Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-05-29
MRS. BAKERS ARREST.
How a Landlady Got Rid of q Burglar At
tired In Ecminlnn AnnaraI.

How Landlady Got Rid of Burglar At
tired in Feminine Apparel
Ihad just been reading in an evening paper
the account of a bold daylight burglary that
had occurred that day only a block or so
from my boardng-pla writes G. NJ. Rock
well in the Womap's Journal The thief
was a notorious one, and his ingenious
manner of operation and the details of his
capture occupied q prominent place in the
evening papers.
AS l finished, my landlady entered the
parlor, and l said: ''This affair was un-
pleasantly near US, wasn't it, Mrs. Emerys"
"Yes,' she replied; cit reminds me of an
adventure had with burglar, though got
rid of mine more easily"
lsuppose she sawby my face thatI wanted
to hear about it, for after giving the fire
few cheering pokes, she took out her knit
ting and sat down, while l, who pre-
fer my dolce tdr nientc without fancy work,
settled myself to listen, feeling that l
merited entertainment after my days work.
"Aboutfivey years ago." shesaid, beginning
on story and brilliant hosiery at the same
time, ''one Saturday evening, my son and
were alone in the house, my one boarder
having left that day, and my husband being
out of the city for awcek. Joe was only
twelve, but l wasn't timid at all,
and about half-past seven we were
sitting in here. reading, when the
door-bell rang. Joe went to the door, and
in a moment showed a lady in. She was very
nice looking, medium size, dressed quite
elegantly in black, and with a pleasant
face, and dark brown hair, which she wore
in curls. She was app rently about thirty.
She asked If / was Mrs. Emery, and I said
was. She said she had come in that
afternoon from Reading to attend the
Temperance convention then going on in
- Hall, and as she was not acquainted in
the city, she had asked one of the ladies to
tell her of q good boardinr-place near the
hall where she could stay over Sunday, and
she had been directed here. She also
mentioned that q lady connected with the
x Mission Sunday-school had asked her
to deliver an address there in the morning
This sounded all right, and l told Mrs.
Baker, as she called herself, my terms for
the room, which she said were satisfactory;
and then she said she would first go to the
evening session of the convention, and
come back and take it.
$50 she started cut, but came back in
about ten minutes, saying that she found
herself too tired to walk to the hall, and
that she would go right to bed. took her
up to the room-the sane one you have
now, Miss Leslie-ard then / came down
and thought it over. It was queer, ]
thought, and felt little uneasy, but q
bright idea struck me.
''One of the ladies connected with the
K Mission lived right in the next block,
and was slightly acquainted with her. I
knew nothing concerning the school hap
pened without her knowiedgei so, telling
Joe to be on the watch little, I went
around and inquired about Mrs. Baker.
Miss Greene knew nothing about any such
person, and was sure the school had had
nothing to do with her-In fact, they had
engaged a gentleman from Germantown to
address the school. This didn't make me
feel any more comfortable. I next thought
l would interview Mrs. Baker again, and
get little moro definite information about
her. So went up and lnockea. but got no
answer, tried the door and found it locked.
"You know my room is Just behind that
! one, and communicates with it by door in
| the end of the closet, papered over, and
| hooked on my side ] next opened that
door and entered her room, as her closet
| door was wide open.
| 'The gas was turned low, and Mrs. Baker
in bed, evidently asleep I walked toward
! the bed, and as passed the bureau, noticed
big bunch of brown curls on it, and her
black dress near by on chair. AS went
on, rather amused at the quantity OF false
hair, stumbled against something, which
on investigation proved to be a bona fide
pair OF masculine troRsers, suspenders and
all ] was rather startled, ana looked at
the bed. Only Mrs. Bakers head and one
arm were visible, bat the hair on that head
was light auburn and cut very short, and
the sleeve on that arm was of dark gray
flannel, and buttoned st the wrist. This
was remarkable, to say the least, and /
went downstairs again without waking
| her, and after holding q little council of war
/ with Joe-a sensible little chap, If do say
til sent him for q policeman. The station
isn't FAR, SO Joe was Back in few minutes.
After hearing his story, they sent Z --l.iilful
detective, and took him up 70 the room.
I'VE both went in, ana l walked over and
turned up the gas, and said s3akerP
pretty loud. The person in bed walked
up, looked confused a moment, then said :
oh, is that you, Mrs. Enerya' in what
sounded like an. assumed falsetto to