The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-10-11

An incident was related to Us few days since,
which has not been made generally public, but
which should be known that individuals NAV be
on their guard, and the police the alert to frus
tTate attempts at burglary. All persons are not so
fortunate, nor blessed with the same cOOlness and
presence of mind as the gentleman who made the
narrow escape from midnight FObberV-and possi-
BILE murdeF-which we shall briefly relate as it was
detailed to rs. As the hero of the story does not
desire his name used we shall call him Mr. r
he Is highly respectable merchant doing rood
business m this toWn-and Of strict veracitv-so
that bis statement of the affair can be relied mon
Our citizens must all reeollecsthe burglary com
mitted a short time since when Mr. ] q Wa IlrsrJs
store was broken into and robbed, and an ATTEMPT
made on another in the same neighbOFhood IL
was on the evening succeeding the former robbery
that Mr.. R., who had been very busily occupied
all DAY and had not heard of it, dropped into the
- - Hotel to take supper with a friend
| While making special deposit Of a good supply
of the hot cakes for which our host HTS cook Is
famous, as well as comforting his inner man with
other edIbes " for such cases made and provided ,"
Mr.. r. first heard of the burglary perpetEated the
night before. Remembering that he had received
considerable sum that evening too late TO be de-
posted in bank, which he had left in his till Mr.
K deemed it only prudent step down to his store
and transfer the package his pantaIoons pocket;
which he accordingly did, not suspectiDg at the
time, but afterwards remembering, thai while
making the transfer man was standing outside of
the door, who followed after him when he took the
way to his lodgings,
Those lodgings were in a second story of a large
block on Main street, above a store, where Mr. R.
slept alone (being of the fraternity Of baeheoTs)
the only mode of ingress to the room in which
he slept being either through the door (which was
always locked or through the window at the side
of the bed, only to be reached by ladder from the
lot below.
On reaching his room, Mr.. R. feeling fatigued,
Invested himself of his daily drapery endued him
self in his nocturnal garments, and betoOk himself
to repose-havng first hung up the pantaOons, with
the money In the pocket, at the head Of his bed.
Before doing so, he took look out Of the window,
and concluding that it would rain, closed the SASH
drawing the shutter TO, but not fastening it. He
then dropped into bed and was soon sound asleep
He says he does not know how long he remained
undislurbed, but was reused by a noise which
seemed to come from the Window kind of rub
bling or knocking outside against the sill The
noise continuing, he became more aroused he
could distinctly hear a grating sound as though
ladder were placed against the side Of the house,
and thought it best to lay quiet and wait M further
| developments; being a very muscular man, and
match for any robber of ordinary strength,
| While sleeping, the moon had risen, and he
could see the shutter slowly open in the first place.
then hand rested for a moment on the window
| sill outside, next face thrust against the
| glass, and seemed to peer eagerly into the room.
With eyes half closed, Mr.. r. keenly watched all
these preliminary Proceetings-raPdly deciding
| on his course of conduct, but keeping perfectly
motionless. Encouraged by the favorable aspect
| of things the rObber now raised himself at full
| len 9Th on the window sill, grasping the sash to
raise it. Mr.. R. had watched and waited" for
this-gathering himself up in the bed, to make one
pr0digious bound to the window, to strike a blow
with bis entire strength through de sash full at the
breast Of the burglar einging 70 his insecure perch
was the work of a moment The next he was
wide awake with hand aching from the effects
| of the blow he had dealt the shutter-for his ex-
cited imagination and the proximity of the panta-
looms had made him the dupe Of " a horrible
dream''
Reader it often has been said that Sc truth is
stranger than felton, This is an over true
tale, - founded on fact If you doubt it, you eau
be edited by applying at this Office. "-COlumBid
IS. c. Telegraph.