St. Paul daily globe., 1891-12-06

did not come down. He threw the
policeman the key to the from
floor, and the officer made his way to the
front room up stairs, where he found the
family and servants huddIed in terror in
one corner.
Say" said he. "if there was any
burglars in the house the shoOtin' must
"a scared 'em away"
s'NO. They Couldn't Get Away,
was the response. I'VE heard them go
ing down the back cellar stairs and
Mary slammed the door and locked it."
The officer coolly inspected his reyol-
yer to see If it was in working order,
and then descended the stairs, dard-
lantern in hand. He cautiously made
his way through the cellar. and from
there TO the roof of the house,
and did not cease his search until it
was proved beyond dou bit that no i'll
truder was in the house. His lamp
marked him as an easy target if he had
run upon burglar, and the duty was
Just as trying and unpleasant while it
lasted as it would have been if it had
ended in a struggle to the death with
night worker.
1t don't take much to convince ner-
vOus persons that they hear burglars,
and duties such as the above fall TO the
lot OF the policemen with great fire.
Quency. Sometimes the whole detail
about headquarters is agitated by such
false alarm. That was the case Satur-
day night, when two patrol wagons,
loaded with
Police and Detectives
dashed furiOusly from headquarters to
Wesleyan seminary, in response to a
message announcing that burglars were
in the seminary. The institution of
learning was surrounded, and the DO
lice and detectives approached it calt
tiOusiy and with weapons drawn. They
found hOuSemaid and the janitor en-
gagged in hot alteration as to who had
left gaS-jet burning. Tue housemaid
said that she had returned after spend
ing her evening out and found the gas
burning in the lower hall. She was Ger
tain that it could indicate nothing but
burglars. and telephoned for the police
as a matter OF precaution.
The police thanked her warmly-One
might say even hOtly-aud returned to
headquarters.
To the average man it Is frightful
thing to hear a sound which tells him
that men with robbery, and perhaps
murder. in their hearts, have forced
their way into the privacy of his own
home. Then the darkness makes it
dOubly mysterious and terrifying.
A Prominent Business Wan
of Rockdale avenue, Avondale, we'll
known as q shrewd, quick, and clear
headed man, heard noise as of foot
steps in his drawing room one night.
His wife, who has nervous horror of
burglars, which keep the thought of
them constantly in her mind during the
night season. heard the noise also.
Its burglars" sObhed she, in tears
and terror. Pm sure it's burglars Oh,
John. don't let them get the silver"
The head of the household took his re-
yolyer and started slowly-yery slowly
down the stairway, while his wife sent
prayers to heaven and calls to the po-
lice station. The latter were first an
swered, and when the officers arrived
they found the cool-headed business
man
In Dead Faint
at the bottom of his own stairway.
4 strange cat was also found in the
drawing room. How it got in was never
learned. The theory of the business
man is that the cat followed the bur-
glars in, anil could not keep pace with
them when they fed before his revolver.
1t is told that on a second occasion
when this same residence was visited by
burglars, or what sounded like burglars,
the head of the house took his revolver
and said to his wife: 'Y-you go down
first. D; they w-WOnt shoot woman" 5"
Upon this his friends unkindly base a
theory that burglars never fed before
his revolver.
But perhaps the business man can
not be blamed. Hunting burglars is
nything but safe or pleasant, and the
officers of the Cincinnati police are al
ways ready and willing to take the job
of OF a citizens hands.