New-York tribune., 1895-08-31
TAINTED TO ESCAPE THE BURGLAR.
THERE REALLY WAS NO BURGLAR. BUT THE
WOMAN ENTERTAINED A CROWD NEAR
THE WALDORF IMMENSELY.

WOMAN ENTERTAINED CROWD NEAR
THE WALDORF IMMENSELY.
A supposltitlous burglar. three policemen and a
woman bent throwing herself from the fourth
story OF the brownstone front house. No IL West
Thirty -third-st, furnished entertainment for the
guests Of the Waldorf and excited crowd OF
passers-by at II o'clock last night. The house Is
closed for the summer. the only occupant now being
the middle-aged woman who acts as caretaker
few minutes before II O'Clock this woman
opened the dormer window OF her room on the Top
floor and screamed out that there was burglar
in the house. The driver OF hanson standing IN
front of the Waldorf caught the words and started
off toward sxth-ave. for a policeman, returning IN
a few minutes with Copper No. 3iS2
whats the matter?' he shouted at the dorfner
window
Burglar He's locked me in." came back faint
response from the woman, who. by this time, had
climbed up to the window-silL
Have you got a keyT' i'''
NO"
Policeman No 34s2 is a slight man, not a six
teenth Of an inch over the prescribed height and
not apparently muscular He stepped up 10 the
front door OF the house found 1t locked ana went
to No. H. where a woman at the door toid M" ne
couldn't go in. He went back TO the roao a"o
shouted at the frightened woman:
you must throw key down. or now am
going to get n?' -,..
alton Every few minutes she was getting per
centihv nearer the edge OF her window seat ana
several times leaned over so far as to cause the
crowd that had collected in the street to cry out
in alarm. ,
Get into the next house and go down the hatch
way" velled several OF the crowd at the police
man.
"I am not anxious to get In there alone, any
uav" retorted No. S4s2 as he glanced at the house
standing black. silent and sinister.
4 Tribune reporter thought 1t might be good
idea TO have another officer so he fastened 10
Firh.ave and sent for one. When the second
officer arrived he and his comrade disappeared INTO
No. Il, leaving watchful ana anxious crown ou'-
side that blocked the street.
In the mean time another policeman, No ia had
gotten ND in the rear of the house in some fashion
He stuck his head over the edge OF the roof ana
shouted rs this the house,?
The woman on the wndowsil seemed about to
fall from fright. She heard the oncer penea.n ~
break in the trap door IN the rool ana ,ed str b
u,l,h the burglar for she backed off from the VIM
dow until almost her whole body overhung me
street To the crowd below the situation was pam
iu.86 "86on't T Jump stay back" IT'S the police
MANI were some OF the cries that mingled in a
into the womans room and hurried to the win
dow catching the woman just as IL seemed sne
must fall to the stoop below. But the Thoroughly
frightened woman refused to leave her per9,us
place Come back" the officer yelled. and with
main strength he wrenched her from her hoi1 'on
the window-coping and back into me room oVei
on to the floor went the woman and officer.
The crowd outside was wild with delight Good
work" they yelled. the officer reached the woman
The policemen then searched the house. There
was burglar nor trace of any, but had there peer
he could have been well on his way across me @ Jer
sey City ferry before the police found thelr way
into the house.