Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-01-22
CLEVERLY CAUGHT.
The Rich Mans Fear or Burglars
The Story Of an Electrician.
Buffalo, ". Y, Ne,os.

At the dead of night, Mr.. j. b. An
thony, wholesale grocer of Troy, N.
Y, was awakened by his burglar alarm
annunciator, which told him that his
house had been entered through the
roof scuttle. He hastily dresses, rings
for q policeman, hurries 70 the upper
story, and hears the burglar in the
servants room, threatening her with
instant death II she made loud noise.
He was captured, convicted and sem
fenced to Sing Sing prison for ten
years.
So said Mr.. e. II. Westfall, the elec-
trician Of Westfield, N. Y, to our re-
porter.
"Do city residents generally use bur-
glar alarmsp"
Eyes. all tirst-class houses are pro-
vided with them and have never had
any dissatisfaction from my customers,
many of whom are the best known and
wealthiest people Of New York, Boston,
Philadelphia, and other large cities"
''Do wealthy men have much fear
of burglarsp"
"As q rule wealthy men do not
keep valuables in their houses, and vet
they are not sure that they shall es-
cape burglarious attacks, and they
don't feel secure without first-class
burglar alarm apparatus in their house.
Every door, window and scuttle is
connected with the annunciator, and
it is quite impossible to effect an en-.
trance without the fact becoming at
once known"
Don't electricians run considerable
risk in handling wires"
"Even the most careful of them
sometimes get a shock. A few years
ago while was descending stairs at
Elmira, N. Y, with q wire coil in my
hand, felt as II l had received the
entire charge from the battery. For
over a half hour / suffered the keen
est agony. / did not know but that l
had been fatally injured. After COM
plotting my business circuit, l returned
to Boston and for eighteen months did
not get over the shock. / lost my APP
petite; all food tasted alike. l could
not walk across the common without
resting several times.''
"My head whirled and reeled like q
drunken man. | consulted the best
physicians in good many large cities.
but none of them seemed to understand
my case. About year ago 1 was
in Albany, and physician there stat
ed that l would not probably live three
months. But to-day" said Mr.. West
fall, and no Strengthened himself up
with conscious pride, $50 far as l know
1 am in perfect health. weigh 20
pounds, eat we'll, sleep well, feel well,
and am we'll. One Of my old physi-
cions gave me a thorough examination
a few weeks ago and told me that was
in perfect condition"
"You are very fortunate man, SIR"
remarked the scribe, "to have escaped
instant death after an electrical shock"
ooh, it was not electricity that pros
trated me. 1t was a uremic convul-
sion. For all my physicians told me
l was a victim of very serious kid
neg disorder. And when they and a
dozen widely advertised medicines fail
ed to benefit me, Warmers safe cure re-
stored me to perfect health. That prep
aration as invaluable to every grade of
society, for il is priceless blessing"
"There is no need of death from
handling electrical wires if the opera
tors W i'll exercise care. In our burglar
ala I'm attachments there is no possible
danger from that source"