The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-25
The RsIIRsp BURGLAR.
His Unpleasant Experience In q Town In
ws.tern fennsyivspia-


"One of my most painful experiences.
said the retired burglar, i bad In town
II western PENNSYLVANIA. In tho course
of my customary preliminary walk I had
fixed my eye upon small but trim look
ing Queen Anne cottage which stood upon
a little biz OF knoll in quite a coed sized
lot. with q grass plot all around is. The
cellar windows were good and high and
easy, and / selected one at the rear Of the
house 50 rs TO be as far as possible secure
from observation, though that seemed on
such night an almost unnecessary pre-
caution. It was one Of the darkest nights
ever knew, and nobody could have scen
you ten feet of, but then there was the
danger Of being heard. and SO il was sen
sible, of course, 10 go in at q rear window.
IL Is always foolish 10 take any unneces-
sary risk
Well, found 7 cculdn't unfasten this
window from the outside, 81 l waited for
the next thunderclap--there was thun-
derstorm coming up; that's what made
IL SO Oakland then broke hole In thu
glass and reached in for the catch The
instant my hand got through that hole 10
was grabbed by dog that i knew would
hold on till he died. There could be no
possible doubt about that. The vigor and
dash and power Of the grip and the Also
iutely firm and rigid hold were unmissak-
able. With the next fash Of lightning ]
saw him, a white bulldog, standing on
the head of a barrel under the window.
with my hand IN his mouth He'd been
roaming around that cellar, on the alert.
and he'd heard me from the start. He was
on the barrel, no doubt, when was work
ing at that window on the outside. and ell
be wanted was to have ms get In
1T was bad to have TO do it. but I had
20. / couldn't pun away from him any
more than l could have pulled my hand
out from under IA PILE driver. SO reached
around as well Us i could with my lefs
hand and got my gun, and when the next
fash Of lightning came / fred l knew I
must have BIT him, too, but not much
more than that, for he didn't let 60. lie
just shut his teeth together tighter
though / wouldn't have thought he could
do that, but be did--till I Thoughts tks
teeth must come together through my
hand. 10 makes me vince now just ~
tbink OF IL. " hen the next fash came,
saw him again There was blood TRICK
ling down the side OF bis head from where
I'd hit him, but his teeth were set In q
hold that knew l couldn't have broken
witt jimmy. There are times when CIR
cuInstances are azin . man, and this vas
one Of 'ern.
Il could hear EN- In tbs house already.
They'd heard the pistol, ~ knew they
would. and they were coming. The door
at thu head Of tho cellar stairs opened, AMI
two young men. with q light, came tum-
bling down. They Saw the deg standing
ON the barrel. with my hand In his mouth
and my arm running out through The
window Wei. one OF them came out Zoe
me, and I was easy, dead easy. Do tied
me up without any more trouble than II
I'd been bundle Of rags. and the man
inside got the dog Of sornebo~, I don's
know how. Then they took ms into ibe
house and sent for doctor. and needed
one, and then they sent me 70 hospisa!
70 stay until was tri1d- He cost me thru
years and six months. that dog. "--ss~
York sun