The Washington times., 1913-12-03

I upon the deSk before niiH DIS lie hIiSheu
with it.
.'12:4i-Thcse refer to last night. Rush
, ton, 1874 215th street and Broadway.
post. Met the Night Wind. Tackled
! him. Whalen now laid up with two
! sprained wrists. No bones broken. De-
| tailed report attached. That's the sub
stance OF one of these slips. Rushton.
! I'm reading just the bare facts to you. -
Il understand. inspector
''12:5-tha.s IA minutes latcr-Aque-
duct avenue and Fordham road. That
is three Or four miles away from the
Other place by the route that would
have to be travelled
Yes
Well. the Night Wind loomcd I'D sud-
denly. directly in front OF Officer Gre
gan. He took Cregan's gun and night
stick, and billy. and whistle away from
him. guying him and laughing at him,
collar that the plucky chap sailed into
the fellow. Result: Cregan was chucked
over the Night Winds head into the
ditch, and has got broken collarbone
10 show Cor it, Get that
Rushton nodded.
willis avenue and 1sSth street 1:ro
a. m. Got the distance down in your
mind? And the time?"
Officer Birch on peg. Busy corner.
LhsHN "IHu appeared as II he hPd
dropped down out of the clouds beside
Birch. Birch made a grab for him
Result: Night Wind grabbed him Dy
both hands. crushed the fingers to-
gether in his terrible grip. Broke two
small bones. one in each hand"
Sab, inspector. how many more uh
them things are there?" Rushton asked.
Go ahead"
"1:40 a. m. Listen to this one. It'Il
ciu Oh;
utes later than the last one. Away out
In Queens. Twelve miles and more
away by the nearest route-unless he
used flying machine. Officer Rudolph
Schmidt took a fall out of the Night
Wind. He's got a dislocated shoulder.
same as Dixon, who was with you the
other night.
''2:to a. m. One hour later. Fort
Hamilton section. Ninety-first street
and Fifth avenue. Between fifteen and
twenty miles away. Roundsman Green
stepped into the middle of the street
az the intersection to talk with Officer
Mercke. Neither of them noticed any
body near them at the moment. Some
body said IN their ears Good morning,
gentlemen They turned. II was the
Night Wind. Both men recognized him.
There were two of them. They took a
chance. Green has broken leg, below
ankle that is as lad or worse, than a
fracture. The Night Wind didn't get
anything-but sat sfaction.
Wait minute. You can talk pres
emily. Coney Island Surf avenue, near
the entrance to Sea Gate. Time, 3:lO-
30 minutes later. Officer Maddox, of
that precinct. saw the Night Wind ap-
preaching him: discovered him while yet
Reached for his gun. Night wind
jumped at him. knocked the gun aside,
Or down, rather. 1t went off The bull
let sma shed the great toe of the cops
left foot. Night Wind kicked the gun
into the quite and disappeared before
Maddox could follow him or summon
assistance. Got all that, Rushton?'
w, what's the use readin' all that
truck TO me? I guess 7 know that IT'S
Wa RuahtonS reply.
Hold on'a minute. I'm not through
yet Brooklyn. Flatbush avenue ard
St; johns place. Six miles away. Time
} oC think Of that
What happened there, inspector?''
he he got three of them all at once"
"Conover and Denton, in plain clothes,
we're talking TO Officer Morris. on post
The Night Wind stopped directly m
front OF them, under a street light and
asked the time. They knew him al the
crop OF the hat. Three to one was good
oods, and they took the bet-and lost
he smashed two of their heads together
ana chucked the other one over his
head Result: Conovers got a broken
nose: Morris has beautiful mack eve
"here ConoVers nose nit it when their
heads came together. Denton has
broken arm where he fell on IL himself
when the Night wind tripped and
threw him.
Hold on another minute Eushton
That isn't quite all. Police neaduuar-
ters over In HcboEen telepho1ed to this
office a little while ago that the Night
Wind appeared there shortly after 4