On one occasion the same detective who arrested
Fisher wanted to take another man out of an apartment where
he had been run to earth. His mother (aged eighty-two years)
put the chain on the door and politely declined to open it.
All the evidence against the forger was inside the apartment
and he was actively engaged in burning it up in the kitchen
stove. In half an hour to arrest him would have been
useless! The detectives stormed and threatened, but the old
crone merely grinned at them. She hated a "bull" as much as
did her son. Fearing to take the law into their own hands,
they summoned a detective sergeant from head-quarters, but,
although he sympathized with them, he had read Mayor Gaynor's
decision and declined to take any chances. They then
"appealed" to the cop on the beat, who proved more
reasonable, but although he used all his force, he was unable
to break down the door which had in the meantime been
reinforced from the inside. After about an hour, the old
lady unchained the door and invited the detectives to come
in.
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