Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-01-31
STREET WHISPERS.
A Lady Frightens a Midnight
Intruder.
SHE SHOOTS OVER HIS HEAD.
A Farmer Drowned During the Late
Rain StOrm-Other News
About Town.

Yesterday morning about half-past
O'Clock the slumbers of the residents ir
the vicinity of Seventh and Fort streets
and the nerves of Officer "Bob" Martin
who was slowly sauntering along his beat
on Spring street, were rudely disturbed
by the unmietakable sounds of the dis.
charge of firearms. fastening in the
direction from which the reports ema-
mated, the guardian of the peace saw the
form OF man rapidly receding in the
direction of Eighth street along Fort and
buttoning his coat round his loins and
spite of the fugitive's good start he caught
up with him at the corner of Eighth and
Spring streets, and placed him under
arrest. Marching back with his prisoner,
who was coatless and hatless, and
apparently considerably under the
influence of liquor, the officer
learned that the fugitive had
broken into the residence Of Mrs. Emma.
line Keene, at No. 722 South Fort street,
and that she had fred through the win.
dow to scare him away. The patrol
wagon was telephoned for, and in it the
man was conveyed to the police station,
where he was locked up in the city prison
on charge of drunkenness.
He stated Shat his name was r. Mills,
and that he was formerly engaged in the
real.estete business, but was now an in
surance agent. Having been out on
frolic during the evening, he imbibed
rather more fluid refreshments than were
good for him, and in a somewhat
bewildered frame of mind he started home
about 2 o'clock am. Wandering along
Fort street, he came to No. 722, and in
order to avoid what he supposed to be
his sleeping family he went round the
back way. He was rather surprised to
see buggy standing out in the yard,
but concluded it was all right, and pro-
ceeding to divest himself of hat, coat
and shoes he threw them into the buggy
and advanced stealthily into the house,
the rear door Of which was unlocked.
On getting inside he attempted to strike
light by scraping matches along the leg
of his trousers, but either they were
damp or he was clumsy about it,
for he failed to get one alight
for quite while, and in the meantime
Mrs. Emmalipe Keene, whose husband
was away in Arizona, was awakened by
the noise the deluded stranger was max
ing. She at once called out in loud
voice, "Who is there?" and the befud-
died Mills replied: ga burglar" The
lady having lived in Arizona for num-
ber of years, and therefore being some.
what accustomed to act on emergencies
simply got out of bed and srming her
self with big Colts revolver of 45-cal-
ibre, went out of the room and con-
fronted the intruder, who on seeing the
weapon turned and fed. In order to &C.
celerate his speed the lady threw open
one of the windows and fred twice over
his head. and it was these shots which
attracted the officers attention and
awoke the neighbors.
Yesterday afternoon Mills was taken up
into the Police Court for arraignment
upon the charge of drunkenness, but to
his surprise he was informed that Mrs.
Emmaline Keene had been there before
hand and sworn to complaint charging
him with the grave offense of burglary,
and on this charge he was remanded to
jail in default of bonds in the sum of
SO 900 until Monday next, for which day
his case was set for examination. On
being taken back to his cell, Mills had
several epileptic fits, during one of which
he bruised his nose and covered himself
with the blood which ran from that
organ.