Boys, we are good! Let's bring him insi--HEY! Where'd he go!?

CAUGHT AND LOST A HORSE THIEF.

JAMAICA, L. I., Aug. 30.--The Richmond Hill police captured a horse thief early this morning, and in their exultation over their clever work let the prisoner get away. The man was met by Capt. Badger riding a horse toward Brooklyn about 2 o'clock this morning. The Captain asked him some questions, and receiving answers he knew to be false, made the arrest.

The prisoner was kept on his horse, and the animal was given to Policemen Ploss and Randolph to bring to this place. Ploss led the horse, while his companion walked in the rear to prevent the thief's escape. Arriving near the jail here, they met two members of the Jamaica force. While they were exchanging compliments, the thief slipped off the animal's back and disappeared in the darkness. He was not recaptured.

(c) NYTimes 1894. Original Article