The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-20
AMOS LUCKY STAR
STAYED ROBINSON'S ARM WHEN
MIR. ATKINSON, IN HIS
SLEEP,
ENTERED ROBINSON's HOME.
STRANGE INCIDENT THAT OC-
CURRED ON CANADA STREET
EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
REVOLVER INSTEAD OF A CLUB
ns.rb+ Have Sent Amos Atkinson,
Internationally an intruder INTO
the Hereafter.

NJ. A. Robinson, living at go Canaua
street was awakened at O'Clock FIJI
dav morning by strange noises IN the
lower part of the house. Mr.. Robin
son and his family have apartments
on the second floor. While waiting for
a repetition of the sounds which had
startled him. Mrs. Robinson was arous-
ed, and husband and wife listened in
tently. They heard a door knob in the
lower hall stealthily turned, and then
the sound of light footsteps on the I'M
carpeted floor Both Mr.. and Mrs. Rob
inson We're convinced that burglars
were in the house. and the latter was
badly frightened. Not so Mr.. Robin
son, however. Whisperingly admonish-
ing his wife to remain quiet he started
to investigate. The sounds below con-
tinued as he left the bed in search of
a weapon with which to defend him
self, should the intruder show fight
Mr. Robinson did not possess a re-
volver, but armed himself with a heavy
piece of scautling which he found in
the kitchen. A blow from the cudgel
would have felled an OK. Cautiously
unlocking the bed room door, Mr.. Rob-
inson peered into the hall. No one
was in sight, but he could distinctly
hear the intruder on the first floor.
Creeping to the head of the stairs he
listened again. This time door fur
Their down the hall was tried. 1t open
ed, and the prOwler was heard to en-
ter. Mr.. Robinson> started noiselessly
down stairs, determined to either cap
no fn OF fyio
him from his booty. Half way down
the stairs he heard the man come out
of the room and walk toward the front
Of the house. Crouching behind the
balustrade. Mr.. Robinson clutched the
scantling with both hands preparatory
to rendering the intruder helpless at
the first blow. The man came on. AS
his head appeared over the railing Mr..
Robinson raised the club and aimed
powerful blow. The weapon had start
ed to descend and must undoubt-
edly have crushed the mans skull, but
as the man at whom the blow was aim
ed saw it coming but made no effort
to save himself, Mr.. Robinson stayed
his arm, almost dumbfounded at the
sight which met his gaze. A man stood
before him, hatless and barefooted, clad
only in his undertaking, evidently
wholly oblivious to the fact that his
presence in the house was discovered.
But for his unusual appearance he
would have been knocked to the floor
and seriously hurt, and had Mr.. Robin
son possessed a revolver he might have
been killed.
Apparently, looking directly at Mr..
Robinson, who had stepped from his
hiding place, the man turned away
and walked down the hall. There
was no exit in this direction, and the
man made no effort at haste as though
attempting to escape, though his move
ments were cautious and stealthy. The
front door was open, but the man did
not try to get past Mr.. Robinson. The
latter had no fear of an encounter with
material burglar, but the sight of
the weird, whitehead figure rambling
about his home at o'clock in the
morning was different. Running out
of the house, Mr.. Robinson called
loudly for the police, and, as Sergt
Mccarthy came hurriedly in response,
the scantily-clad stranger walked I'M
cOncernedly from the house. Mr.. Rob-
fnson and Sergt. Mccarthy FASTENED
into the yard toward the man, but he
gave no evidence Of knowledge of their
presence. Straight toward them he
came anu would nave passed by haC
not Sergt. Mccarthy seized him by the
shoulder. The man gave a startled
jump, threw his arms wildly about
and then began rubbing his eyes
Looking at Mr. Robinson and Sergt
Mccarthy and then at his own I'M
dressed condition, he seemed overcome
with bewilderment, and asked where
he was. He was perfectly sober, but
declared he could remember nothing
of how he came to Mr.. Robinson's
house. He told straight story, saying
he had been down town and started
home at about 10 o'clock, but could
recall nothing after this time Where
he had been in the meantime or what
had become of his clothes, he declared
he did not know. He was taken to
the central police station in borrowed
clothing, but, after giving an account
OF himself, was allowed his freedom
as 1t was patent that he had been wan
dering about in a somnambulistic
state, and, finding the door Of Mr.
Robinson's place open, had entered
and been mistaken for a burglar. as
he walked about in his sleep. Later.
the mans clothing and hat were found
carefully folded and placed together
on the sidewalk at Fifteenth and
Broadway streets, where he had dis
robed.
The man told the police that he was