Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-09-05

singular COuduet Of = Clsss.Lesd,r-yisItlnr
The House Of Unprotected Fsmslss-Csught IN
Lads Ded.Room.
Iron the Princess Acne Irus MfrJlandsE1
For some thfeo oF four years some mid.
nlVht prowler has boon going around our
town entering and attempting 70 enter the
houses Of our unprotected widow ladies and
Others who happen % have no gentlemen
sleeping on,the premises. He has been seen
IN the rootna Of The houses and frightened off
BY the Inmates Awakening. He has procured
ladders aud placed them against the ellis Of
the sccnnd-stUry windows, been seen with his
face close, NJ TO the window ,pane peeplng
through. B"ohusc Of this unreasonable hour,
all honest men being 10 bed during the email
hour he has been able to escape when those
ladies have given the alarm before any man
could appear on the ground. But on last
Tuesday night n man Of that hOuse-breaking
Tx was caught In tho very act, and, whether
he u tho guilty party Of the past or not, these
dolngs will alf bc laid oD,his righteous should
ers. He Is a negro, and n shoemaker by
trade, and works In this burgh 1T the busi-
meas.
lie was raised In tlls county, and was sold
In 1853, with his brother Isaac, south, be-
eansc At that tlme they we're charged with
attacking severn Taylor with lnteot To rob
Since the war, However, be has returned, and
being at the head Of the colored schools, q
prominent man In the ColOred Methodist
Church, and a class leader, has been conald-
cred until now Q good aud reliable citizen.
When In the South pair OF horses ran away
with him aud broke hls leg. Il was amp1-
tated below the knee, and he uses both .
crutCh aud cane. On last Tuesday night
he walked down town Al 1880 O'Clock, and
taking out pane Of glass, drew out the nall
with which the window was fastened down,
and entered tho dwelling OF +. VI. HUI. Mr..
Hill Ia the conductor Of the Worcester and
Somcrset railroad, aud stays at night In New
ton. His wife was therefore alone with the
children. She was awakened by thls scoun-
drel at her bedside. He bad pulled off all bis
clothing except hls shirt, leaving hls drawers
outside the house, together with his cane by
| the yard fence. She gave the alarm Instantly,
calling Samtel ColanDa, the balIif OF the
town, who sleeps neat door, 10 her assistance.
lie was on the ground instantly, but 10 the
meantime the fellow had escaped through the
kitchen, out Into the garden, leaPlng ave
and half foot fence Into the adjoining gar
dUh. COlOnna Hired once In the direction OF
the nOiso made BY him but did not hit HIN.
He then ran around 10 tho street corner Of
the garden, and the fellow cIawled up TO him
| on his hands and kDeoa, unaware OF his pres
| cnce, and was captured. lie had IN nothing
hut skirt. He'now lies In jail, having bad
q hearing before Squire Miller, charged with
burglary with attempt TO commit rape, to
walt the action Of the grand jury.
This house Ia the thirteenth house that has
been successfully entei edit the entrance Of
two others has been attempted, aud Indeed
some Of the thirteen have been re entered.
The fellows name Il Wilson P.ltold, and, u
he be tue fellow who has done the work, a
holder and ~ bad man 10 not 10 be found iu
the county. We congratulate our citizens on
his capture.