The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-10
WIDOW SNATCHTNG
WOOER is PUNCHED
Beats in Door, Scares Land
lady and Whisks Screaming
Woman OFF in Taxi.
THEN MULvEY GETS CASE
Astute Sleuth Finds Swain
With Prey--Later Comes
Fine Array Of Charges.


might have stood perturbed, shifting
from foot to foot. but Detective Joseph
Mulvey. when his skipper called him into
conference at the F1atbush avenue sta
ton in Brooklyn yesterday and stated
that man in a taxicab had Just re-
moved Mrs. Helen Waterman, shrieking
loudly. from an apartment at 234 Ster-
ling street. Brooklyn. said Immediately
that there must be a woman mixed VI
In the case.
ut takes the curse Off police work."
said his superior. smiling brightly, ito
encounter some one in this business now
and then with a touch of subtlety about
him. I have known persons calling
have arrived at like conclusion without
several hours of footwork and a con-
siderable outlay OF expense money.
Well. take the assignment and let m.
hear from you as you proceed from sue
cess to success"
And go Mulvey went on up to 234
Sterling street. where he found Miss
Marie Gaffney, who explained to him
that the fiat was hers and not Mrs.
Watermans. but that Mrs. Waterman
IS years old. a widow. vivacious ana
comely. was her guest, or had been up
to fifteen minutes since
Miss Carney was in that state OF
| mind and spirit which the astute police
intelligence recognizes instantly as in
duced--or superinduced as Mulvey en-
tered II In his notebook-by strong emo
ton. So he was very patient with her.
but insisted that she supply confrma ton
OF each statement as she went along.
She informed him then that one John
Carey. whirlwind wooer, had made
forcible entry into the fiat. had carried
Mrs. Waterman away: that Mrs. Water
man was attired only In a nightdress.
and that Carey was a dealer in surgical
instruments.
Plasters window He Breaks.
How do you know that" inquired
Detective Mulvey, warily.
"See," said the frantic woman, there
are pieces OF surgeons tape which he
pasted on the window pane before frac-
turing II with his fist"
An operative with the Percheron type
OF intellectual equipment might have re-
paired to the street and for the rest
| Of the day inquired of each passer by
| II he were John Carey. dealer in surgi-
cal instruments. But Mulvey's mind
| moves like the wind. He consulted
| telephone book, then a city directory.
| and betook him to 227 Second avenue
Manhattan. where he found a shop bear
| ing the legend John Carey" above the
doorway and a show window filled with
edged and pointed Instruments He en-
tered and engaged the clerk there in
| conversation.
There are detectives who hold II pro-
| fessional to CLEAN their information
| through questions wilfully misleading
| and gross misstatements of fact. But
! Mulvey's methods are always silken. He
, told the clerk that he had urgent per-
sonal BUSINESS with Carey and the clerk
at once gave him Carey's home address.
It Is not upon Mulvey's conscience that
| the clerk may have deemed the business
to pertain to instrument selling. Detec-
tives. not clerks. are the ones who are
| paid to think.
Carey keeps bachelor household at II
| Livingston place on the east side OF
| Stuyvesant square. In this retreat Null
vey found him and Mrs. Waterman.
Miss Gafrney's description OF her friend 8
attire had the great. merit OF accuracy.
II was Of silk. blush pink in tint and
| with only the slightest OF satin shoulder
| straps preventing the main fabric from
| obeying the laws Of gravity. Mulvey.
veteran police officer that he Is. permit
| ted himself moment OF contemplation
before placing Carey under arrest. The
smile which Mrs. Waterman accorded
him as he placed his rain coat about
her had several qualities in It, that OF
| gratitude salient.
Several Charges Against Carey.
| Subsequently at the Flatbush station
she made charges of burglary and alb
! duction against Carey, TO which Miss
Gaffney added one of felonious assault.
For It appeared that upon emerging in
through the adhesive tape and broken
| glass he had fourished something which
In the half light appeared to be a revolt
yer. Miss Gaffney tainted. Mulvey
understood why. when upon inspecting
the object afterward he found IL to be
an instrument for removing tonsils.
Before Magistrate Folwell Carey was
| held upon all tho charges for examina-
ton NEXT Tuesday.
1T cannt see," said the court as he
| fixed the sum of the bail, why a man
need be so headong."
| And he glanced toward Mrs. Water
man. demure in blue serge, fawn col
| ored cape and a velvet turban. But
| Policeman Mulvey. reporting later TO his
superior. gave 1t as his opinion that on
| Tuesday when the coral pink investiture
OF tho lady In the case IL duly in evil
dence all the light necessary to a per-
feet understanding will sufruse the ju-