Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-28
APOTRERO SENSATION.
A Midnight Intruder Who TiekIes Fe-
males Feet,


The worthy citizens livingin the subur-
ban districts of South San Francisco and
ButchertOwn are greatly excited at pre-
sent; but their excitement amounts to
almost nothing when compared with their
indignation. The peace of their homes
has been suddenly shattered by the advent
OF crank in their midst, and all the
efforts of Officer Bennett and the other
| policemen stationed in that district have
thus far been unsuccessful in ferreting
him out. When the neighbOrs meet in the
morning, the first question they ask one an
other is, ''WhOse feet were tickled last
nightW The cause of their uneasiness
can be briefly explained. Shortly after
| midnight a few weeks ago a gentleman
living with his family near the slaughter
| house was awakened from his sleeD bv
the piercing shrieks of his daughter, a
young miss of l6 summers. He grabbed a
revolver and hurriedly ran to her room, in
the expectation of meeting a burglar.
! The girl was almost dead from fright, and
| in broken accents she narrated to her
father the cause of the cutlery. She had
| been rudely awakened from her dream Of
| innocence by tickling sensation in the
sole of her feet. When she opened her
| eyes she saw, by the aid of the pale moon
! light, which was struggling through the
| bedroom window, masked man, standing
| at the foot of her bed. She shrieked and
and the intruder sprang through the win
| dow, out into the yard, which is a few
! feet below, and made his escape. The
father at first thought that the girl had
| been dreaming, but the cold night air,
| waited up from the bay, soon made him
realize that the bedroom window was
| open and the adventure was reality. He
| closed the window and sat down on
! chair to cogitate on the strange affair,
| when his teeth began to chatter. He
| started of for his own bed, to continue
! his meditation, when he discovered that
| the front door was open. He closed and
| locked the door, and when he reached his
bedroom, he found his wife closing the
window in the room. A hurried investi-
! cation showed that all the windows and
| doors on the lower floor of the house had
| been opened by the midnight prOwler. The
| next day the police authorities were nOti-
| fed of the nocturnal visitor. Scarcely a
| night passes now but that some female is
! awakened by the fend tickling her feet
! AS soon as the victim wakes up the man
/ makes his escape either through an open
window or door. In every instance the
] prowler opens all the doors and windows
| in the house before he proceeds with his
| deYiltry. The man wears a wide-brimmed
] hat, carries a dark lantern and has the
| lower portion of his face concealed by a
| towel or cloth. He never steals anything,
! or at any rate nothing has been missed
| from the houses visited, except in one
! case. where a towel was taken. 1t is prob
able that the fend forgot his disguise
that night and took the towel to use as a
mask. A few nights ago a married lady
felt the prowler tickling her feet. She
quickly lit a candle, which the intruder
as promptly blew out and then jumped
through an open window. The officers
have been searching for him and he seems
| to be aware of that fact, for he always
selects a victim at a distance from where
| the officers are stationed. Unless he is
caught in a short time the fair lassies in
the locality infested by him will be COM
| PEELED to wear their shoes in bed to pre-
vent their having their sleep disturbed.