Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-23
LAPSE IN MEMORY
IS HIS CLAIM
ALLEGED BURGLAR THINKS He
WAS DRUGGED
On the Contrary, Police Express Belief
That Fellow Captured on Santee
Street Is Professional
Thief

After a thorough investigation of
the actions of Charles Killing early yes
terday morning at 1121 Santee street,
the detectives said last evening they
are positive he is not the barefoot
burglar who has been operating in Los
Angeles for the past six months.
The investigation also revealed that
the man is not insane, as at first sus-
pected. The police express themselves
as confident that the man is a profess
sional thief. The map which the man
carried showed all of the houses south
of the central part of the city and the
entrances to each.
King entered the house of w. H.
Harrison, 1921 Santee street, about
1915 O'Clock Sunday morning. Mrs.
Harrison saw the man taking clothes
out Of the closet in the room in which
she was sleeping.
After entering the house the man re-
moved all of his clothing, and then he
dressed himself in both male and fe-
Harrison's trousers, then donned a
shirt waist and three skirts. 1t is
thought that he desired to disguise
himself as woman and thus escape
detection as thief should he be seen
on the street.
Saw, Him Don Her Skirts
1T was suddenly awakened shortly
after midnight by some one walking
about the room' said Mrs. Harrison
yesterday. II looked up and saw the
man in the closet. He was partly
dressed. He took two or three of my
skirts and put them on. 1 was very
much frightened and did not dare to
move.
LII, e1Il L.
started upstairs. heard him walking
about in Mr.. Moore's ROOM In a short
time he came downstairs. had gotten
up from the bed. Suddenly he bolted
from the house."
e. B. Moore, q contractor, rooms on
the second floor of the house. He said
that he was awakened by the man fall
ing over a chair. He jumped from his
bed and demanded to know what the
him calmly and walked slowly out of
the room and down the stairs.
While the man was upstairs Mrs.
Harrison telephoned to the police.
After returning downstairs the man
rummaged through the rooms for some
time before he suddenly departed.
G. H. Harrison lives in a tent in the
rear After leaving the house the
burglar began prowling around the
tent. Mr.. Harrison, thinking 1t was a
dog, yelled which evidently frightened
the man away.
The burglar then started down the
street and stopped in front of a house
three doors south of the Harrison home.
After standing there for a while he
retraced his steps and stood for time
in front of the Harrison home.
Makes Desperate Fight
He started to cross the street, when
officers Gee and Roberts appeared. Coe
approached the man from behind and
gra bbed him, while Roberts held re-
volver in front of the mans face and
the peril of your life!"
The fellow simply sneered, and not
until after the officers had overcome
him in a lively hstic combat did they
succeed in Handwriting him. He will
be arraigned today before Police Judge
Rose, charged with burglary.
The detectives say the man is the
coolest proposition with which they
have had to deal for some time. He
seems to possess absolutely no fear.
The police are engaged in looking up
his record.
In speaking of the affair King said
last night:
"I am a union baker and attended a
meeting OF my union Saturday night.
We drank a great deal. / think that
some one must have drugged me, for
1 remember nothing since about IL
o'clock Saturday night until this morn
ing. / cannot account for my lapse
in memory for several hours unless /
was drugged."
1t is understood that the man will
use this as a defense. 1t Is also said
that when the case comes to trial an
insanity plea will be used by the
lawyers.