The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-19
Policeman Al. CouIden ApprehendS Suspect on Busy Street in
 Center of City
QUICK WIT OF OFFICER PREVENTS ROW
TraiIed to This City by New York SIeuihs, Man Is Found on Street by Emissary of Detective Bureau Who Informs
 GOuIden of Identity

An arrest of a murderer long want ed in New York city, recurring the ut most tact Judgment and above all, courage, was made by Traffic Officer Al. c. Goulden today in the very heart of the city when he apprehended James Sisto, a. young gangster from New York who with companion has eyaded skilled detectives upon his trail in a number of the larger eastern cities. That his quarry did not escape him or. with. the resistance which could be offered by the pair, over come him in, the struggle which wes nipped in the bud, is due to the per- sistence and ceierity of the officer
 who slipped the handcuffs quickly up on his man and stood ready to de- fend his own life against the com panion who had been urged to the at tack.
 Officer Goulden was standing at his fixed post on Main street /and Fair field avenue tIAis morning when a sTouu grAan- came quickly up tos him and in a. breath shoyed q photosraph In Ais hand and said: Officer, arrest that man. He is wanted for murder in New York So quickly was the summons given and so often are simi- lar requests made of officers that the traffic officer said: 'Who are you2" The young man replied, "I am con neeted with the New York police de- partment. Here is a picture of the man you want and he has a gold front tooth and a scar on his face. You had better hurry as your man is now a block away
 Realizing that to approach in tho rear would be bad policy Officer Goulden thought quickly and hopping upon a passing car bound towards the depot, passed his man and aIighted at the Atlantic hotel. He then walked back where he found the fugitive standing in front or the Brunswick cigar store. A companion had enter ed the store to purchase a cigar.
 As Gou1den approached to converse with Sisto. the latter turned pale. Goulden saw the tooth and scar, but afraid of arresting an innocent man was not fully convinced that the man was the one wanted. A quick survey of the photograph and a comparison with the features before him, gave more assurance, and the informant had approached and was about To Identify him further when with a s1unge Sisto made attempt to either escape or attack the man who had trailed hf1n here.
 Goulden, however, having been pre- viously informed that he was dealing with a dangerous man, probably armed and ready to shoot if necessary to escape, had his handcuffs on the pris- oner. within the twinkling of an eye. Turning upon the prisoners com panion who had been sunni oned in the fra cas to assist, tGoulden with one hand upon his man and the other reaching for his gun said: t'You stand aside! You have no phoney cop to deal with now. You are up against the real thing when you come to Bridgeport" And the assistance that was to be given the prisoner melted in the fast gathering crowd
 Taken to police headquarters, Sisto refused to admit the murder, but said that he was probably wanted in New York He expressed a desire to com l init suicide rather than return, and said that he knew eighteen members of his gang had already been arrested ] upon suspicion and that it would now go hard with him.
 The man who had given the infor- 1 nation, said his name was Benjamin | Heinb berg of New York employed by l Detective Miles Cavanaugh and Henry 1 S. Kennedy, of the 165th street station. 1 He alleged he had been sent to this I city yesterday to locate the prisoner l whom he knew and that the officers l had intended to meet him here this morning.
 TeIephonic inquiry of the New York | police showed that the prisoner was not only of a dangerous character but that he committed most violent mur- der in that city, which the police had TI6f01y SOuSAI AO dNS44SC ny Sisto to justice.
 The prisoner, extremely Respondent l in his cell, and constantly expressed 1 a wish that he had been armed or had l committed suicide, expressed his will | ingness to return with the officers | without the necessity of extradition.
 Sisto is twenty years old and resides | at 164 East 7sth street, New York He | is alleged to be 8 member of the Wen | dover and Park gangs which infest the | upper section of New York, known as the Bronx
 It was at party being held by the gang in one Ca.hill's house at 172nd | street and Third avenue on the night | of March Is that the first trouble is | said to have developed. The host was beaten up then and on the following | night the gang again waited for him | in the street. Cahiu approached and ,