The sun., 1919-08-27
HUNGER DRAGSTHTEF
FROM BOILER BOWER
Thirty Hours He Hides Shiv-
ering in Pajamas and With
out Stretching.
STOLE $3.50 FROM PATIENT
Orderly at Roosevelt Hospital
Almost Fooled Two Pur-
suing Sleuths.

After spending thirty hours in an
empty boiler in the basement Of Roose-
welt Hospital John Lyman. a hospital
orderly. was forced yesterday by hunger
to leave his retreat. When he appeared,
staggering from the exhaustion OF his
confinement, and covered from head to
foot with CRIME and SCOT, two detectives
who had been maintaining a constant
vigil at the basement entrance, arrested
him. He was accused of stealing $3.50
from a patient who had undergone an
operation at the hospital, and when he
was arraigned in court admitted his
guilt.
Lyman was clad only in his paJamas
He had been sound asleep in his quar-
ters on the fifth floor Of the institution
when the detectives found him. One OF
the officers drew aside the covers and
Lyman awoke. He leaped from the
bed and escaped by a window to a roof,
reaching the ground by the fire escape
The detectives followed closely and saw
him enter the basement, but they
searched in vain for him there.
Deciding that Lyman could not have
made an exit from the basement, they
both stood guard at the entrance for
again unsuccessfully. They then estab-
lished shifts OF twelve hours each. De-
tective Charles Flaherty went on guard
first. Nothing happened during his
turn. Detective George Ferguson took
the next trick and again all was quiet
Flaherty was coming on again Tor his
second shift when Lyman's sooty figure
appeared in the door. He was hungry
and weary from his hiding. He said he
had not dared to move after crawling
inside the boiler and felt terribly
cramped.
The detectives took him into the hospi-
tai, where he bathed and dressed and
ate Then they conducted him to West
Side Court. where on his plea he was
held in $4,000 bail for the Grand Jury.
It was charged that he had stolen the
money from Douglas Morley. an agent
Of an English cable company. living at
Hotel Latham, who came to the hospital
on Friday for minor operation. Nor
ley left his clothing and money in a
locker and was taken to the operating
room. Lyman, who was attending him,
left the patient to the surgeons, 1t was
charged. and returning to the locker
opened It and took the money. Morley
discovered the loss on returning to the
hotel and notified the police,
Three men who appeared In the lineup
at Police Headquarters yesterday were
taken to New Rochelle accused of rob-
bling the home of A. f. Thorne there
Saturday. Mr.. Thorne and his family
were out of town. but the police re-
ceived quick aid in taking up the chase
by Mrs. Edward Devou. wife Of New
Rochelle police lieutenant. who saw the
burglars enter the house. She said the
men fed in an automobile with a bag
filled with valuables. The prisoners
were Isidor Goldberg. los Norfolk street,
said TO be known also as Fat Bullock" ;
Benjamin Basson. 20. IS East 112th
street. and Joseph Shapiro. IT. 576 Fox
street, The Bronx.
Clarence Lewis, "a, negro, was held
| in West Side court for an alleged rob
berry OF Sl9 from John y. Bayne.
| negro waiter. after a mass meeting il
Carnegie Hall at which Bayne had col
lected s2.0oS. Bayne said that Levi:
had tried to wrest away the bag con-
| tanning the money. but failing. haC
slashed the leather with a knife. scoop
ing up the few bills that fell to tn,
street.
Gerhardt Hesselman, 90, a chauffeur
904 East Sixty-ffth street. was charged
in Yorkville court with the theft of {
5000 fur coat and four suits OF men,
clothing from the apartment of Mrs
Lottie w. Booth. a lawyer, OF 9s5 Madi
son avenue Hesselman denied tn,
charge. saying that Mrs. Booth had sole
him the goods.