Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1865-05-10
NUMBER 25.

"oo oniJ aimOu Win sWVru WHICH,
knew not how to use; of my friends
means of offence or Of defence / knew
nothing. f 81
had not long to wait. for lucifer
was struck by one of the men Immediate
ly, and the room consequently lighted up
at the same instant my friend drew up
the slide of the dark lantern. and flashed
the light on the faces of the two men, at
the same time showing the muzzle of re-
volver pointing toward them.
"If either of you move, I'll put coup
of bullets in him." said my friend, as he
placed his back against the window by
which the men had entered. "Now drop
that crewbar," he continued. "and you,"
he said to me, pull open the shutter and
shout for the police"
The idea that is usually entertained Of
a burglar is, that he is man Of great
size, strength, and daring, and that he
would in an encounter annihilate mod
crate man. When, then. the light re.
vealed the faces and forms of the men We
had captured, our humble self, although
no great pugilist, yet felt able to defeat
either of them if it came to matter Of
fists; and must own that the pale and
astonished faces of the men were not in
dicative of courage
Our shout for police was shortly an
swered; and the burglars having been
snbdued by the sight of the revolver the
muzzle of which pointed FIRST at one, then
at the other, were captured by the police,
three Of whom were speedily on the spot,
and conveyed to the lookup; whilst we
and detective who had been brought
down from London some days previously,
examined the details by which the men
had effected an entrance.
"You were very lucky to hear them, es-
. pecially on such night" said the detec-
' tive; "when once they're in they move
: like mice, We know them and expect
they'll get seven years
). The man was about correct, for one, the
i older offender, was sentenced to six, the
J other to FIVE years penal servitude.
ut will, I suppose, be of no use try
:. :. ing to sleep again tonight, for it is three
u O'clock" said the friend.
II cannot sleep" was my reply; land
u am dying to hear how you found out
that these men were approaching the
g house."
y Being, then, of one mind, we partly
e robed ourselves, lighted fire in the
a kitchen, and soon being provided with ci-
'e gars, got very comfortable, and satisfied
e with our work. My friend then began
his account, which ha gave much in the
If following words a
d "The burglar. as ] told you, has usual
ly the advantage of surprise; he can Sc
% lect the time at which he makes his at
g tack, aud if bis proceedings are carried on
y cautiously, he enters house before he is
ID heard. Few men would, however, ventue
to do SO, unless they previously had good
n information as to the interior arrange.
t. ments of the house; this they obtain from
W servants, tradesmen, or some one who Wis.
N its the locality, or they come themselves
it as trsmps, or with some trife to sell.
Thus if there are any bells attached to
m doors or windows, they find it out; and
n they know tolerably we'll the domestic ar
"a rangments of the locality they purpo Sc
y trying their skill upon. There are, too,
conventional methods Of protecting a
:, house, such as bolts, bars. chains. locks
- &C., all Of which require merely time and
proper instruments to overcome. 1t there
~ fore occurred to me that novelty and sim.
. plicity combined would be more than 4
match for the coarse intellect of bur.
= glar, and thus | made my plans, which
. you see, answered very we'll"
"No doubt about that" we replied.
sr "Well now. come up to my room" h,
continued. land see the apparatus
O., We entered his room, and there, clos,
n; beside his pillow. was tin box, in th'
bottom of which was a key.
ud This is nearly all the apparatus, bu
,es You now notice some thread fastened I,
N. the key; trace that thread, and you will
ey find IT passes through that small hole il
ei. the sash from there II goes down to th,