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4 BROOKLYN LADYs oooJNRss WILLS THIEF
WAS RANsAcklaG HER APARTMENTS ~ CASE
MnEnr A cog z AZ MIGHT TIAyR COST A LIFE.


A BROOKLYN LADYs oooLNRss WHILE THIEF
WAS. RANsAcKINH HER APARTMENTS ~ CASE
WHERE A SCREAM MIGHT HAVE COST LIFE.
The New York Sun of Monday says:
About O'clock yesterday morning a
burglar entered the residence Of Mr.. Will
liam Young, at go Deane street, Brooklyn,
through the front pirlor window, and made
bis way TO the middle parlor, In which MIR.
and Mrs. Young were sleeping. He bad on
SLOUGH hat. which was drawn over his eyes,
aud be carried In his hand something that
resembled policeman's club, but which
may have been q revolver. He stepped
softly into the bedroom, crouched low US be
passed the bed, and made bis way to the
side on which Mrs. Young lay. Mrs. Young
bad been suffering from a sprained limb,
and was wakefu. She had seen the burglar
enter the room, and eyed him as he ap-
preached her. she tried to arouse her
husband by pinchipg him, but he did
not wake. The burglar slipped to
the bed, held the club or pistol over Mrs.
Youug's head, put his hand under her pill.
low, and took out her gold watch aud the
gold cross which was attached to it by silk
cord. The cross clicked against the watch,
AID Mrs. Young stirred aud made slight
movement as though she expected to clutch
the robber, whose face was so close to her
that she could detect the fumes OF tobacco
on bis breath. The thief quickly took out O.
handkerchief that smelled strongly OF cnlo.
reform, but as hrs. Young quoted down be
put 1t up. Then he went to the other side
Of the bed and tried to get Mir. Young's
gold watch from under his pillow. He
could not reach it, aud snatching up MIR.
Your.'s pantaloous he went out as be haG
entered. Mrs. Young, by vigorous pinch
ing, at length aroused her husband and told
him that u robber was in the house. de
jumped to the flor and ran to the front OF
the house to the balcony. He cried thief,
but no one was In sight, and he started back
10 see what bad been stolen. He found his
pantaioons on the balcony under his feet. His
pocket book. containing $50, was gone, but
the thief had left 800, which was in The
wa.ch.pocket. In his haste to get away the
burglar also lett Mrs. Youpg's watch and
cross on the chair by the window, where he
had laid them to rifle the pantaloons pockets.
Mrs. Young was awake all the time, but
feared that if she spoke the man would
shoot her husband or herself, and she coolly
determined 10 wake her husband By
pincbes. At one time she felt prompted to
clutch the thief by the throat, as size could
easily have done. but she feared that he
might shoot if she did so. Her eyes were
wide open. and she saw every feature OF the
burglars face. and says that she will be adj 10
identify him if he is caught. The descrp'
ton she gives corresponds with that OF
man who, in the evening, saw Mr.. Young
open bis pocket-book, which was bulky with
smlll change, to pay for some eclIonery.
Mr. Young reported The case 10 Supsrinlenh-
eut Campbell, and the best detectives in the
department were put to work. Mrs. 1oung's
GOODNESS caused much comment among po-
leemen last evening"