The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1886-11-20
BOLD BURGLAR.
He Is q Daring Scoundrel But Gets
Little.

This morning about 4 o'clock, the
residence of Mr.. Lee Ashner, No. ll9
Olive street, was burglarizcd. Mr.
Ashner is a commercial traveller for
Babcock. Foote e. Brown and is absent
from home. His wife and three little
children were sleeping in one room
and Mrs. Ashner's brother, a young
man named Abe We'll, was sleeping in
the fl ont room of the house adjoining
Mrs. Ashner's room and the door open
between the rooms. Mrs. Ashncr for
near week past has been sitting up
with her husbands sister, Mrs. Swarts,
who has been and is still very i'll, not
sleeping more than two or three hours
out OF each twenty-four, and in con-
sequence last night being worn out for
loss of sleep she slept very soundly,
and it takes railroad
train TO run over him
to wake him up. The william effected
an entrance into Mrs. Ashner's room
through window on the north side
of the house. There is high, close
board fence between tho house on that
side and the adjoining light, and n
large tree overspreads it, which makes
it very dark at that particular spot.
lie broke off stout peach tree limb,
raised the window sash and proped it
up with the limb. A lamp was burn
ing in the room, and he could sec all
over it plainly. Taking a piece of
plank and propping it against the side
of the house he used it as a step, and
by that means got into the house. He
Immediately went into the front room
where Mr. We'll was asleep, opened
and proppcd wide aiar the front
door, and also propped open
the wire screen door TO the front
door, thus leaving an open way for es-
cape. As he slipped back into the
lady's room he took Mr.. Wells panta-
loors with him and laid them down by
the bureau, and then evidently went
up to the bed where the lady and her
children were asleep, for either some
slight noise or the magnetic influence
of his presence awakened her, but
catching an outline of his form before
she opened her eyes fully, she closed
them and pretended sleep, for she
didn't know whether it was burglar
or her brother, and if burglar she
feared if he saw her awake he might
murder her, as every burglar goes into
a house with that intention, should he
deem it necessary for his escape. The
burglar stood moment aud then
turned back to the bureau. AS he
turned his gaze from her face the lady
opened her ewes and saw it was white
man or very light colored negro. lie
had on black hat, slouched over his
face, and handsome, nice-looking,
dark-colored overcOat. She saw him
rifle her pocketbook, on her bureau, in
which were 1925, she having that
afternoon drawn $40 from her hus-
bands employees, and saw him take
from the pocket of her brothers pan
falcons his pocketbook and take its
contents, which were $3.50, making
a total of 1873. lie took no jewelry
or anything liable to lead to his dis
covery that has yet been missed. At
Ter rifling Mr.. Wells pocket book he
made step into, his, the front room,
and then Mr.. Ashner called out to him
twice or three times and then began
screaming to Capt. Collins, her next
door neighbor, who with our repor-
ter, who boards with him, was awake
on the instant and as soon as possible
were on the scene. but the shrewd ras-
cal having left n way of escape had dis
appeared. Ills racks were very plain
on the walk where he jumped from The
porch. II was a long broad track but
evidently md c with nice
and neat common boot or
shoe. Ii must have been
the track Of at least No. 8 shoe.
though Mr.. Ashner says he was not
very large man. When Mrs. Ashner