St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-08-29
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A InAlaas Maa's Intsrsseiag Iatervsev
Wl(A /. Clever Darslsr.
Some tiule ago the house Of Henry
Kahn. S95 Home avenue, was entered
BY burglars. Mr.. Kahn, lying in bed.
with . bulrs-eye flashing In his face.
fred two shots 1T the visitors, who left
the premises without carrying anything
with them. II read in the papers OF
the capture Of . gang of burglars. re-
marked Mr.. Kahn, and concluded to
pay . visit 70 the Jail and see II my bur-
9lsrs were there. Jailer Emmett re.
ceived me eraciously, and boy behind
the bars took me among the prisoners.
In one Of the cells little game Of cards
was going On. in which the participants
seemed deeply interested. A hne-lOOk-
ing man was near by. watching it The
boy whispered me that was Horton, tho
burglar, the man was looking for.
"Do you think you ever saw me be'
1oes7" asked him.
II don't remember" was the answer.
81 live o. Home avenue" I sug-
gested.
'sOh." said hA with some appearance
of interest "Your name il Kahn. Yea
l paid you . visit the other evening"
''YOu left rather suddenly"
''Oh, nc; we left quite leisurely.
There was NO hurry. You see we were
somewhat mistaken about your place.
We had been told that we might pick
up q, 900 or 1000 in good stnh-jew-
elry. and. perhaps some money. 1t was
worth going after and taking some un-
usual chances TO get"
Mr.. Kahn explained 70 the reporter
that the commonplace, business-like
manner Of the burglar was inccmpara-
BILE and altogether fascinating. lie
asked him how they went about the
job
I'm the first place" said Horton. II
stationed . man ut the door Of your
sleeping rooms, and that man never
left the door from the time we entered
the house until We went away. One
man was ststioued below and another
across the streCt-four Of us you see.
! did the looking through the house.
/ first went into the room where . lady
and . little girl were sleeping. but
didn't arouse them. Then took . look
1t the servant girl. but didn't wake her.
When came in the hall again the man
ut your door said he had heard . whis-
pering inside and that there had been
. signal from the outside man that
somebody In the house was up. When
was told this I went 70 your door and
lay down and listened lay there If
teen minutes, but didn't hear anything:
finally decided 70 60 into your room.
had looked over the house and thought
the valuables must be in your room.
as they were not elsewhere. j turned
the knob. PIT in the light and then you
fred"
Mr.. Kahn asked why he didn't leave
then and not wait for . second shot
''Oh," said the burglar. coolly. II
had NO occasion for leaving. We felt
perfectly secure. / sat down in the
hall thinking you might come out
had two guns heavier than yours. and
hesitated for some time whether or not
70 give you slug anyway"
Mr.. Kahn remarked to him il he had
come into the room he might not have
had everything his own way.
81 beg your pardon" said the bur-
glar, neither myself or my expert
burglar with dark lantern need have
any fears from pistol shotA Tho Lam
tern properly flashed in ones face, dis
turbs one 50 he doesn't known where
he il shooting. I was in NO danger.
and you were. only left because
thought IL best to avoid serious trouble,
and 20 when you fred your second shot
We went away"
Mr.. Kahn remarked that . man Of his
courage and appearance-af fine-looking
man, with good address, who could
make success 1t almost anything
ought to be in some other business.
''Oh." said the burglar. II have IL
ways been . successful business man. ]
was . lawyer for some time, with .
good practice, but I became involved in
. little affair that withdrew me from
practice. Then I took mp burglary. 1t
Is fascinating profession. and in IL I
have had my full share Of succesA" He
said this with his face turned squarely
towards the questioner. He has high
sion of countenancc, blue eyes. wavy.
iron. gray hair and fine physique. He
il about forty-iive years old Horton
then went on TO give advice - 70 the
way In which people should act when
called upon BY burglars make .
noise" he said; ''as much noise n pos
sibls when yoa can. Don't try TO catch
. burglar. A burglar who knows his
business 10 never taken while at work
always after the job il done and he IL
trying 70 conceal or dispose OF the
swag."
During the cooversation he said that
he alone had gone through the safe Of
E Rsuh. Of South Pennsylvania street
He WAS told that he had overlooked ~
sleeper" something Of value he might
easily have taken-in this case diamond
earrings worth 500 that were in IN en-
velope that he had thrown aside with
other papers
II beg your pardon. /" said the burglar.
II Was 1t the job three hourA didn't
| overlook anything. went through
everything with great care. and there
was NO such deeper - you mention
l didn't want 70 destroy the papers that
would have done me NO good and would
have given Mr.. Rauh unnecessary
trouble. take pride in my profession
and do my work thoroughly. am
pretty sure didn't overlook anything
| In that job h"-Indianapolis Journal
| Ne R0o1 L000
A traveller whe hsppened 70 b stop.
pdur 1t Q LITTLE Texas town, overheard
the following:
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