The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-30
QUICK W|TTED BURGL AIRS.
isftRBED BY ELECTRIC LIGHT
THEY TURN HIGHwAYMEN.
Thrilling Experience of DR.. and Mrs
E. G. kIIbourne-CompeIIe to
Cover Up Their Heads With Red
Clothes while Room 4. gas.nek~a

The visit Of Burglars to the residence Of
Mrs w. F. Storey. Ton Summit avenue
carry yesterday morning whsre they robbed
1T and Mrs. F.. c. KiIbnurne at the point
o. a revolver. vas ere Of the rsost senss-
tional crimes ever committed in this ETY.
lne eHlzencer yestet day told u tho
burglary. bur the details Of the story did
not become known untn later in the day
The burglars y ere SURPRISED by a sudden
Food Of light but quickly recovered ard
forced Or. Eilbcurne to cover Up his head
with bed clothes The room was then en-
tered BY one OF the burglars who rad been
standing IN the hail with ~ revolver stuck
around the edge II the door case and close
70 Dr.. EEbourne's fac.. After al their
trouble the burglars got s1t in cash, a gold
watch end chain. a memorandum book. A
bunch Of keys ard pair u the doctor =
trGusers The teyz ard rrnuAara were
found under hedge near the house yes
terday afternoon II burglars tank they
arc going to get much money they might
as Well stay away from where 7 I've " snit
br. kdhouTue. I make Il rule 70 have
only small amount IN the house
There were two hurgiags They may
have been masked. IN All probability they
were not because Or. EtlnouruA was COM
peiled to cover up his head before the roons
was entered L was all over IN two mir
rtes and thirty seconds, YET the excitement
ha=s not entirely evaporated yet BY ;1e use
OF nippers," which 1T over the er1 81 a
Key. the hack door was opened. The bur
glars took or their shoes and tip-rosd up
stairs. Dr. kithourne was awake and
Thought he heard some one IN the hall
Raising himself slightly In bed the doctor
turned on the electric light, but TO sooner
rad be done this than he saw The barrel
Of a revolver held by tie hand Of A burglar
VINO kspt cut Of sight in the hall. looking
him IN the face
Dom move said the burglar. II you
7 Won't move" REPLIED the doctor thre~
tirses. I'VE heard what you said,F remart-
sd the burglar. who evidently possessed
some hurlor. There was method tn the way
the Doctor spoke He desired 20 warn his
hr0ther-ir-law George r Shorey who was
asleep IN the adjoining reoTn. ''Taat il
enough talking" said the burglar but the
mischief mad been done Mr. ShoreF Jump
Ell our az bed ard grabbing hts revolver
commenced putting IN shells. TIE second
burglar cut or the rescue by making 5h0r-
ey u prisoner in his own room.
"CnVar Up your head, said the hrst bur
giar 10 DR., Eilhourne The way 1t wls mit
ard the muxzle OF the revolver "a Il peeped
around the door proved a convincing arglI-
nsnt to the doctor and he Quilted the COW
era up, but Kept a place for one eve ~
wstch the revolver An up said tf,.
peared completely Mrs. EiIbourue did roc
reed a separate code OF Instructions
Theu the burglar tucked the eloches in
around the d0cter and IN less than fyN
seconds had gathered 10 the valaiahies in
sight and with hts partner rushed down
stairs AMI out % the house No other
re en- n the house was disturbed. The de o.
Barfure Of the hurglars wa undsnhtaAiv
accelerated by hearing Mr. ShdreY's revnv,
er click a. he put In shells Thew were
afraid he wCMid fire through the door or
cut of the window. raising an alarm. w,irh
would have pennaf them IN or made Them
fight tn liberty. The police we're il.lrr a,lf-
ately notified, but the burglars are still at
large.