Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-07
intruder IN HOME
CAPTURED IN CHASE
| stionaI Park Committeeman
, dads Pursuit After Youth Is
Found Under Bed
AcK OF JOB HIS EXCUSE"

.,,., Dobbins. nineteen years old. OF
U.,,ov avenue. National Park. n. J.'
,s chased through Gloucester streets
,-Iv today by dozen men. cornered on
,h md subducd with fusillade OF
.i.L. oftcr Miss Regina German
c,orccstcr. had found him hiding
ndcr her bed .,,...-
Tho youth told the police he had been
,s work. for some time. He had a
.nsr in his pocket containing an article
sr,cr prints, and told the police he
"a intended to study It. They believe
nod taken to robbery because he had
w" .ahIo "a get work. His father is
Peenn, Peeh ual"%J oJ citizen Of National Park.
rSyspr,iv before ) o'clock this morning
,'n s""I Gorman. ~, whose brother, Frank
li" cormnn. is Democratic city
p ,i.toc,non in Camden county,
on..,,' 1 noise in her room. She
earned ear" and got out of bed. As she
cs'" I"n Dohbins. who evidently had tried
lu ,iJn "a Under .he bed when he over
oJ " somcthing in the room, dived out
uIH." H.,roened her foot, ordering her to be
huiet. . ,uoLs,ad hv b;s
~: cream and ran in from the ad-
sn" s.J room, Dobbins jumped for the
'n"s az e,rong down the stairs and ran
INTO the street.
Crowd Joins Chase
c,,.,,o, waited only long enough to
" w his trousers over his night clothes |;
VI, ~" bs sprnng after the intruder.
nem German was bare footed. he
MUS N catch up with the younger
,sS,ive esa% The city committeeman yelled
.ss,a, thief" MS he ran, and men going
siv Hiipp n work Joined In the chase, while
oussbolders, awakened by the yells,
ov IN their windows and some Of
su" aen csme out to fall in the wake OF
ho running crowd. The chase covered
no sGunres. and ended on the boulevard
N East Gloucester.
There Dobbins turned at bay on a
norrh, drawing a knife and daring any
Pne 70 come after him. A dozen men
tho had followed through the pursuit
Sstbered around the porch and began
d throw bricks.
A woman ncighbor tcf~Ihoned to the
Inoiicc and Sergeant Sterling and Pa
lrolmon Blackburn started for the
lcsnc ~ the trouble in the town am
bulancc.
Dobbins Surrcnders
While thav were corning. Dobbins
Iecidcd TO surrender, put up his knife.
nd was thrown into Communicated
lntonobiIp. members Of the crowd rid
nu on the running boards.
The automobile, with its load of ex-
lited men. their prisoner in the midst
md ihc ambulance withJthe two police
Ifccrs. met on the road, and Sergeant
S,crlinc thought the other machine con
oined robbers who were running away
|ron, the house from which the woman
lad tclcIhoncd.
Sterling and Blackburn drew their re-
EolyerS and threw the ambulance across
(he road. stopping the other car and
ordering tho occupants to surrender
The true situation was soon explained
Ind the prisoner was transferred to the
ambulance to be taken to the town hall
Dor a hearing.
Miss German arrived in Gloucester
yesterday to visit her brother. She
lives in Garncrsville, y. Y. She said
Ehe thinks the intruder must have fallen
b~r chair and that the noise awak E
Pned her.
"a thrill came over me when ! awoke
tuddcnly." she said, "nnd saw a mans
band appear over the edge OF the bed. v
Miss German said her diamond rinR
Ind pocketbook were lying on her bu-
feau. but the man, when discovered,
tore of so hurriedly he never bothered
10 pick them up.