The New York herald., 1920-01-06
WOMAN STARTS
|. BURGLAR CHASE IN
UPPER BROADWAY
Police Strike Trail of Hotel
Robberies, Following
Capture of Youth.

burglar chase in the y.cnity OF
Broadway and Scventy-fourth street a,
half-past nine o'clock last night caused
great excitement in the neighborhood and
finally led to the capture Of young man
whom detectives describe as one of the
"slickest" they ever met.
The prisoner is said to be John Harring-
ton. twenty-three years old. who gave his
ADDRESS as the Seneca Hotel. Washington
He is locked up in the West Sixty-eighth
street police station accused Of burglary
The complainant is Miss Edna Britton, OF
No. 1877 West Seventy. fourth street
Miss Britton returned to her apartment
on the second floor of the Seventy-fourth
street address a few minutes after nine
o'clock last evening. AS she opened the
door she was startled to see a man, she
lafterward identified as Harrington stand
ing In front of chiffonier with a big fur
coat on one arm and using the other to
pick UP jewelry which he found in the
various drawers.
She ran into the hallway and began to
scream. Immediately, the man followed
her and. seizing her, demanded that she
be silent. But Miss Brltton continued 70
scream and the man ran down the steps,
dropping the fur coat as he went
The first floor is occupied by Walter
Albert Hardy, n broker. of No. 35 Broad
street Reused by the woman's screams,
Mr.. Hardy ran into tho hallway As he
did he was confronted by Harrington, who.
drawing a pistol, told him TO get out of
tho way.
IF you follow me I will shoot you"
said the man, as he opened the door and
ran down the steps
Mr.. Hardy, however followed. although
at a distance. For block Harrington ran,
with his pistol in hand. Then seeing that
he was attracting attention he slipped the
pistol in mis- pocket and continued to run
Mr.. Hardy, as he followed, shouted Justify
to passersby to take up the chase and
gradually a crowd joined him.
The man ran to Amsterdam avenue, then
UP to Seventy-fifth street, then through
to Broadway. then down Broadway to
Seventy-fourth street and in Seventy
fourth street to West End avenue where
he was captured Policeman Marzen,
who Joined the chase at Broadway and
Seventy fourth street, was responsible for
the capture. By that time crowd OF
nearly one thousand men had gathered
Policeman Marzen first took Harring-
ton to Miss Britton's apartment, where
she identified him. Later at the West
SiXty-eighth street station house, she
identified jewelry valued at 81 200 as prop
erty taken from her apartment. Aside
from the stolen jewelry the police founc
a Jimmy" an automatic pistol, fully
loaded. s-.ld o searchlight.
! Detectives who questioned Harrington
say that he told OF robberies in the Bel
mont Hotel, the Great Northern Hotel and
the Waldorf-Astoria. The suit he was
wearing. the police said, was stolen from
/ the Waldorf. He also is said by the police
to have admitted having a prize cup won
/ by Findlay Douglas. golf champion and
stolen from Mr.. Douglas apartment al
Madison avenue and Thirty-sixth street
| The detectives then recalled that after
the arrest three weeks ago OF three mer
accused of being members of gang oi
i hotel thieves loot valued at $4,000 was
recovered, including the cup described by
Harrington
! Harrington had In his possession a pawn
ticket for a gold watch studded with
diamonds. The prisoner said that he had
been in the navy until last July. He said
that he originally came from Springfield
Mass.