New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-03
Alleged Deserter Said /.
Have Boosted He W..
Modern Jack Sheppard
Escaped at Plattsbu,,
'atrolmsn Cunningham Kill
When Approaching Elo..
ing Couple in Auto

NEWARK, " j., Dec. Ca
Walter Stiyers, nineteen year d,
alleged TO be a deserter from IA. -
Engineers, who is said to Rave ~,
himself "the Modern Jack Shepsrs-,.,
to have boosted Of hoodwinkiu, 3.
New York police for months. VA, :,
rested here to-day charged gi,S a
murder Of Patrolman Samuel c G.,
ningham, Of New York, on Marx
A report that Stivers was reei,,,.,
at the Home Hotel, 25s Marks, s,,.,'
this city, as George Walters r,,eI.j
District Attorney Swami, Of New Y,,.
on Saturday. Frequently simil,, 4,
ports OF Stivers's whereabouts ~
been acted upon by the police Just a.
late to catch the fugitive, aud A
consequent boasts that the police vsul
never catch him and tia, he had ~.
den the length Of Broadway tine I.
again since his indictment moved d.
District Attorney 10 impress upon D,
tectiye Joseph Russo the difheuhia !,
light have 10 cope with.
Russo and three other detectives, 4
dressed as laborers. reached the hsll
early this morning. Une posted Ia
self at the rear exit, one AZ 8 wirtsg
and Russo and Detective Johnsos r.
tered "Walters's' room with rsp
key. The young man slept on si,s
they had turned on the light. bu, 6, r.
touch OF hand upon his shoulder \,
sprang from the bed and tough, h..
perately.
Self-Defence Plea
lie is said to have admitted his idsr
tity, and TO have declared that he she
Cunningham in self-defence. A eh,ui
fcur's license. made out in the nav.
OF George Walters, was found in u
pocket I'm the weeks Of purah
during which detectives several tin,
were within a few hours OF lsyrl
hands on Stiyers, reports Of stclt'
automobiles and motorcycles ser
picked up in the fugitiye's trail vt
such regularity as 70 lead Alfred ]
Talley. one Of District Attont
SWANS assistants, to believe that u
ser crimes than murder might be "a
at the youths door.
"The Modern Jack Shepard "
Talley said tonight was within an "
of being admitted 10 the second Piis
burg training camp for officers. b
was in Plattsburg, and II was within
few days Of the time appointed for y
opening Of the second camp when De
trict Attorney Swami learned o. h
project and dispatched detectiyes
81 left Plsttsburg at the sane hoB
the coppers were leaving New York
Stiyers is said TO have Dragged.
Again, at Tiyoli. n. T., detective
were within a few hours OF hin.
Had Eloped With Girl
Stivers is said 10 have been IN
stolen automobile with a thirteeHyaf
old girl with whom he had elopst
few days before, when Cunninshs'
was shot. The car was the property :
Nathan Kahn, Of 81 West SeyeaiI
second Street. Patrolman Cunning
ham approached il as il stood at o
curb. and Stivers. apparently behsyia'
that the patrolman had been sent ,
the girls parents, is said 10 hs"
opened fro with mis- service pistol
In escaping her wrecked the "a
against an elevated pillar His civ
drab overcoat, found in the wreck, a.
a Bible. in which the name OF the g.
was written, served 70 identify tas !.
legged murderer as a private in the 2.
Engineers. The girl was found. 81
told OF motor trip which lasted ~
eral days, during which they lived .
the car night and day.