The New York herald., 1921-10-19
CHASE With PISTOLS
in RIVERSIDE DRIVE
LANDS rich PRIZE
Detectives Say They Have
Captured Sales Agent for
Automobile Thieves.
POSED AS PHYSICIAN
Harry Moreland Alleged to
Have Used Several Aliases
In DispOsing of Cars.
OFFERED TO EXPOSE GANG
Was Leading Captors to Rem
devious When He Made
Break for Liberty.
POSED AS PHYSICIAN
OFFERED TO EXPOSE GANG

Ten revolver shots fired by two men
al third man they were breathless'y
CHASING disturbed the peace Of River
side Drive yesterday afternoon. The
pursuers were shooting into the air
because the Drive was full of baby car
riages, nursemaids, automobiles and
human miscellany. Finally all three
men rolled down a steep bank near
l3sth street and the one who had been
running away was captured.
The two men who had done the
Chasing were Detectives John Dinean
and Christian Wackerly Of the police
automobile squad. Their captive Is
regarded at Police Headquarters as a
rich prize. He is charged with having
made fat living by selling stolen
automobiles to business men whom he
convinced that he was a physician
about to leave the city to join Gen.
Pershing's staff and therefore needing
quick buyer for his car.
He has posed, the police say. as "Dr.
James Pearson Of Bellevue Hospital -
'Dr. Herbert Howard OF Flower Hos
pital" and ..Dr Howard Raymond" and
has been under arrest in Washington as
Harry Moran and in Boston as Harry
Moreland
He told the police last night that he
was really Norman d. Garrett, 81 years
old. OF 436 East 156th street, and a
- - A..
University OF Pennsylvania. DR.. Garlic
ton Simon after questioning him told
him he was no NJ. d.
He represented himself. according to
the police. as the sales agent OF gang
Of motor thieves. who paid him 5000 for
each car he sold.
Car at a Sacrifice.
Since last April. at least, q seemingly
honest advertisement has appeared at
intervals in New York newspaper. 1t
said that physician moving away from
the city must sell at once his 1921 Buick
at a sacrifice. Persons interested were
invited to send inquiries to a certain
box In the newspaper .office. mo
Dealers" said the advertisement. Men
who answered the notice received tele-
phone call from "Dr. Howard" or "Dr.
Pearson" and were asked 70 meet him
in front of Bellevue Hospital or Flower
Hospital. as the case might be, and he
would show the car a. meeting with
one OF the victims took place in the
Commodore Hotel.
A few days ago Harry Kchoe. who
lives at 905 West End avenue, and is
superintendent Of the Ward Baking
Company, went to Flower Hospital as
directed. A smart young man swinging
a doctors bag, came bustling down the
walk from the hospital introduced him
self as DR.. Howard and took Mr.. Kehoe
for a ride. This Buick was a 1892 model
coupe and had been run less than 1900
miles. "Dr. Howard" showed Mr. Kehoe
a bill OF sale from the Ohio-Buick Com
pany of Cincinnati, all properly letter.
headed and everything. and believed by
the police to be forged. and an i'm
pressive looking paper, with the printed
heading. The Adjutant Generals Of
flee" which seemed to be notice from
the office Of the Chief Of Staff in Wash
ington, that Dr. Herbert II. Howard of
Flower Hospital had been appointed a
captain In the Medical Corps and must
report for duty within ten days.
According to the bill OF sale. DR.. How
ard had paid $2.350 for the car. He
was willing to sell It in this emergency
for $1,000. Everything seeming TO be all
right, Mr.. kehoe agreed TO buy II. Yes
terday dr. Howard" drove the car to
Mr.. Kehoe's home to close the deal. De-
tectlve Dineen interrupted the confer
ence. He told Mr.. Kehoe his course
had been above reproach. but informed
him that the car was a stolen car.
Prisoner sprfnts I'm Vain.
rx. .~1i. .J,- xreo,arJ'' dou,p fo
the street. Detective Wackerly Joined
them. Tho detectives say the doctor
said to them: Its all up with me. I
am only the agent for the gang Get In
the car and I'll show you their apart
ment." They rode up Riverside Drive.
but stopped at 141st street. as one or
the detectives wanted TO telephone head
quarters for reenforcements. Or How
ard" thereupon lcaped out. sprinted
down the drive to 140th street, turned
into that street, cut Off into vacant
lot. turned west and. with the two de-
tectives Just behind and firing Off their
guns. jumped down steep bank over
hanging the drive. There they got him.
Robert r. vinnedgc OF Pelham Manor.
manager for the Steel Barrel Company
of America at 20 Broadway. identified
the prisoner at Headquarters as DIR.
Pearson" who had written him on sta
tionery OF Bellevue Hospital exhibited
at tho Commodore n commission az cap
tain In the Medicar Corps and sold him
in April last a Buick for 81 500. which.
vinnedge learned Ave months later had
been stolen In Washington. d. G. An
other who bought a stolen Buick and
who identified the prisoner AT Hcadquar-
ters was Walter w. Tinsley. a coal
dealer Of s14 East fremont avenue, The
Bronx
The prisoner told the police OF the
operations of the gang he said he worked
for, but they don't know yet what his
talk amounts TO.