Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-02-21
Second EDITION
i DESPERATE BURGLAR
Entered the Residence Of County
Treasurer Burns and ChOkGd
Nj. Burns Daughter,
EARLY LAST EVENING
Illsr Which He RanSaCked Several
Rooms in the House,
HF DROPPED HIS PLUMBER
unon Being Frightened by Mr..
and Mrs. Burn s.
Hr JUMPED OUT OF A REAR WINDOW
EARLY LAST EVENING
LITER Which He RanSaCked Several
Rooms in the House.
HE DROPPED HIS PLUMBER
tJnon Being Frightened by Mr..
and Mrs. Burn s.
Ne JUMPED OUT OF A REAR WINDOW

rh. house Of County Teasufer
prhsrt Nj. Burns, l0l6 Lombard street,
~ hroken into last night, by burg
~, and Miss Anna Burns, the l6-
S.a,s.old laughter of Mr. and Mrs.
pn,ns. vas strangled into insenslbility
~ The intruder.
The time Miss Burns was the
,riv nerson in the house, her paren Is
6sino at a friends house. The son,
Pobsft n. Burns, who is a student at
nsIagare College. lwas also out.
When Mr.. AMI Mrs burns returned
home, at about 1l.50 o'clock, they
iound their daughter unconscious 10
ber bed, with a towel tied tightly over
her mouth and nose. dow long she
had been In this condition is not
known, but II is thought to have been
only 9 short time, because the in
truder jumped out OF the window
when Mr.. and Mrs. Burns entered the
house.
Tbe first inkling Mr.. and Mrs. Burns
had Of the affair was when they re-
turned home and found Mr.. burns
desk open. This aroused suspicion,
as the desk was usually closed. Mr..
and Mrs. Burns had been in the house
cply a minute or 90 when they heard
A noise, which sounded like window
being raised. The sound came from
the direction of the upper story, and
thinking that something must be
wrong, they rushed up stairs. They
fret vent to their daughters room,
and upon making a light found their
daughter, as stated above. They un-
tied the towel and after working on
the young woman for a few minutes
succeeded in restoring her 10 con-
sciousness.
The daughter told them as near as
she could what had happened. She
said that after her father and mother
left the house, early in the evening,
she started to study her school les
sons, and after studying for some time
she became sleepy and vent 10 bed
and soon fell asleep. Suddenly she
was awakened by light in her room
and upon looking up saw a man stand
ing near the bed. She screamed,
Whereupon the man jumped at her and
grabbing her by the neck, chokad her
iuto insensibility. After that she did
not know just what took place, be-
cause she tainted. During a partially
conscious moment she saw the man
jump out OF the window OF her room
With something in his hands.
After hearing their daughters story
MT. and Mrs. Burns made a search of
the premises, hut could ind nrsclue to
the intruder. In tharehF yard they
found the things which the thief had
packed together to take away.
1t is thought that when he heard
Mr.. aud Mrs. Burns entering the house
he Immediately raised the window AMI
jumped out. aud in jumping dropped
the articles be had ready to take. and
thinking that he might be captured,
did not taks time 10 pick them up.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burns noticed that the
man entered the house by a window n
the Kitchen, as the shutter had been
forced open. The house was Tansaoked
throughout, but as far as is known,
the intruder did not succeed in get
ting away with any thing very valuable.
Mrs. Burns and her daughter sui.
feTed from shock.
The police we're notified OF the rob
berry and made an investi alton, but
did not find any satisfactory clues.