New-York tribune., 1922-05-03

his stomach and paralyzed his arm.
But he noticed with satisfaction that
one of the two men he was after re
manned an the sidewalk with his hands
up. in accordance with instructions.
Then there came to his ears the well
Patrolman Henneberry. gallopiug around
tnr corner. The engine of one of the
automobiles came to life with a roar
ing staccato. The man with his hands
elevated made leap for the running
board. but he was q fraction Of sec
ond too late. Henneberry mad grabbed
him and they rolled in the gutter as
the car, piioted in a reckless fashion.
skidded into West End Avenue and dis
appeared,
Patrolman Thomas Comisky arrived
on the run. Pajamaed forms hung
from every window of the hotel and
the houses on that side of the street
where John f. Smith was striving sto
pull himself to his feet. When he had
succeeded in doing that ne insisted on
setting out after the fugitive car. and
the three patrolmen and their prisoner
climbed into cruising taxicab. the
chauffeur of which had stopped to feed
his curiosity
The Mrsuit did not last long. The
fleeing car had disappeared. for one
thing, and then Patrolman Smith. limp
and wan, had sagged down on the seat,
so they drove to Roosevelt Hospital.
henneberry, with an iron clutch about
the coat collar of the captive, helped
Comlsky get Smith up the steps of the
hospital, Then he took the prisoner to
the West Sixty-eighth Street station.
At the hospital as the attendants
were removing the blood soaked cloth
ing of the young policeman, stretched
out on the emergency table. he made
two requests One was shat word of
his plight be sent to Miss Delaney.
The other was for bulletins concern
ing his prisoners history as it was
unfolded at the station house and of
the search for the mau who had fed.
Captive Has Polka Record
1t wasn't more than an hour later
that Miss Delaney arrived. but it was
after daylight before the policeman
began to hear from his comrades at
the station. First they brought him
word that his captive vas Lester
franklyn, chauffeur, twenty years
old, Of 2029 Third Avenue Franklin,
according to police records, was ar
rested in November, 1918, on the charge
Of stealing an automobile. but was dis
charged in court He was again ar
rested and discharged in July. 1921, ac-
cording to the police records.
Then Patrolman Smith, after bullet
had been removed from his outer alb
dominal wall and he had been Informed
by the doctors that it would take more
than two bullets to kill a brave Young
fellow like himself, was given a bit
more news. Detectives. acting on in
formation obtained from his prisoner,
had gone to 312 West 107th Street.
They were looking for a man named
William Williams, whose card was in
Franklyn's pocket and who had been
identified by the chauffeur as the man
who had escaped,
The detectives had not found Will
liams at that address, but they had
searched the place and found, they said,
three army .45 caliber automatics. 81
bulldog 40 three revolvers, several
boxes of ammunition and $65,000 WORTH
of bonds.
Loot From Seven Safes
The bonds. Patrolman Smith was told
had been identified as the loot taken
from seven safes in the Royal lnsur-
snce Building. in 50 William Street. on
April ID. They recalled that case to
his mind by telling him it was an
inside job, worked with the connivance
Of the watchman, who had pretended
to have been bound and gagged by the
robbers, but who had confessed that
he was their accompice when confront
ed with the damning fact that through
force Of habit he had continued to
punch the clocks throughout the
building as the cracksmen worked.
Then Patrolman Smith was INF iormed
that Mrs. Madeline Tully, thirty-five
years old, an Austrian and the house
keeper at the address where the bonds
and guns were found. had been arrest
cd on the charge of violating the Sulli-
van law, but that the police were ex-
pecting to make other charges against
her and some of her guests.
BY that time Patrolman Smith was
asking for his clothes, and it was only