Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-08-15
BURGLARS AHoY.
Judge Chambers Sunday Morning Race
After Thieves.


Judge Chambers Sunday Morning Race
After Thieves.
The residence of Judge Chandler, general
agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.. Paul
road, No. 151 fold number) East Ninth street,
Immediately adjoining the First Baptist
church, was enteredby burglars between and
3 o'clock yesterday morning. There were two
while the other effected an entrance through
one of the front Windows, the fastening of
which had been overlooked. This window
opened into the parlor, and the thief made his
way through the hall, up the stairs and thence
to the sleeping apartment of MIR. Chandler
and his wife. Mrs. Chandler was awakened
by the rustling Of her dress which she had
placed on a chair near the head of the bed, and
by the moonlight saw that some person was
in the room. She supposed at first that it
was one of the children, and
she asked, sWho's there?" The
thief at once started for the
door with soft, cat-like tread that made no
sound. Mrs. Chandler at once awoke her
husband, who, upon being apprised of the
fact, sprang from the bed with a war whoop
that would bave made Comanche Indian
turn pale, and, clothed only in his night shirt,
started In pursuit with rush like that of
cyclone. The thief had the length of the
stairs the start. Down the stairs, through
the hall into the parlor and out of the win
dhw went the flying thief and the pursuing
judge. Across the lawn they flew, the
thief and his outside accomplice, with their
arms filed with plumber, only few feet in
advance. On rushed the judge, his garments
huttering in the wind, which, together with
his noiseless steps and his terrible war whoop
at every bound, must have caused the fright
ened thieves to think that section
If the day of judgment or the late comet was
on their track On the wings of the wind
they flew, out on Ninth street around the cor
ner of the church and then up Wabashaw
street to Tenth, closely followed by their
ghostly pursuer. At every yell given by the
Judge, they began in their terror to drop ar
ticle after article, until every weight which
encountered them was thrownaw Nothing
like such a race has been seen since Tam
O'Shsnter's famous ride so graphically de-
scribed by Bobby Burns. The startled neigh
bors threw up their windows and gazed forth
with pale, affrighted faces, wondering if the
end of all things was not at hand. On flew
the thieves and on came the terrible spectre in
their rear. Soon the shrill whistle of the po-
lice was added to the war whoops of the re
lentless judge, altogether making up scene
ton Of the city. Officer Thomas, on
whose beat this took place, soon,
came to the rescue. and he was quickly Joined
by Sergeant Walsh, Detective O'Con-
ner, and Officer Gibbons, who
promptly responded to his whistle
Not until the officers appeared did the
painting judge give up the chase, and not uu-
til then did it occur to him what the result
might have been had he overtaken the thieves.
Burglars do not surrender very willingly when
caught in the commission of crime, and it is
armed with some kind of bludgeons or weap-
ons which would have made it unpleasant for
the defenceless judge had he overtaken and
grappled with them. Hastily eXplaiYsiAg the
matter to the police, the Judge returned to
the house and made an examination to see
what was missing. The search revealed the
fact that nothing had been taken except the
clothing of Mr.. and Mrs. Chandler, including
even the judges shirts. In the pocket Of Mrs
Chandler's dress was her portemonnaie, con-
tanning small amount of money, and in the
Judges pants pockets was his Pocketbook,
also containing a small amount of money, to-
gether with the keys of his Office and all
mis- railroad passes. a II these articles except the
money in the pocketbook, and three shirt
studs and a pair of gold cuff buttons were
found scattered along the street where the
thieves had dropped them, one after the other,
in their terror. The thieves might have OBJ.
tanned a far greater amount of booty if they
had not been SO fortunately discovered by
Mrs. Chandler. In the sideboard of the
lining room. was several hundred dollars
vorth of siverware, and upon the bureau in
their bedroom were the judges and Mrs.
Chambers watches and other articles of jew
elry, none of which were disturbed. In the
meantime the police took up the chase, but
the thieves were too feet of foot for them,
and they made good their escape As neither
Mr.. or Mrs. Chandler can give description
of them, it is not probable that either of them
will be arrested, or even if they are, it will be
impossible to convict them. After the chase
was given up the police obtained a lantern,
and. as stated above, found all the articles,
with the exceptions mentioned. The
moral of the above occurrence is: See
that your dwellings are securely fastened
on retiring for the night. During
the hot days of summer it is the custom to
have doors and windows open to Obtain air.
but it is dangerous experiment to leave them
open all night. The city contains number
of well known house breakers and thieves and
but for the faithful and watchful care of our
police authorities many other robberies would
have been committed. The police, however,
cannot be everywhere and our citizens
should exercise small degree of caution for
themselves.