The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-02-20
EKYlL-HYDE
HOlO-UP Man IS
Fooled BY WOMAN
(Conttnusd from First PaSs)

earnestly practising flu titsu or that
she would have the courage to resist
him. A It was. he escaped from her
homo only after he had Knocked her
down with a blow Of his revolver.
which displaced two tooth. But ne
left behind him his hat. marked with
his initials and holding beneath the
band part Of a tract and a card Of
the Sunday school where he taught.
1t was these which led to his capture
POLICE SURPRISED At NERVE
OF YOUNG JekvLI.HYoe.
The police are investigating Acker's
story that he had committed many
other such robbsries. Their amAss.
mcnt that he could have led the
Jskyll.Hyds life Of q church worker
and q robber without previous dis
covery 10 great. but Il il over
Swallowed by their surprise at the
nerve the young man exhibited in en-
tering Mrs. Roses nat.
For Acker was we'll known to a.
most every tenant In the block Of
houses In which the Rose nat 10 10
Gated. Until a year ago he. his mother
and younger sister lived in No. $50
Cypress avenue. the mother acting a.
janitress and young Acker assisting
her. Then she died. and for six months
the boy and his sister. and sometimes
his father. who was not always at
lAl IA Ia q
Same house. Then the father went
away. and the youth ana his sister
went to live with their aunt Mrs.
Jennie Mayorga OF No s22 East One
Hundred and Thirty-seventh street.
But even then he did not drop out
Of sight to the tenants Of the cypress
avenue block, for he got . Job AZ handy
man for all the houses and did odd
Jobs OF bell fixing. painting and small
repairing for the owner. Only q month
ago he repaired some leaking wash
tubs in Mrs. Roses apartment ana Il
was then, ne has confessed, that he
decided TO rob the place.
He ax~d on last Tuesday morning.
and at $50 o'clock, when Rose had
gone to work. he rang the bell. When
Mrs Rose asked through the door who
1t was he answered that he was the
gas inspector and when she opened
the door ne sprang through and showed
q revolver against the woman's head.
Over his face he wore mask and hts
hat was pulled close over his eyes
He forced Mrs. Rose into the dining
room and against the wall. his weapon
stili at her head. and demanded all
the money she had on pain Of death.
hALTe THE Ro00ER ~ JU.
7 JiT0U METHOD.
Then Mrs. Rose thought Of her J'i-
jitsu. She grasped the hand that held
the revolver. twisted II TIL the weapon
fell to the floor and then wrestled all
over the room with the now frightened
Acker. The youth and tho woman
both struggled to reach the revolver
and Acker grasped II again. He
smashed II down on the left side Of
Mrs Roses face with such force that
he knocked her down and almost
stunned her. Then no 6ed. losing his
hat and mask as he ran.
Mrs. Roses cries aroused the house.
but Acker had disappeared when
crowd Of excited women reached the
street. Later-and the police consider
this another exhibition Of wonderful
nerve or Of foolhardiness-he returned
to the house at No. $50 and demanded
a hat Of John Weitrate.. the janitor.
who was well acquainted with him,
weitrate refused. and Aacker ran
away.
story convinced Detectives Lyons and
Wagner OF the Alexander avenue sta
ton that Acker was tho robber. they
hesitated to accept their own reason
Ing. His reputation was Of the best.
He was a sort Of model young man to
whom mothers Of other boys pointed
as an example. but when ne sneaked
into the basement Of No. 35s yester-
day and got a raincoat he had leftG
there. they trailed him to St. AIMS
avenue and One Hundred and Thirty
seventh street and arrested him.
REVOLVER AND eA00E FOUND
IN HIS ROOM.
At first the peachy checked. clear
eyed boy denied tearfully that he had
attacked Mrs. Rose, hut his collapse.
when II came. was complete and the
detectives found In his room. where
he told them 10 look. the gas inspec-
tors badge and the revolver.
The boys religious and social asso-
ciates. to whom his own confession
has revealed him az a footpad and q
thief. could scarcely credit the story
when they learned It to-day. The
Rev. w. b. Hamilton. pastor Of his
church. acknowledged that he had
difficulty even now in reconciling
Acker's confessed character with
What he knew Of him.
-Four years ago." said Dr. Hamil-
ton. when ] came TO this charge. the
Acker boy was about sixteen years
old. Ills mother. then alive. was