New-York tribune., 1919-03-05
Youth in Nishtgsown
HOrrifes Women on
Suburban Trolley
Passengers Shrek When
Fleeing Student Appears;
Captive S'soph,' Hazed,
Escapes n. Y. u. Freshies
Oh, Man,

Down sunlt, placid street of
Leonia, \. J., where excitement is rare,
there flashed at $50 yesterday morn
ing slim, whiteclad young figure, its
long, fast working legs untrammelled
by garment that might have been a
shroud or nightdress, but in any
case reached only to the knees.
Too white for a hernoused Bedouin,
too substantial for ghost, though a
number OF astounded housewives
thought it that, its chronological status
was determined only when it landed
lightly on the platform of crowded
suburban car bound toward Hoboken.
Then it was found to be young man,
aged about nineteen, habited airily in
a nightgown, girls at that.
Women, OF whom there were many
aboard the car, shricked. Well-poisod
young stenographers on their way to
work in New York hid their faces in
muifs. their ears becoming the shade
OF their rouge touched cheeks. But
the youth in the nghtie saw nothing.
to get away, anywhere. Wrapping
the gown about him and stopping a
little to let the hem fall lower on his
elender legs, he made that one CON
cession TO the shocked eyes of be-
holders, and shouted to the conductor:
Keep 'cr going. Don't you see I'm
n a hurryl"
"Stop Him." Pursuers Shouted
But off in the distance in the alter
mating soprano and treble of an adolcs-
cent voice, the conductor heard shouts
that came between painting breaths:
Stop him. Hold him, He's nut,
Thieves, Murdcr."
And the car stopped suddenly and
another young man, properly clad,
lcaped aboard
Brushing past the astonished con
ductor, gaping on the platform, he
rushed into the car, explained to the
Company in general that he was after
"the most dangerous nut in Brooklyn" ,"
and then yanked the lad in the nightie
out and of.
Chief Of Police Becks house was
near by and the properly clad lad
dragged the improperly clad one there.
In a moment both we're before the
surprised chief
y am Irwin Franklin" the captor
explained.
You're not, You're Irwin House."
Interrupted the other. But the first
continued
Irwin Franklin, and want war
Tant committing this nut. Names
johnson, and he is burglar; broke
into my house, and after capturcd
him he smashed the glass side of a
sleeping porch and jumped three
stores into the yard, and hurdlcd a
hedge and almost escaped"
Captured by Freshmen
Ihe chef maintained silence through
tnat food Of explanation and then
turned 70 the prisoner questionnglv.
That's true about smashing the
sieeping porch glass and jumping three
stories. did all that, and more.
%pa"ed through thrce-inch hemp rope
shey mad tied me up with But my
Names Ludwig Lawrence and my home
~ a. Sl7 Eastern Parkway. Brooklyn.
The fact IL this is just a New York
University clasg fracas," he continued.
m sophomore and was captured last
night by a bunch Of freshmen on the
campus. Thcv rushed me out here 10
Keep ue for their c:ass smoker, where
sney mere gong 10 paint me green and
s1en apply coat Of feathers. They
hndfesscd ne al House 3 home and tied
ne up, and thcn House and chap
NAMED Williams here in Lconia stood
guard over me all night. ! chewed up
&ne rope and made break when they
"en, ~ breakfast this morning"
Al the while Lawrence had been