The evening world., 1921-01-06
KISSING. HIS WIFE
BITZBERGER, BANK
ROBBER, RETAKEN
Detectives Followed Woman
to Providence, Where Escaped
Burglar Met Her.
is BROUGHT BACK HERE.
Man Who Got Away From
West Side Prison Made No
Resistance.

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Guided unknOwingly by his bride Of
a few weeks Pinkerton detectives and
Detective Manning Of the West 47th
Street Station caught Harry Bitz-
berger, the bank robber who escaped
from the West Side Prison on Monday
morning, in the New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad Station at
Providence, r. l., to-day. He waB
brought back to New York Police
Headquarters this afternoon.
Detectives of the Pinkerton agency
searching for Bitzberger' after his es-
cape found that Mrs. Bitzberger left
her home in West S7th street and took
a room in an apartment at No. 2o5
West 111th Street. Inspector Thorn
nf1'Uf the Pinkeftons at once put two
women operatives on duty to watch
her every movement.
Last night they reported Mrs. Bitz-
berger, dressed in mourning, incIud-
ing a heavy veil, had left the apart
ment carrying two suit cases. One
Of the women detectives followed her
while the other reported. Operatives
Crawford and Foley a few moments
later were called to the Grand Cen
trail Station by the woman shadow"
who reported Mrs. Bit1berEer had
been met there by a man and a wo-
man, also in heavy mourning. The
group, obviously Stimulating a fun
eral party, bought tickets to Boston.
Detective Manning was called from
the Forty-Seventh Street Station and
arrived in time to get aboard the
1910 Shore Line express with Mrs
Bitzberger and her companions and
the two agency men.
Both ends Of the car in which the
robbers wife rode we're watched a,
every stop in the belief she might
try to evade followers by leaving the
train before reaching. Boston. She
alighted at Providence at 5.35 this
porning. So did the detectives.
They saw Mrs. BitAberger walk the
length of the station platform three
times. Then Bit1berger walked Out
from behind a pillar and threw his
arms about her. Detective Manning
laid his hand on the escaped pris-
oner's shoulder whilel he was still
kissing his wife
Bitaberger. made no resistance anc
said he would return to New Yorl
voluntarily. The detectives started
back to New York with him on the
train which arrives at the Crane
Central at 22O this afternoon.
After the capture Mrs. Bitabergel
! acknowledged that she had not known
when she left New York where she
was to meet her husband. She had 6
message frsm him telling her to b,
ready to. leave the station WheI
there were three taps on the car win
dow Of the section in which she rode
Her husband had been informed. sh'
understood, of the car and section
Her companion did not leave tn,
train and went on, presumably Il
Boston.
Commissioner OF Correction Hamil
ton to-day suspended Keepers William
Ferguson, Thomas Armstrong. Johl
| Grubert and Martin Sherlock on re
ceipt Of the report OF Warden Pete
Mallon OF the West Side Prison re
garding Bitzberger's escape, KeepC
George Anton, who was in charge o
the tier on which was Bitzbe rgers eel
was already under suspension.
Bitzberger and Jerome Z. Chaffe'
we're arrested week ago at Broad
way and 72d Street after a night will
detectives, in connection with tn
robbery OF the Milltown Nationa
Bank at New Brunswick. N. J. The
were suspected also OF Westchests
and other robberies, They were 1
the West Side Prison awaiting ex
tradition TO New Jersey, and to b
moved to the Tombs the day Bitz
berger escaped
Bitzbergers wife had visited hiT
In the prison the day before he mad
his getaway. .-.-.....