The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-09-19
WOMAN bR|bER
TRAPPED AS COP
RUNS ELEVATOR
Rose Barrick, Prophecies of
Little Belmont, Falls
Into Police Trap.

Shoppers In ono of Broadway's biz
depart mont stores were startled to-day
by the Shricks " an Old uceress
struggling In the grasp OF an elevator
man and another man IN front OF ono Of
the elevators. The little group was hur-
rled into an ante room and quiet settled
quickly over the store None ~ the
shopp,rs knew what had happened.
In the ante room, however. Lieut.. ~ :.
gibbons and Detective Jones Of Inspector
Dwyerts stan were slating over The
success OF the ruse by which they had
caught Nose Barrlck. propr1ctress Of
the fIttlc Belmont Hotel. In the very
act OF giving Jones a spo bribe In re-
turn for wrch he was 20 drop the case
against her. growing out Of Dryers
rah & her hotel early this week.
when FItxgibbons had exchanged his
elevator boys uniform for his usual
cIothcs- the woman was taken TO the
West sixty-elghth street station and
locked up OF the charge OF having at
temptesi to br1bc policeman.
LAID TRAP TO CATCH eARRlck
WOMAN.
II was last Wednesday that Jones
and Fttxgibbons arranged the trap into
which the Barrtck woman fell. Early
on that day she had sent messenger
10 Jones who had obtained the evidence
on which Inspector Dwyer made his
raid. falling him that she wanted to see
him on an important piece Of business
and begging him to arrange meeting
that night IN some lonely spot In Cen
trail Park Jones sent back word at
once that ne would be there and then
repeated the story to Inspector Dryer
and Lieut.. Fitzgibbons.
Tho inspector assigned an expert
s,enographer to the job and on We'd
ne.day THE man hid in the shelter
Of some bushes In the park. near the
Fifty-Ninth street and Sixth avenue
entrance. There was convenient
bench nearby and to rhis Jones agreed
to pilot the Barrick woman. II was q
tedious wait for the stenoErapher but
finally. late In the evening. when the
park was deserted. Jones and the col
ored woman Appeared. Tho detecti".
guided her to the bench and then en-
sued a conversation which the stenog-
rapher noted down word for word In
pector Dwysr has not made these notes
subtle yet but Il II known that after
offering the $500 bribe the Barrick
woman said:
Now how can ] pay this 10 you
without being observed?"
''why not meet me in one OF the big
department stores. say about noon
friday" responded Jones. TT ought
20 he easy 20 slip me a roll OF bills there
without being observed and II We were
notices. II probably would he thought
that you were commissioning me to
make some purchase for you"
The woman agreed to this proposal
and Jones led her out OF the park at
once. Then he and the stenographer
hurried to the station and there the
plot was Matched for Fitzgibbons TO
play the part Of an elevator boy and
thus be a witness TO the actual transfer
Of tho money. The department store
folk agreed TO lend their store for the
purpose and early to-day Fitzgibbons
bsGan TO run one Of the big passenger
elevators up and down.
The car was standing at the lower
floor, with Fitxgibbons lolling in Tho
door when Jones and the woman ap
peared. The woman slipped a big rol
of bills out OF her handbag and thrus
ehem toward Jones. He grabbed tn,
roll. and while the hands OF each stil
touched the hills Fitzgibbons spran,
forward and seized them Then 1t wa
that Mrs. Bsrrick burst into n Hood q
invectiye AGAINST the police and arouse'
every shopper within hearing