Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1916 — Philadelphia Dentist Held Negro Prisoner by Teeth [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Philadelphia Dentist Held Negro Prisoner by Teeth

he awaited t£e arrival of the police whom he had summoned secretly over the telephone., Dr. Leon Sarjeant, a dentist, at 4519 Fairmont avenue, held a negro robbery suspect prisoner by means of a

pair of forceps gripped on the man’s molars. The negro, who gave the name of James Collins,, fifty-due years old, of Bryn Mawr, was held jn SBOO bail for a further hearing by Magistrate Boyle. He 1b suspected of having been the man who came into Doctor Sarjeant’s ofi'ce a year ago and attempted to hold hips up. When Doctor Safjeant recognized his caller he left the room, went to a telephone apd notified the pofidfe of the

Twenty-ninth district. He then re- - turned and engaged the negro in conversation. The negro , talked about a letter from a woman which had been sent him in care of the dentist. Sarjeant suspected that this was a ruse to hold his attrition, and decided to get the negro where he could hold him. Accordingly ne invited him to Bit in the chair and have“ Tis teeth examined. The negrd Qonsented, Bht became uneasy when his suspicions were aroused at the long examination, jinH attempted to jump from the chair. The dentist snatched up a pair of for< eps, gripped a molar in his mouth andfthreatened to yank it out if he did not remain still. ■ • • _ , In this manner Doctor Sarjeant held his prisoner until District Detect tvet Wootten and Seals of the Twenty-ninth diatridt anrivea and. placed hi® under arrest. : "", v