The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-01
BULLETS R0UT 8
! FROM HOME OF
EMMY DESTINN
One Of Gang, Wounded,
Leaps From Window and
Is Held at Bay.

New York, Nov. 1-Burg1ars In the
home of Emmy Destinn, the opera
singer, "a Riverside Drive, gave police
and detectives an interesting half
hour last night, causing the entire
neighborhood to be aroused and more
than 1000 persons to congregate in
the street The officers engaged in
a robher hunt in the dark which fin
ished only after one intruder had been
shot and two others had been cap
tured.
The wounded man attempted to es-
cape by leaping from third floor
window to the extension Of the home
of Charles M Higgins, a manager for
the Standard on Co, at No <93. Mr.
Higgins, with a revolver, held the
burglar at bay until the police learn
ed where he was
Capture May Solve Mysteries.
At about the same time-7 o'clock
the police OF Irvinston-
caught Thomas Lynch. "a, of Toronto,
Canada, in whom they believe they
have solved the Iooting Of many es-
tates there and at Dobb3 Ferry and
Tarrytown. On his person they found
Jewelry valued at $4,000 which had
JUST OCCa oIO1CI 4IOl1 IAC AOAlC VI
Mrs. Bathgate Becker ON North
Broadway, Irvington-
Nine. Desttnn left her home unat-
tended when she went to Austria sew
eral months ago. She intended to
return at once and did not think it
was necessary to engage a careta,ker-
E.ut the authorities in Vienna asked
that she be informed and she prob
Ill ~. l. 49,
war.
lives at No. 50 was told by Miss O.
T. Terry, who passed the Destinn
home early last night. that she had
seen a robber within. He Immediately
communicated by telephone with the
Fourth Branch Detective Bureau and
Detectives MCGUIRE and Naimo1 rush
ed to the house in a Communicated
automobile. They got to the roof
through Mr.. Simon's home and found
the sc1ttle closed
Shots Start Out Quarry.
Mcclure stood guard while Naimo1l
went back to the street. He was met
in front by the reserves from the
West Sixty-efghth street station, who
had been notified by the Fourth
Branch Bureau. The basement door
was forced and the house was found
in darkness. The police shouted sew
eraI times asking il anyone was with
in. They received no reply. Presently
they. heard noises on the second floor.
They asked again if any one was
; there and when again there was no
answer they fired several shots. Out
from a room ran three men. They
could not be seen in the dark, bat
could be- heard Fastening up the
stairs. The police, following, stuen-
Died over bracelets, rings and naAny
other kinds of jewelry.
Two of the men got to the scutt1e
and forced it. At the top stood Me-
CURE. One of the robbers held some
thing in his hand that looked like a
pistol. Mcclure drew his own and
fred. The intruder fedi, wounded, to
the, floor below His companion fell
Oh top OF him. Mcclure started down
the ladder leading to the scutt1e and
tripDed. He fell on top of the two
men, and quickly getting up told
them he would kill the first who at
tempted to move. Later he learned OF
the wounded ones leap from the floor
below to the Higgin extension.
Wild Chase in Darkness.
Meantime the reserves were chasing
the third burglar all over the house
without seeing him. Presently one OF
them found the electric light switch
and turned IT. on. The third rcbber
crawled under the bed and Was
caught.
MCGUIRE saw that he had wounded
his man, and a hurry cali was sent
to Knickerbocker Hospital. AS DR..
simmons was probing the burglar
arm for bullet the man calmly ex-
tracted and, handing 1t to the sur
geon, remarked:
Take it. Docn
He said he was john Webb, 81.
laborer, OF No. 1865 Third ave-
nue.
Thes police then seareia ed The house
and picked up jewelry on ths stair
ways leading from the first 10 the
top-the fourth floor. They weye
not certain whether It was genuine,