The San Francisco call., 1898-03-04
w ent Home and Found a Burglar at Work in
 Her Kitchen.
He Seized Bread Knife and Said He Would Kill Her
 if She Screamed.
o>><3LLY LOOTEDTHE PLACE
The Terror Stricken Woman Conn
 Pelled to Give Up All Her ValOsbIes.

. II is seldom that lady has been compelled to undergo an experience at : the hands of a burglar similar to that of Mrs. R. A. Evans of 1929 Oak street. . She went downtown Tuesday after noon, locking the house up carefully. She returned about o'clock, and un- . locking the front door went straight to the kitchen to lay aside some parcels she was carrying. AS she opened the kitchen door young man confronted her. and in her surprise she uttered a scream. The young man seized her by the throat and forced her into a chair. He snatched a large bread knife from the table, and holding it threateningly over her said sternly: If you utter an- other scream or attempt to move from
 this chair till tell you I will kill you" ." " Mrs. Evans was paralyzed with fear arid implored him not to harm her. and she would remain perfectly quiet. The " burglar coolly searched the room for
 plInder, and after he had satisfied
 himself said to the terror stricken
 woman: Now get up and come with
 me and show me where you keep your
 money and jewelry."
 :: She rose from the chair and meekly
 went with him from room to room, telling him where to find what he was : looking for. All the time he kept the
 bread knife in his hand and occasion
 ally would make a threatening move .. inent toward Mrs Evans, as he was apparently suspicious that she would scream for help as she saw all her val :uables being stolen from her.
 = The burglar did not hurry himself,
 and after he had taken all her jewelry
 and trinkets he forced her into chair
 and demanded her money She handed :. him her purse. and with tears in her eyes declared that it was all the money
 she had. She begged him to go away
 and she would not make an Outcry. She
 was almost crazy with fright and could with difficulty restrain herself from
 The burglar had gathered together several hundred dollars worth of :: Evans if he heard her scream : he would return and kill her he
 quietly left the house. She was =. so. scared she did not attempt to u1oye for some minutes, and then she D gave vent to her overtaxed nerves by '; screaming as loud as she could. Her screams attracted the attention of the neighbors and they rushed into the mouse,
 : Mrs Evans told them of her expe- :: rience and a telephone message was sent to police headquarters. Detectives SiETey, Egan and Gibson were detailed at. once on the case and hurried to the house. Mrs. Evans gave them de- scription of the burglar She said he was young man, about 20 years of age. and was dressed in sailors suit The description was the same as that given by other people who have had their houses visited recently and the detective department Is making deS- :perate. efforts to capture him, but so far: without success. A description of him is in the hands of every patrolman :; and*the instructions are to arrest him :on: sight.
 .It- will be a long time before Mrs. : Evans nerves recover from the shock received at the hands of the burglar, and she is in hopes that he will be ar :: rested and sent out of the way for sev- . eral years