The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-09
MRS. BRANT SET BURGLAR FREE.
So Polite and Told Such Pitiiul story
That She Felt Sorry.

II ,ras tho strangcst sort of burglar
chat got into the fat Of John {. biah'
M No sos Seventh avenue late ye5'er-
dav afternoon. Mr.. i3rant IS cohhecleu
with the New York Life Insurance Com
pauv and his fiat contains huhdreds Oh
dollars worth of solid silverware
Mrs. Brant went out 40 O'Clock yes
terday afternoon leaving the Hat unoccu-
pied. She returned in half an hour. she
tnlocled the door softly and almost FAM
ed when she saw I'm the half-lighted room
"a man. who was piling up lot OF silver
ware ON "a table. She closed the door as
gently ass she had opened II and nearly
fell down two flights of stairs.
ON the ground floor three truckmen
were moving furniture. who readily iol-
lowed Mrs. Brant when she asked them IT
they would kindly help her catch OAR
glar.
Back up stairs the four went. Mrs.
Brant by this time being cool and col
lected and directing tho movements or
the men. Two she stationed IN the hall
and told the other 10 follow her Through
two rooms she and the man went. when
thev heard "a loud cry in the hall Hurry
ing back. they found the two men mold
Ing d third. Here's the burglar" said
one.
lie was a slight young man, well dress
ed with pale face AMI hands as well
shaped as q wOmans.
"Oh. you're the burglar, arc you?" ask
ed Mrs Brant.
yes, madam" the slight man answer
ed
Bring him in here" she said, and the
slight man was led into the parlor.
What do YOU mean by being in tho
burglary business
Not from choice" he answered, I'm
driven 10 il by my wife"
Mrs Bryant was surprised, and she
said So There We're tears in the eyes
and the voice of the Dale-faced young
man as he went on earnestly:
II am forced to live; my wife is starving.
Can / sit down and see that2 l love her
so: she is so good. ia like 10 have you
meet her"
say. shall l get cop?" asked one of
the truckmen.
But Mrs. Brant said no; tho young man
seemed 90 be I'm trouble. and she didn't
want him arrested. I'm give you
chance" she said.
All this time the young man had stood
with his hat on and Mrs. Brant noticing
this. asked him why he dd not remove {.
The man hesitated q moment and then
took of his derby hat Perched on the
mans head. that before had been hidden
by tho has, was a yellow canary bird.
II was Mrs. Brants and had been taken
from cage in the. front room.
81 was going 10 take il 10 my WIFE he
said. After that the man handed back
two rings and a diamond studded brace
let. with the remark. That's all"
The young man walked down the stairs.
free. two minutes later. The three truck
men had gone down lust ahead OF him.
When they reached the door Policeman
Didier was passing the house. The truck
men. who had expressed their disgust at
the mans being set free. called 10 the
policeman. They told him in a few words
that the man was a burglar.
The burglar ran. Tie was quick, and
he gave the policeman long chase. but
was finally caught AZ Fifth avenue and
one hundred and nineteenth street. Be
for he was caught, however ne had
thrown away small Jimmy" and a
large Girk knife. lie made no resistance
when caught. and was lei 20 the one
hundred and twenty-hfth street station.
lie said there that he was George Muir
ray twenty-five years old, but refused
10 say where he lived. He insisted that
he wac a coal-passer on the steamship
"Aurie." OF the White Star line.
The police declare that he would have
carried of the Hat mad he not been dis
covered in time. and that Mrs. Brant
knew very little about burglar7. New
York Herald.