steps her slipper
heel hammering the treads, her bare foot
padding them. Afterward the police said
what the men dropped was a Jimmy
The men shot out Of the house like
two bullets. with Mrs Reichstader grab
bing for their coattails School children
just out and anxious for any kind Of
excitement Immediately took up the
chase and Lieutenant Kegan and De-
tectives Quinn and Fay, of the West
tooth street station. caught up with the
woman and asked her what was the
matter. Mrs. Reichstader was too busy
and too breathless to answer just then
She held the bathrobe together with one
hand and pointed with the other to the
men, who were approaching the park wall
But she never stopped running until the
detectives caught the men just as they
tried to leap the wall.
The whole party went around to the
West Tooth street station, and the near
Lady Godiva stood still, holding the
front of the bath robe tightly together,
while the men were arraigned.
They said they were Samuel Kline and
Joseph Kelly, a prizefghter. Both said
they lived No 81 West 10th street.
but later Kelly said his name was John
Twomey and he lived at No. 216 Huron
street. Greenpont. Richard Newell, OF
No. 100 West l0ist street, identified
Twomeys suit Of clothes as one stolen
from him on March -, and Newelrs
name was found inside the pocket, 1t
was said. Nathan Gerenstein of No. 239
West 1Olst street. said Klines suit was
stolen from him three weeks ago. This
left the two prisoners in their under
wear, and as they, were being taken to
their cells Kelly remarked. sadly:
Say. DO, leave us de underwear. II
would be so embarrassin wild nothin' on"
Mrs. Martha Brocher of No. 90 West
IOlst street. said Kelly was the man who
hit her with a jimmy in her fiat on
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