, 1874-11-29
His Female Accorl2lice in the Role o.
Servan; Girl.

~ ONE on TWO MORE INCIDENTS ::
OF his exciting career, 40 that people may be
fosewazned, aud thus forearmed, against any
future encroachments by this daring rascal
It Was observed in u previous article that he
seemed to choose singular times OF the day for
his work. Preferably just at dusk or at dinner
time. In most overy instance tho robberles
have been committed at this period Of tho day.
which offers peculiar adyaotages,- s,-Grst, that the
family are ut their meals, ard secondly: that
the police havo not yet como on to their bcats-
There is another hour OF the twenty-fouz which
offers very similar advantages to the thief. Ihls
is beta ecu and o'clock in the morning. These
are the hours wher safety runs down to lts low
est pitch aud when more than usual care should
DO taken to guard the household treasurcs- Tho
rogue knows that he takes the 1eass chances At
these times, and, when he is rs
/ ALERT AND sELF-PoSsEssED
as the thief mentioned, lie ls abic to get away
with the goods most every time. An instance
will illustrate this hlr. Chandler. S;;perintend-
eut OF the Firc-Alarm Telegraph, lives ut No.
l1C8 Indiana avenue. Not ions; ago his mother
who is q member Of the family, came down STAIRS
early one morning and was surprised to see her
SGD, sae beiioved sitting on tho railing Of the
back porch. He had On his {Mr. Chandler'B}
oyercoat aad hGt, and WAS sitting with his back
toward the lady. She called hin in surprise and
asked how he came to be up so carly, but, as he
made no RESPONSE. sho thought nothing more Of
It until an hour or mol1 afterwards, when her
son came down stalIs, having Just arlseu
Or courso the mystery was then solved, ont nt
tho expense Of overcoat, hat, and other valua-
blcs. Alr. Chandler il not alone n his Losses in
this vicinity. as most every house in that block
has been visited in simiiar "av.
TASTE FOIL BIIlDs-
f$,n vnhI
committed III air. Traynor's residence. on Mic1-
1gan avenue. near by. The tnic: stole three
canary birds and mocking-bird in their cages.
getting in tho houEe at about the Eame hour
and getting away with tho "feathe. cd song
sters !" without exciting euaricon. The last Of
this famous burglars EXPLOITS to come to light,
however, and probably the most audaclous, is
thet Of
THE ROBBERY OF THE RESIDENCES.
In the first OF these rici, haul Was secured.
the thief entering the room wheTo Joun1 ges4-
tleman was azeep, aad taking his watci:, pocket
book, and other vlIu:blcs. worth yearly 81, 600.
Ills shirt vas lying on chair near By. and
contained tlIree very valuaole diamond studs,
but these were overlooked.
The same day the other house was entered in
the afternoon. The verltablo 'Jeck OF Pitts
burg" T.s
At THE BUREAU DRAWER,
locking over the chaias and brooches, plus and
r4cgs, and ol!!.r articles, whom the lady of the
L-
It might havo been said that alc surprised him
at it, but this would not Le'o been true He did
not manifest tAe ieas. surprise or anxiety on her
appearance, but very cool!y turned upon her,
sallled sweetly, and said. - Good day." AS for
her, sho rnn to the window, throw il up, and
screamed ''Pollca !" with great energy and
power. In \ moment the burglar came out Of
the front door, He had Lsr husbands has on
his head, and swung q jaunty cane in his hand.
lie looked up at her, nodded bus head and sad
"TA-TA
in the most aniab!e manner, md then walked
oooily Up street and disappeared around the
coyuer, probably saying to bimsatf-to carry out
the plot to a la! a!monlous conclslslon-that he
policemen. Happily, however, ,his Fra Diavalo
OF rascal has cca- cd his operations for tho
present, and ii the peopls continue to take the
precantion that this paper has urged upon them,
he ami all Others like him Will find Chicago u
poor field OF labor for then1.-
It has been mentioned that tho Pittsburg
operator has
A WOMAN CONFEDERATE
It may lie that. IN the Interim of his banish-
rneut, shc is doing the work Of the firm. Tue
story looks like 1t: 4 lady living on
the Vest Side engaged servant some time ago.
WHO seemed to to ever thing th"t servants
should bo. She was oblig1ng in : remarkable
degree; vas willing to do ANYTHING about tho
house +; would cook, wash, and iron would even
to sweep down the front steps and
herself on having ct last found
4 JEWEL Or a a1EL,
who would relieve ho- OF culinary responsible
ties and address her in q respectful way when
abe c*me into the kitchen. The most aiusular
REGULARITY about Ncral. however, was that she
bad no cousin vino dropped in to SEQ her three
nights in the week, aad sweled the gas bill and
diminished the grocery supplies in proportonate
quautir,es. She vas a5eo1atcly n12id-soryant
without a beau, something that housekecpers !
will find difficult Of beot 6;,cl. perfection Us |
his il raro enough to be suspicious, but such
was her a,t!ess simplicity and insinuas;ug man
era of the girl in question that :ho lady gare her
lerimpliclt trust and confidence After Norah he'd
herself greatly to the household, change sud- |
lenly came over her. One Gay she utterly
REFUSED TO BAsTE THE SUNDAYS TURKEY |
With lots Of fat, aud it csme on tho table as the
ady declared. looking as pale as ghost, but |
oeing very much unl1he o spirit in the very |
angible and substantial character of the meat
" couIse. there were reproaches, and rank ro- |
selliou followed. There were high and digni-
led words spoken, and Norah retired mp the
pack stairs to pack up her clothes and got ready
strange things had occurred in tie mansion
spoken of. It had been entered tw1co by
'urg1ara. Solid silver spoons and forks
md disappeared odd jewelFy and dresses
,ery. The cellar-door had been found open.
burnt matcl,es had been strewn around on the
loo1s in the parlor and B;tting-rooms, but 10
,oiso had been heard in the night. and no oEo
thew where to look for recompense: They
nou1ned their property, but gavo it up for"lost.
the lady was sltt;ng in her easy-chair, cogitat-
nR her sum OF mistortunes, the e1prcssmnn
sho Was to remove the effects Of the injured
1orah came down-stairs. There was good
ieal of noise, and the lady looked up involun-
ar1ly to sec the cause.
DouBLE-s1ZE SARATOGA TRUNK
vas going out on the mans shoulder, and the
,1rl was following behind. Tho expresstnan put
he trunk in lis wagon, the girl rot up on the
eat, and they drove on, There was nothing pe-
uliar about all this, except that the trunk
cemed to bo particularly heavy, and caused the
adY 10 turns to admire. wonder, md suspect,
nd then it flashed on her like IN inspiration
hat perhaps the obliging Sorah had been play
ng 1t on her in the style OF All Sin. Hastily
lad, he was put upon the scent
nd the wagon was followed for long distance.
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