The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-20
NO TRACES OF BURGLAR
 HAVE YET BEEN FOUND
Evidently Made His Escape on wheel Was Seen By Negro on Electric car-Ful Description of His
 Dress and Appearance.


 white burglar who after threatening the life of Mrs. w. M Blackwelder, vile oi the pastor of the Woodlawn Baptis: church, with death, set fire to the house and destroyed 1t completely. Efforts are being made In every way to eaten the man, but it is not thought he will be caught, as no clews have been found by the police which they believe will lead to his arrest.
 Later details of the affair, which hap pened Saturday morning at about hall past two o'clock, make it even worse than first reported. and they have caused renewed efforts to be made to apprehend the burglar.
 Full Description.
 much more complete description of the man and the way he was dressed was given yesterday by Mrs. Black welder. She stated that he was tall and has a heavy dark beard. He wore a small cap pulled down over his eyes and had on a black or dark blue suit of clothes which was we'll made. The man
 
 wore a white turned down collar and very small bow tie of the narrow variety much affected this past summer. His hands were very white and he Is eyi- dently a man who does not do any hard work. He wore a sweater under his coat, Mrs Blacl1welder noticing the cuff of this rolled up under the sleeve of his coat on the arm which held the pistol On his legs were two pants guards used by men riding bicycles. On his right hand there was large ring.
 It Is supposed that the man made his escape on a bicycle. and it would have been impossible to trace him witt dogs. A negro who is said to have heer on the electric car which passed just a: the flames burst out has stated that h' saw white man jump on bicycle which was at the side gate and rid' away. rapidly towards the south, cross ing First avenue.
 Loitered in Birmingham. So far the only thing found out abou the burglar was that he has been hanging N-A-> that he had made inquiries in Woodlaw1 about a MT. Walker, a relative of MT Blackwelder. About a week ago a mar answering the description of the burglar went to the residence of Dr. A. c. Henry in Woodlawn, and inquired about MT Walker and where the Blackwelders lived He has not been seen in Woodlawr since.
 There was some insurance on the par sonage. which was the property of the Woodlawn church, and valued at s25oO but only short time ago Mrs. Blackwell. der dropped the insurance on the furni. ture.
 Entered Side Gate.
 According to the best evidence obtain. able the man entered the yard through a side gate, which is on the Gate City car line, the house being on the corner with this line on one side and the Easi Lake car line in front. The only thing which is missed is some old and very val. uable family silver, which cannot be found, and does not seem to have beer melted by the flames. It was after goine
 
 he finally went to that one in the reai occupied by Mrs. Blackwelder and the three children, two of whom were in bed with her.
 The man had evidently tried all the doors to the room. but they were securely locked and there were chairs under the knobs to hold them more securely. He 1,a Ao was latticed in, and went to the low win dow leading into Mrs. Biackwelder's room. He kicked in the window and en. tered the room through 1t. What hap pened in the room after the man entered it is best told by Mrs. Blackwelder, who made the following statement yesterday morning:
 What Happened. Between 2:30 and clock I was awak- ened by a crash. I was asleep at the time, and when heard the noise jumped from my bed. A man with a lantern in one hand and a pistol in the other was just inside of my room. He came through the window from the back porch to our home. He told me not to make any HOlSe or ne WOulu hlil nue' put l screamed, whereupon he said that if cried out the second time he would shoot me and brain my children I thought of the dear little ones sleeping so soundly and refrained from calling out the second time. If 1t had not been for my children I would have grasped a chair and would have taken my chances fighting the bur glar. I have three children, and two of them ver sleeping with me. The man raised the mattress of each end of the bed and searched for money. He did this with his left hand and kept the pistol pointed at me. Standing facing me. the robber asked me to hand over what money I had in the house. I reached in a pillowslip and got my purse. From the purse I took a pocketbook and handed it to the burglar. He then put the lantern on the washstand. still keeping the pistol pointed at me. He took the purse in his left hand and soon saw there was but little over 8 in 1t.
 ''At finding so small an amount he seemed somewhat disgusted and threw