Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-19
How Newspaper Man Welcomed
Bill Sykes.
STORY OF A STOUT STRUGGLE.
Mr.. Carnegie Dimes the Grand Old
Mana Distinguished Present
Remembering Tom Waller
A Calm Race.
A Pnrisian Burglary.

that is the object of his covetousness. he in
some cases, catches Tartar. This, at any
rate, is what befell one Of the Bill Sykes
fraternity in the small hours of Tuesday
morning, at the Villa Margurite, Rue DIAL /
SAGE, Saint German, where resides j. w.
White, of the Herald.
OF late, Whites professional duties have
taken him away from home, frequently, and
the house has been, at these times, without
masculine protection. The gentleman with
the mask and dark lantern probably counted
on this particular state Of affairs to enable
him to accomplish his nefarious task, with
out too much opposition. He was however
working in the dark, metaphorically, as well
as literally, for White had suddenly re-
turned home and was quietly slumbering Mt
the time when his uninvited visitor made his
entrance by the ground floor window.
Mrs White was the first to obtain any
inklng of the presence of q stranger in the
house. She had been kept awake by the late
return home of the next door neighbors, and
was just commencing to doze off when she
heard what apparently was the noise OF n
window being opened She scarcely paid
any attention to this, even when she heard
steps coming up stairs. She felt no alarm
for she fancied that it was her husbands
mother who was making her way to the next
room in which her daughter slept, and who
: had been iii for some time past She judged
it advisable. however, to wake her husband,
who went TO see if he could be of any service
to his mother or daughter.
He opened the bedroom door quietly, so as
not to startle the old lady. twas he who was
startled as he emerged into the corridor, for
pair Of horny hands grabbed him by the
throat and q husky voice muttered: 81 have
~. l,n1
Whites mind. The corridor of the stairway
was in ptchy darkness, but the exclamation,
''I have you," and the deadly grasp around
his throat were more than sufficient evil
dence.
This St. Germain Bill Sykes had, how
ever, made somewhat of grave error.
White is an athlete of no mean quality, and
it was he who had the visitor IN twinkle.
His main object was to pinion the fellows
arms 80 that if he had any arms about him
he would be unable to use them. This, after
disengagng those uncomfortably pressing
fingers from his neck, he succeeded in doing.
The burglar showed fight with spirit wor-
thy of better cause Fortunately for
White his adversary's physical strength was
not equal to his courage, but as it was, the
struggle was severe one. For close upon
twenty minutes there was monkey and
parrot time in the staircase of that ST. Ger
main villa
Desperation lent strength to the burglar,
while White felt that he was fighting for his
life and probably for the lives of those he
loved. For time the antagonists swayed
and staggered at the head of the stairs, and
then the robber was lifted off his feet and
fell backward down stairs, dragging his ad--
versary with him.
al
larly for the housebreaker who was under
most, and whose wind and senses went on
voyage Of discovery for time What with
the contact with the hard flooring and the
crushing character of the way White came
down upon hIm, the game was now in
Whites hands and before the gasping burg
lar was in a position to know what had
struck him, he was seized by the scruff of his
neck and the neither part of his pants and
lifted clean off the ground, and then followed
crash of breaking glass and the burglar
was hanging, head downwards, out of Il
window that looks on the landing. His
ankles were held as in vice by Whites
snewy fingers.
All this time Mrs. Whites mother in law
and her maid had been ringing out cries upon
the night air. Now there went up shrieks
moro agonized and more full of terror in
every accent tnan all tne resi-.
A"God in heaven, I'll die, l am killed,'
yelled the burglar His position certainly
was not pleasant one He was good
twenty feet from ground, which was at this
spot paved with stones, which would have
been n hard test of even negros Uranium,
much more so for that of an Englishman.
"What brought you herel" asked White.
A series of dashes would best represent the
Nv upn chSuf fa1 Ia lie
midnight depredator, either having ex
hausted his stock of profune language OF
having come TO the conclusion that it was
not the intention TO let him drop into the
street, decided to speak in language suitable
for a christians ears. At some stage of his
travels the house breaker must have kissed
the blarney stone, for he tried the effect o1
fiattery.
'You have saved my life. like your face
there is something good in it. l will save
your life in return. Don't go down stairs
my pals will kill you. Only let me go and
you will be all right"
White was sternly silont. Then the thei
tried another tack. "Oh, what fool have
been. ] let Others persuade me; was led
sstray; they sent me mp to see If the coas
WAS clear; wish mad never done it,"
All these dsinterested lamentations were
lost on White, who was now dcvoting him
self TO the task of queting the ladies of the
house. Finally he turned TO tine penit ent
thief, and aftcr changing his grasp from the
mans ankles to the hand which was raised
to him, he let the fellow drop into the street
MS easily as possible under circumstances.
just rs this was done a neghbor came run
ning up, and thinking the burglar, who was
lying on his back was hurt. he stopped Il
raise him. Fer his pains this good Samari
taa received a violent blow on a prominent
facial organ.
He had a pistol, however, and sight o.
the barrel giistening in the lamp light cowed
tho thief. A private carriage came along
and the owner courteously placed the vehicle
at Whites disposal for the purpose of con-
veying the prisoner TO the nearest police sta
ton. Not even the luxurious cushions thu!
provided for him prevented the prisoner from
making another attempt TO gain his liberty
and he handed the coachman one, straight
from the shoulder. The Gallo kick in tn,