Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-22
SHE FOOLED A BURGLAR
How Miss Wight Saved Her
 Watch and Diamond Pin.
HE WAS A REAL POLITE ROBBER.

He Gagged Her at Midnight, It Is True.
 but Then He Threw n Blanket Over Her
 Shoulders and Let Himself Bs BunkOed
 Out of Some of His Plunder.
 GREENwlCH, Conn, April 22.-Miss Tibbie Wight, who lives with her mother in cottage in Putnam avenue, was awakened a few minutes after l2 o'clock Sunday morning by a light which sud denly appeared in her ruom. As she raised up in bed to sec what caused the light she saw man standing in tho middle of the floor.
 Before the young woman could mako an outcIy the man sprang to the bed. He had found an iron bar in the room, and with this upraiSed he lowered threateningly above Miss Wight
 "If you make a noise, I will kill you, said the man in low tones.
 Miss Wight was badly frightened, but she did not loSo presence of mind. Her mother was asleep in tho noxt room and the young woman resolved to got the bur glar out of tho house withou, arousing and frightening her mother. He Wanted Money.
 What do you wantY' sho whispered to the burglar.
 Money
 But wc are poor and have no money" said Miss Wight.
 You surely havo money in this house," declared the burglar. and you must give mo all you have"
 If you will promise not to injuIe mo or awaken my mother" said Miss Wight. II will give you everything of value we havc in tho house."
 The young woman sat quietly while the burglar tied a handkerchief over her mouth and bound her hands together She tried not 10 show how badly frightened shc was aS he assisted her out of bod and throw n blanket over hor. When these | preparations had been made the man caught her by the arm and they walked | to a dresser. where her money and jewelry wcre concealed. He had put her purse and several articles of jewelry in his pock- cts and was about 10 takc gold watch, l whom Miss Wight, who had succeeded in | freeing one of her hands, pulled the hand kcrchief from her mouth and begged him | not to do so.
 "Take everything elsc but leave the watch" sho pleaded. Ut is keepsake and do hOpo you will not tako 1t away. "
 Saved Her Diamond Pin.
 Tho burglars heart was apparently not so hard as tho young woman supposed Keep tho watch" ho said as he contin- ued his search through the drawers of the dresser. Miss Wight had been growing bolder while pleading to be allowed to keep her watch and had quietly dropped a diamond pin-a gift from the Kings Daughters--to the floor With her foot she managed to push it to placo of con- ccalment
 Aftor securing. as ho supposed, all the articles of vAluo which the young woman possessed except the watch, the burglar took Bible from small table. With heJ lips pressed to 1t ho compelled Miss Wight to take oath that she would make no out cry for half an hour. As he left the house Miss Wight, who had acted so brave ly while in the face of real danger, came near fAinting, but sho managed to reach her mothers room and toll her the story A neighbor was aroused, and the police were notified. Policeman Fit2roy Is work ing on the case but has found no clew tC the whereabouts of the burglar Mis- Wight who is a popular young woman, Ii a niece of A. Foster Higgins. and she ii treasurer of the Kings Daughters Q | Greenwich.