The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-26

the Keystone police, and streaked over
the horizon.
No, they proceeded at a respectable
pace to the Potts home, Policeman
wagenheim carrying the Ridgewood
revolver. After picking up Mr. Potts,
Superintendent Thompson and his son
Leroy. they stopped at the superin-
tendent's house while he got a double
barre1led shotgun that he had been
keeping for just such wild night as
this. Then they went on to the JAG
quelin homeland would any one be-
lieve It, after all this time the burglars
were still there?
Not really disappointed that the in
truders had been so persistent, the
armed posse deployed around the
house with their fighting faces on.
They kept at a suitable distance from
the building, for there's no sense in
rushing these things, especially when
a gun might go off in the darkness.
They could see lights flashing on and
off all through the house, for these
marauders seemed to be of very de-
liberate kind--in fact, might be termed
members Of the leisure class.
Long vigil Is Rewarded.
For half hour the vigilantes waited
for an hour-for an hour and half
1t seemed as if those burglars never
would come out and give themselves
up. And II was getting most too cold
to keep on waiting for them. Finally
all the lights went out of a sudden and
two figures stepped out on the rear
porch--the watchers noticed they had
stepped out az last, dern EN-, because
one OF them advertised the fact with
Il hand searchhght. The men carried
bundles.
Hands up, or I'll flre!" shouted SUI
perintendent Thompson, unkindly dis
regarding the fact that the men
couldn't very we'll do so when their
arms were encountered with parcels
The burglars took the more sensible
view of the matter. and continued as
they were. Thereupon both Thompson
and Wagenheim Embossed a blast from
the artillery, and the burglars Topped
on the porch and spilled all their
bundles
One Of them lay still, but the other
crawled into the house with more
speed than dignity The superintend-
ent went after him and repeated the
Hands up" formula, but the burglar
didn't recognize the signal. Then the
superintendent. utterly spendthrift
with his buckshot, let him have the
other barrel and brought him to the
ground in the most approved fashion.
This I. Now "A Social Note.
The pair were overpowered by the
others of the party, who then phoned
for an ambulance from the Ridgewood
unit OF the Women's Motor Corps. as
no other provision had been made in
the vicinity for the reception of in
jured burglars. SO in addition TO
breaking into society in other ways
the robbers had the distinction of be-
ing driven to the Ridgewood police
headquarters by Sergeant Gessford
and Corporal Cowperthwaite. two
young women Of social prominence
who didn't mind getting up early in
the morning.
At Headquarters the police pried the
names OF William Brauem and Harry
Bonner out OF the pair, and Recorder
Watson held them without ball before
letting the sergeant and the corporal
give them further airing en- route to
the Hackensack Hospital. There it
was found that Brauem had revolver
shot wound III the knee and Bonner's
legs were tattooed with shot. How
ever neither was badly hurt, except in
his feelings.
The police believed, from the numer-
Gus bundles found assembled in the
Jacquelln home. that the men planned
to signal with the fiashlight to a wait
ing automobile on the road to come
and get II, but that the driver of the
car decided to move away from the
area of commandment Mr. Jacquelin.
summoned from his home. said that
the clothing cameras, silverware and
silver golf trophies which they had
gathered for export were worth some
thing but not so valuable as the per-
sonal property he had removed, which
caused the housebreakers to keep
searching so long they hunted their
way into the arms of the law.