Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-07-14
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RUN FOR COUNTY OFFICE
TRIED To ESCAPE
BY SWIMMING
ACROSS SOUND

Pursued by City Marshal Desm ond
and Patrolman Calvin, George Stone,
Of Hartford street, swan the Staten
Island sound in an effort to escape,
and was finally captured at the foot
of Main street, Tottenville, about 7
o'clock last night. Stone only had
on bathing suit when arrested, and
was apprehended while a curious
crowd Of some 500 people looked on.
The city marshal had emptied the
five barrels Of his thirty-eight caltbre
blue steel in trying to scare the fu-
gitive, and this had attracted the
large crowd to the shore. A rumor
spread that Stone had murdered
some one, which made the onlookers
take unusual interest in the cap
ture. Stone was being pursued on
warrant sworn out by Principal H.
F. Albro, of the Kreischerville, Stat
en- Island public school, who charged
the man with atrocious assault and
battery last May.
The assault is alleged to have oc-
Cured at the foot of Washington
street, this city, when Mr.. Albro was
entering his motor boat to return to
Kreischeryille, after making some
purchases in this city. The man is
said to have knocked Mr.. Albro to
the ground, and tried to seize his
watch. However, the time piece was
not taken, and an atrocious assault
and battery charge was entered
against the. man. Directly follow
Ing the affairs Stone skipped and all
the efforts OF City Marshal Desmond
to locate him proved futile. One day
the city marshal went to his home
and found Stone, but the elusive
fugitive slipped from second-story
window and made his escape.
The marshal learned that Stone
had returned home yesterday, and
went to search for him He. gain
ed the services of Patrolman Hard
Ing, who was on the beat where
Stone lived, and seeing Patrolman
Calvin, who was not on duty, pass,
he secured that officers aid. Stone
was not at home, but the city mar
shall learned that he was enjoying
swim In the Staten Island sound.
The three officers spied him coming
up the board walk leading through
the Stakes at the Lehigh Valley
terminal When Stone saw the Off
GERS he wheeled around and started
for the sound. On reaching the
beach and finding himself pursued,
he stopped long enough to call the
marshal and policemen all manner
of indecent names and defled them
to arrest him. With that he dived
into the water. The marshal and
Patrolman Calvin secured small
boat from schooner moored nearby
and started pursuit. Stone swan
like FISH and soon gained the mid
die Of the sound. A schooner going
toward Tottenville shore passed and
he managed to climb aboard, and get
short ride When the crew found
the officers were after him, on hear
Ing several shots fired by the mar
shal, they started to catch the fugi-
tive, but again Stone dived and
eluded them. He swan straight to
the steamboat dock at the foot OF
Main street, Tottenville. The mar
shall and Patrolman Calvin were
short distance behind In the boat
Calvin landed first and chased Stone
into corner, while the marshal
went for Tottenyille policeman to
make the arrest, as the fugitive was
then on New York soil. Sergeant
Robert Benedict, OF the Tottenville
precinct, and Patrolman Calvin
closed in on Stone and he was soon
taken. while big crowd looked on.
AS he had no clothing he was given
an old pair of patrolman's trousers
and citizen supplied an old coat
and hat, so that he could be taken to
the jail at Stapleton. Stone is about
twenty-four years old and has been
in the tolls many times. He was once
arrested for deserting the army and
served time In the workhouse. His
elusiyeness on the verge Of capture
has made him a bugbear to the po-
lice.
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