, 1892-11-25
CHASED BY BULLETS
The Fate of an IndiScreet House
Breaker.

He Calls Upon a Number of Well
known Citizens and Then visits
Marshal Savidge, where ne is
Warmly Welcomed.
An indiscreet housebreaker visited
number of houses in Central Olympia last
night, in search OF gold or jewelry. He
got few dollars, but narrowly escaped
being killed.
About 3 o'clock he gained an entrance to
an out-cellar on the premises of Milton
Giles, on the corner of Ninth and Jefferson
streets, and made way with several jars of
canned fruit. The dogs frightened him
away.
He next called upon Mrs. Lee, on Ninth
and Adams. Mrs. Lee heard him, how
ever, and held the key on the inside of the
door so the housebreaker could not pick
the lock. The would-be burglar lit a
match to see what the matter was, where
upon Mrs. Lee raped vigorously upon the
window and frightened him away.
While trying the door to the bakery next
door he heard voice from within say:
"lf you don't let that door alone l will
come out there and pound HI out of
you. He fed
Then he visited the residence of George
L. Sickels on Thirteenth and Franklin
streets. He found a place in the front
door where the glass had been broken and
made an effort to remove the fragments of
glass, so he could enter, but was frightened
away by light in the house of Policeman
Andrews, on the opposite side of the
street. He went around on the south side
raised a window and entered a room in
when Mr.. Sickels was sleeping. The
rustic of the wind against the curtain
aroused Mr., Sickels, who got up to close
the window, Mrs. Sickels was out of bed
by this time and had seen the burglar She
called to her husbond to shoot him. The
fellow jumped out, however, and ran
around the house. He had secured box
OF lewelry and hat belonging to Mrs.
Slckels, which were found in the yard.
While prOwling around in T. j. McBrat-
ney's house at Fifteenth and Franklin,
with his dark lantern, the burglar attract
ed the attention of Marshal Sayidge, who
lives at Fifteenth and Adams and had
arisen to see what made his dog bark so
much. The proWler had entered McBrat-
ney's pantry, sucked three eggs ate some
grapes, then climbed through a window
into the main part of the house where he
secured toy bank and about 1915 In
change.
The marshal watched him as he came
out and strated toward Adams street. He
went around to the rear of Mr.. Springer's
residence on Fifteenth and Adamas, op-
poslte the chiefs house, tried the door and
then struck across to SaVidge's house.
After waiting some little time the chief
passed out at the front door and stepped
down upon the sidewalk The prowleF
soon came around from behind the house
and struck the walk a short distance ahead
of him. The chief halted him, but the fell
low retorted:
Now you amt goin' to rob me-"
"YOu halt or I'll kill YOU"
"You halt or I'll kill you" was the
answer.
He didn't halt, whereupon the chief fred.
The man yelled. The only electric light
in the neighborhOOd went out at that in
stant. The officer shot second time and the
prowler screamed murder" "police" with
all his strength and staggered like he
had been hit but he did not fall.
He started east at full tilt keep
Ing in the grass. While passing John
Utterback's place, he was heard to moan /:
Murder, murder, Oh my God but kept on
running. This occurred few minutes
after O'Clock. 1t was raining at the time.
No traces of blood could be found this
morning.
Chief SaVidge says the prowler was a
men about his size, dressed in. dark clothes
with close lifting cap on his head.
The chief and his men have been search
ing for the prOWler all day. Officer An
drews made one arrest on suspicion but
while the man answered the general des-
criptiOn, there was nothing to warrant the
chief in holding him.