Evening journal., 1913-12-09
JUNGLE BILLY"
PUTS COPS ON
The MAP AGAIN
Veteran Officer. UnaIded,
Takes Whole HOuSeful Of
Fighting Men
In TIME TO HALT
BOLD ROBBERY

80 uclc Billy Heal. aged 81 years. vet
ernn OF The Wilmington police force for
thirty yeoi, today contributed his part
to proving that the police force OF the
city l. nut entirely inefficient when he
invaded house at . No 2l1 Poplar
street. this morning, in which several
men, one With a revolver, were fighting
With an alleged hold-up man, and ar
re,tsd The whole crowd. tolcpliuned TO
the police station for the police patrol
and "a few minutes later landed az the
ity Halt with his prisoners. The alleged
thici was placed behind the bars and the
other -men iu thc crowd were summoned
as witnesses against the defendant 90
appear III CitS Court They were then
allowed togo.
Uncle Billy" Is the oldest member ou
the police force and he- served longer
than any man IN the service OF the dc,
parimcnt For several years he has
been the court officer in the City Court
but has the powers of any police officer
aii1 wear. the Uniform of the depart
mont No man ou the force can pull oil
"a lie as wen as Uncle Billy and be
I is q general iayorite
This morning Uncle Billy" was
standing at Second and Poplar
streets. waiting for car. when a
man. giving his name as Vito Trotta
came running up to him and told him
! that two men were fighting over a
! pistol down the street and 10 come
quickly. as someone was being killed
/ All the old fire and dash for which
Uncle Billy' was noted in his young.
er days. came into action. Like the
/ a 80 a
years. when his feet first touches the
track and he faces the barrier "On-
/ Gle Billy" went down the street. az
116 clip He turned around to see
Trotta behind him. pointing 10 the
house. and then dashed through the
door He found the men in the base
ment and after taking the pistol
away from the owner Of the house
Emile Gliohni. known as Ameda vii
liams he arrested Ricco Bruno
whom the men pointed out as The al
legged robber. and then telephonod 90
the City Han for the police Iatrol
The men were scuffling over the pis-
tol when "Uncle Billy" arrived: after
taking Il away from them. he decided
that the owner Of the house was only
! trying to hold the alleged rohber a
bay until he arrived. so he presented
the man with his pistol again.
Uncle "Bnly's" big haul grew on
OF an alleged robbery yesterday ai
ternoon. Gliehni. the owner OF tn
. house at No. 217 Poplar street. al
leges that he was persuaded by Rice
I Bruno and another man TO go wit
q them yesterday 10 the Union sire
woods under a promise that he wou
get a job. The men. he says. took hi
to the woods and after getting aft
s him 10 the dark and secluded sp
= whirled him around aud Brul
+ placed a revolver near his head, tel
4 ing him TO hand over his possession
{ under penalty Of death, while n
= other man produced a murderoul
: looking knife. He gave up all he ha
+ which consisted Of gold-iilled watc
! and sL75 in change The men the
, allowed him to go. telling him that b
} must secure more money and hav
Il ready for them or they would Sc
that he was beaten. AS they mad
several other threats against hin
the police suspect a BLACK hand