The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-01-15
From The Philadelphia Ledger.
DARING BURGLARY AND WARM RECEP

On Friday morning about three O'Clock the dwell
ling house OF James Riddle, carpenter at the corner
Of Tenth ard Ogden streets was burgIariously enter
cd by boring through the kitchen window. The
daughter of Mr.. r., who slep, in the room over the
kitchen, was alarmed, and upon looking out Of the
side window, observed some fellows scaling the fence
She Immediately, with great caution, proceeded TO
the bcdro, m Of her father, and awakened him. Mr.
Riddle, being prepared with musket already loaded
carefully made every arrangement for descent upon
the robbery, and came down the stairway leading
into the entry BY this time the villains had got into
the front parlor. As Mr.. II. dcscef ded the stairs
one Of the carpet rods being gu, Of place was moved
by his foot, which making a slight noise, alarmed
them, and they at once decampcd, through door
leading into the kitchen from the back parlor, and
through the kitchen door in the yard by which time
Mr.. X had passed through door leading into the
kitchen from the entry, and, at the door Of the kich-
en- getting fair sight of them, jus, abou, TO pass out
OF the gateway, be fired upon them, and from the
quantity OF blood found in the alley must have inc
ed serious # not fatal wound upon one or more
ct the rsscas. lie Immediately reload his piece.
and followed after them up Ogden street towards
Eleventh, and fired at them again, when they were
but short distance In advance Of him. There were
four Of them an az they were all in the gateway at
the time first shot, the piece being charged with
half dozen more Of -lugs e.ide shot, no doub, er
lists that the discharge nut have aiken effect n more
than ore NJ them Thi. opinion il .trenpthen ned from
the fact that marks Of blood were traced on Friday
morning from lne aley way northeast towards Parrish
and Tenth streets and aso west tow rds Broad street
and through Brood street north About The ZANE
hour IN the morning, man driving down Broad
street saw three men walking up the road the one in
the middle with his head leaning upon his companio
apparently quite helpless Surprising that he was
drunk, and tnat his friends were taking him home he
paid bUt little attention TO them until he subsequent
~ discovered handkerchief in the street, completely
saturated with blood when his suspicious were
awakened. by this time the villains had got out of
SIGHT As Tar aswe can learn no traces Of the bur
glars have yet been had. There was nothing taken
from the house, bu, several things had been laid aside
with the view Of carrying them oil.
The courage exhibited on the occasion by Mr. n
was most extraordinary and prsiseworhy, consider.
ing that he was the only male person in the house
himself far advanced in years. and no on. 10 ,uopor
or AID him IN case OF severe extremties but hi. lie
and daughter They, too, unqucstonably behaved
WIN great senpossession during the whole time IL
was MIR. Rs design, when coming down the stair
way and discovering light reflected from the par
Tor door into the entry, 10 have fred upon them in
The Parior, but the noise from the sairrod giving
alarm, disconnected his plan, and he was compelled
to follow them through the house into The rear Per-
haPs 1t was better that the affair turned on, ss il did
ouer"Ise consequences might have been more ~ri
Gus 70 'hem, or IN the event OF failure on bis p,rt to
Nr X As Il -, the fellows have no doubt received
lesson that they will not soon forget,