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       In The Shadows of The East River Hotel
   DIR By: HowBrown1953
       Date: August 4, 2026, 4:44 am
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       New York Evening World
       May 30, 1894
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       CHERRY HILL EXCITED.
       Arrest of a Suspected Robber, with Gun Accompaniment.
       There was a wild rumor flaunted around Cherry Hill at 11 o'clock
       this morning to the effect that a policeman had arrested a
       robber right in the shadows of the East River Hotel, where old
       Carrie Brown, better known as "Shakespeare," was alleged to have
       been murdered by "Frenchy," the American "Jack the Ripper;" that
       the prisoner had escaped with two bullets in his body, and that
       a number of detectives had been put on his track.
       As a matter of fact, Policeman Harry Powers, of the Madison
       Street Station, in citizens' clothes, was out this morning
       looking for Johnny Fitch, suspected of having committed a
       robbery several weeks ago.
       At about 11 o'clock he saw a young fellow on Cherry Street, who
       resembled Fitch and laid hands on him. The suspect wriggled away
       and dashed through a big tenement-house known as "The Sailors',"
       and reached Water Street, where he turned to the left and made
       for the East River Hotel.
       Powers gave chase. At Catharine Street he drew his revolver and
       shouted to the pursued to halt. The latter heard the click of
       the trigger and gave himself up.
       He said his name was Nell Hooley, and that he wasn't Fitch, and
       could prove it. Policeman Dennis Leary so declared, and Hooley
       was released.
       Under the circumstances the prisoner should have been taken to
       the station-house. None of these facts was reported to the
       sergeant, and Powers may now have to answer to the Police
       Commissioners.
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