The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-10-22
A BURGLAR IN CHANCERY.


A BURGLAR IN CHANCERY.
On Tuesday morning. about an hour ai
ter ,nidni yhi as Ethan Aru, E>x., the well
k,.vwu manufacturer Of fire arms in this
city, WAS .iny awake in hi, bc,I ut his
residence in the South part Of the city,
which is situated near the centre Of his OK
trnsivc grounds, and Il considerable dis
t;.nce from amy other haLi;ation, he per
c,ivcd u g!,nmcr Of light in the hall cham.
Der adjoining the room in which lie WAS
SuSpcctin:s something wrong, Mr.. Allc,,
Immediately arose from his bed, and with.
out stopping to dress himself, stepped out
into the hall, when he encountered Il fellow
with II light in his hand, in the nc, of going
into The wash room. Mr.. Allen followed
linn with the hope Of selling linn from he.
hind Lc(nrc h" should he aware Of his APP
pr";ul,, but, when ut the distance Of about
six feet, the burg lar turn.l around cxtin.
g'>hed his light, and ut The same instant
l''"''"5 ' li@''i at ilio pic'ls', Hicu upon
Mr.. Allen.
Fortunately the cap exploded without
isni,ing the charge, ami lri"re the scoun,
,lrcl could Recover himself. Mr.. Allen had
: .izc, him 10y the throat and got him upon
the floor, where he proceeded 10 nllct up,
OH linn sucl, summary clr.>,iSrn,cnt IL,
suited the occasion, tn" Fellow all the while
screaming "mur!cr" at the top of his
voice The outrry alarmed ;hc other in
mates Of the family, and rs soon us light
could be shed upon the subject, Mr.. Allen
observing Il clothes press near by, crowded
the burglar into i; Us easily us if l,c had
been Il dead kit;un, locked the door and
proceeded to rcconnotrc the premises, with
the view of finding the accolnrlicc Which
the burglar stated he had with him. Tn.
fortunately, the bird haG flown, taking with
him considerable booty i'll the shape Of sill
vcr ware, and Mr.. Allen returned to his
prisoner. While l,c had been absent, Ms.
Allen had picked up the pistol which the
fellow llal droprl during the melee, and
she handed it to her husband, who upon !,
careful inspection, found it charged nearly
t" the muzzlc with powder and ball, and
this discovery so incc.sc,l him that lie at
once Proceeded to the closot again, dragged
oui his prisoner into the hall and gave linn
Il punmcling, in the coursc of which he
broke the stock Of the pistol over the scoun-
drcIn head, The prisoner all the while pro-
testing HAT it WAS not lawful thus to "abuse
u man, and threatening that if his conralc
was the m;n Will. whom Mr.. 4. had to
deal, he would not dare to handle linn so
roughly.
Having cl.;,stisc.l the burglar thus to hi,
hearts content, Mr.. .lilcn again thrust linn
into the clothes press, and calling up his
hired man, despatched him to the police
Office for the necessary assistance to take
him to the watch house, upon the arrival of
which Mr.. Alien handed him into custody,
and he was carried 10 the watch house and
locked up.
Yesterday afternoon, the prisoner was
taken before the police court, examined,
and committed to prison to await his trial
before a Iiighcrcou George i. Very, E>,l.,
appearing as his counsel. lie gave his
name as Edward Conner; said that he WAS
from New York, and that he was 10 years
old. His face and throat bore decided in
dl:ations Of the rough handling to which
he had been exposed, and his general ap-
pcarancc was indicative OF f,rociiy and
cunning.
The burglar who escaped took with him
silver plates and jcwclry to the amount OF
Sl3G, and the one taken had four heavy
spoons and as many forks in his pockets
Worcester SPY.