The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-28
THE BURGLARS STORY.
An Unusual Experience Even For a Man
Used To Surprises.

Used To Surprises.
The man who was talking 10 the
Washington Star man was burglar,
and not one of the reformed kind either.
He was not prosecuting his profession
just at that particular time, owing to
the fact that as the result Of prosecu-
ton by the state he was making himself
more useful than he had been III long
time.
In other words, he was doing time in
a penitentiary, and his dress suit was a
continuous reminder TO the reporter
that zebra must have been skinned
somewhere in that neighborhood.
"Well," ne said in the language of "a
man who had seen better days and in
response TO "A suggestion from the re-
porter, Il suppose | might tell you "a
story if there was going to be anything
in il to me.
What a heartless wretch he wasl Try
ing in this calculating manner to rob
the struggling reporter out of part of
his hard earned stipend. However, the
reporter wasn't mean, and after brief
bargaining the inactive burglar pro-
ceeded.
cpl commence at the beginning"
he said, land tell you how got my
start-all great men get their start some
way or other, you know, and I'm no
exception. When / was IL years old, L
ran away from home in the country,
where l lived with my uncle, school
teacher and, if / do say it myself,
was one of his brightest and sharpest
scholars l got to New York as the usu-
al runaway boy does and, unlike most
of them, l succeeded in Guiding pursuit
and settled down to business as a news
boy. 1t was congenial work, and used
ito go to night school and soon was a
leader among the boys. BY the time l
was II I had position i'll a restaurant
as cashier, and the handling of the
money was too much for me, and one
day / skipped out with 500 and went
to San Francisco. For the next four
years kept getting little worse, but
never fell into the hands of the police.
"Then got sick, and they put me in
city hospital. and one night died.
mean" explained the burglar, THAT as
| far as they knew was dead. l didn't
have any friends, and as the young doc
tor who attended especially TO me didn't
get any pay for his trouble the authori-
ties, to recompense him somewhat and
to save funeral expenses, turned my
body over to him, and he took it TO his
office for the usual purpose. He laid me-
out on q table in back room about
| O'Clock one morning and left me there
in the cold while he adjourned to some
other part of his house and went to bed,
suppose. In fact, know, as you will
| see presently.
81 don t know what time in the night
it was or what was going on around
| me, but after awhile l began to come
to, and in few minutes / knew that L
was not in the narrow little bed at the
hospital, and in a few more minutes L
began TO be scared nearly TO death, for L
knew right away that l was in the
hands of the doctors and in fair way
to be chopped up. The fright gave me
strength, and l got up from the table
and was about to break away, anywhere,
so long as | got away, when the abb
sence of clothes suggested that j get
some. and / began to look around bit.
soon got into the doctors wardrobe,
and it wasn't long until l had dressed
myself very we'll for ready made things,
and wasn't half as bad scared as | had
been, owing to good drink of brandy l
got out of a bottle came across.
81 don't know why the burglar in
stiDct should have showed up at such a
time, but the sense of safety that felt
in knowing how easily l could account
for my presence in the house seemed to
urge me on to getting as much value
as could out of the doctors house be-
fore my departure, and, thanks to his
carelessness and wealth, when finally
made my exit l had 81, 900 or more
worth of jewelry, watches and that sort,
to say nothing about 500 or so got in
cash. In fact, concluded the burglar,
with heartfelt sigh, 81 don't think,
in all the after years of my work, inn
proved as it should have Teen by expert
ence, study and practice, l ever did a
more pleasant and profitable job than
my first one, to which, of course, was
added the keen pleasure of the joke
had played on the doctor. "
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