The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-23
BURGLARY THAT;FAILED
Good Story of Brave Oklahoma City
Lady and q Great, Horrid Man

Guthrie, o. T, Dec. 22.-The Oklahoma
City Times-Journal has the following:
Last night about 10 o'clock quite an
exciting adventure with ''Mr. Burglar
Man" occurred at the residence of Mr..
F. NJ Blankinsi1ip. at SIS North Broad
way.
Mr. and Mrs. Blankinship were ab-
sent, having attended the lecture given
by Professor Snow at the Christian
church last night.
A lady boarder, Mrs. Sutton. with the
house, while in the looms abov were the
other boarders. Mr.. E. Ingle, of the
Norman Transcript, his sick wife; Miss
Lee, the nurse, and Ed Lenhart Of Nc
Glinchey's dry goods emporium.
Mrs Sutton prepared to retire about
10 O'Clock. She walked from an adjoin-
ing bedroom into the front parlor, to
place lamp upon the table that stood
in an east window facing the street.
she raised the shade to watch the af
feet of the electric lights upon the ice
laden boughs of the trees. The shifting
mesh of the wire screen interfering
With the ladys view, she raised the
window, she asserts, and pushed aside
the screen. In her hand she carried a
purse, which She intended placing un-
der her pillow. as is the custom OF
ladies when the purse contains treas
ures. After satiating her eyes with
the beauty of tine night, she drew down
the window shade, but neglected TO
either close the wire screen or pull
down the shade. The lady, being in a
meiiative mood, induced. no doubt, by
the stiffness OF the ice-bound night, and
the scindlating beams of our electric
moons in that part OF the city, careless
ly left her purse lying upon the table
wlere she had dropped IT, She passed
the sleeping children upon sofa in the
parlors, into the bedroom. and taking up
lamp, went from that room through
the nah into the dining room for some
needed article.
Mrs. Sutton had, she states, just set
the lamp upon the dining table, when
she heard a window raised softly. Her
first flashing thought was Of a tramp
who had paid the family a call earlier
in the day, the east window and the
neglected purse. She crept back into
the dark bedroom 10 the portieres divid-
ing the bedroom and the parlor. Just
IS she reached them she heard q match
struck, evidently on the eat Of the pants
Of tire creature built that way, from the
subduei scratch. BY the fash OF the
said match she saw the face and arm OF
"Mr. Burglar Man pcotruiing through
the half-open window.
Evidently the gentleman in question
was as much startled by the appsration
Of the pale lady in the opening of the
dark curtains as she WAS at sight of
him, for the ugly. dirty paw stopped on
its way 10 the dainty purse, and the
two stared for half the duration Of the
burning match into each others faces.
Don't touch IT, or I'll fire." cried the
lady. Needless 70 say she was unarrn-
ei. but the seriousness OF the occasion
| demanded the bluff" and ii was ef-
fsctuaL Ny. Burglars" hand flew up
in a startled fashion against the lsmp
sitting on 1ne table; the burning match
he held ignted the infamable shade.
ani Mr. Burglar disappeared, s,smming
the window after him, evidently fear-
ing the lady would carry her threat in
! TO ecIion.
Mrs. Sutton beat out the burning
shade. ana grabbing sae precious purse.
m&nage6 10 totte- up the stairs 10 Mr.
/ BeEaart's room am falling Aeiplessly
| against ne DOOR, implorei hat gentle