Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-10
THIEVES IN DUEL
W|THPOLNCEMAN
DROP THEIR LOOT
Detected When They Return to
Woods for Hidden
Valnables.
ESCAPE AFTER FUSILLADE;
PURSUED FOR HALF-MlLE
Nearly All of SiIverware Stolen
Night Before in Short Hills
Recovered.

After running pistol fight in which
fifteen shots were fired, the Short
Hills police last night recovered all
but four of the 116 pieces Of silver
ware which were taken from the
home of Abram ]. Rose in the fash
ionable Brentwood section of the
town on Sunday night.
Patrolman william Tighe, walking
along roadway through T. woods
a half mile from the Rose home, saw
two men Sinking along. Tighe's sus-
picions were aroused, and, keeping
in the shadows of the trees, he fol-
lowed the men.
The pair cautiously made their way
for quarter mile or so, often stop
ping and peering through the trees.
Finally they reached the densest part
of the woods, and after hesitating
for a moment plunged in. One Of the
men drew a pocket electric flash
lamp, and Tighe, who had crept up
to the opening in which the men had
disappeared, traced their movements
by the dim glow of the light among
the trees
Several times the men paused as If
puzzled, then as the flashlamp dis
closed some familiar land mark they
went on. At last they came to a
large rock. Picking up some tree
branches which had fallen to the
ground the men used them as levers
and turned the rock over. BY the
light of their lamp Tighe saw them
take dress suitcase from beneath
the rock and cautiously make their
way with it out of the woods.
Confronted by BIuecoat.
men reached the roadway. Then he
stepped out and faced them.
What have you got in that bag"
he demanded.
For an instant the men stood
startled. Then they ran. Tighe fol-
lowed, fumbling in his pocket for his
revolver. Both men had seized hold
the suitcase, and carrying 1t between
them were 5 Sining on the officer.
Tighe drew his revolver and fired
over the mems heads. Immediately
the pair stopped. There was flash
and sharp report and bullet
whistled intentionally close to
Tighe's head. The policeman, how
ever. did not stop, but ran on. firing
his revolver as he did SO.
Bullets Fly Fast.
Both the men he was chasing -
this time had drawn their guns, and
the bullets were fiying\ Both men
emptied their revoivers, then the
firing ceased and Tighe could hear
nothing but the patter of their feet
on the hard road. AS the patrolman
ran he stumbled over the dress suit
case which the men had dropped
when they began shooting.
J, Further on he came on an over
coat and a revolver, which the men
evidently had dropped when the
chase became too hot. Seeing he
would be unable to catch the men,
who by this time were more than a
quarter mile ahead of him, Tighe
gave up the chase, returned and
picked up the suit case and the other
things that were dropped and took
them to the police station.
When the suit case was opened 1t
was found to contain practically all
the missing silverware. The police
recovered small quantity of the
loot yesterday, and with what was In
the suit case, all but four pieces now
are accounted for.
The overcoat which the thief
dropped In the chase contained a
pair of gloves and a muffler. None
of the articles, however. bore any
identifying marks.