The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-02-15
JUST A BIT SLOW.
THE BURGLAR WHO DALLiED
UNTIL DAYLIGHT.


Expectations
Onc evening not long ago. a.
crossed tity Hall park. New York ciiy.
] was acru,tcd 10y AN old ''hum"
printer whose sparc-bov was empty
and his copy.houk bare of takes.
either fat on lean, writes Detroit
Fro Press correspondent I didn't
hand him q quarter u. impulse de
rooted but took him down iO Bowcry
ludgiug.hOusc and paid for bed anil
left something with Nh, clerk tn give
him in the morning To bus Nj, break
fast While In the oflc, young man
came In with q satchcl. and ~ looked
him over | was surprised 10 see him
there. lie was a wcll-drcsscd. keen.
looking chap. and Il was plain that he
must have been hit hard 10 drop into
u 2j-vcnt ow-'om.uWay.
lie got room next 10 the roof.
laid down his cash. and followed "a
boy out of the unico. carrying his
saichcl as carefully ~ % Il contained
dynamite.
u was not until the next day that
know he wa. there ~ part and par
eel " u plan. lie had planted a
job which lac proposed tn work from
that lodging house. In that satchrl
was u pretty fair kit Of burglar tools.
and he knew what hc was about when
he asked for u top-lloor room. Ten
minutes after the boy had left him he
a-ccndcd 10 the roof by means Oi u
ladder and the open scutlc. This
building Is No. SOC. Ills ''plaut' was
a. Nos. 3l2 aud 3li 10 reach these
buildings he had to drop siN fcct onto
the roof oi 3Oi. That he might got
hacl, easily he left rope hanging on
u chimney on 3O2. Nos. 500. 3Os and
$40 are still lower than 3Ol, aud arc
frame buildings with roof ~ steep
that no boy would dare put foot on
them.
This burglar oi minc made tho
drop. left another ropo. aud hal q
climb of ten feet. How he managed
II no ono but he knows. and he l. not
likely TO tell. but get there he certain.
~ did. The scuttlc was locked and
he used Jimmy 10 pry II open and
effect an entrance into the cigar fac.
tory. The cigar factory occupied the
second anl third iloor-. The ground
floor IL occupied by clothicr Tho
stairway leading up had been re-.
moved and the hole Aoorcd over, but
with n saw Ne cut hole and dropped
down by means Of rope. There is
good and bad clothing 10 be hal ON
tho Bowcry My burglar found u
mixed stock. bht he was good Judge
Of cloth and make. and he selected
eight pairs OF pants, fourteen vests.
and thirteen coats aud bundled ihom
up. The bundle was hOlstcd up by
means Of the rope, and then he car.
rled II up on the roof When tell
you that II took two policemen TO
handle Il atterward you can Judge Of
the grit and muscle possessed by my
i9-yoar-old burglar.
There was some miscalculaiion be.
tween my burglar and daylight. lie
had only got the bundle on tho rooI
whom night began TO fade and the
sparrows 10 twittor. lie shouldorcd
his bundle. dropped ten feet 10 tho
roof Of No. $40. and started TO reiract
his steps across the steep roofs lIc
had 10 move inch 10y inch aud hang on
for dear life. and daylight caught him
before he had finished his Journey,
| Not only that, but he was seen ~ hall
dozen early rlsers. They took him
| fut. "a .tsu "a man aud unttu.u .. ,..If..,
man. The officer caught sight OF IA,
bundle and suspected what was up,
and made for the clearinghouse.
Tho burglar saw tho officer Us well
aud II was n race between Thorn. liz
stool up and got good grip ON the
bundle and took run for H. And
though the watching pedestrians OK.
pccted 10 see him fail into the street
nothing of the sort happened. Whcr
he got TO No. 800 no tied the bundl,
10 his rope. went up like monkey,
and then turned and drew the bundl,
after him.
The policeman who had entered the
clearinghouse met with some delay II
getting up stairs When he arrived
at the top floor the burglar was stand
ing on the ladder and trying TO put
his plumber down through the scuitC
hole. Hearing the footsteps OF IA,
officer he dropped dom aud ran 10 hi,
room and flung himself on his bed
Thirty seconds later the Olilcor had
him. but, though painting for breath
he pretended 20 be sweotly sleeping
Bonds and pawntlckots were found In
his pockets, and. he had also laid II
cigars enough 10 last him for a week
The bundle was too big to come
through the scuttle and had 10 be un
tied. A big policeman then Attempted
10 carry II down stairs. but made Z
failure Of II. How on earth thai
young chap managed to get It ovel
the roofs Us he did Is pu2ller 10 al
who have east AN eye over the route
When taken to police headquarteri
for a stricter search there was found
IN the seams Of his coat four fine saw
which would cut through common
iron almost us fast ~ saw doe
through pine. Also skeleton key
which In his hands could open almos
any door. and yard OF fuse 20 ar