Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-26
HEllO2 BURGlARRERE!
"Shoot to Kill If You Have TO-"
Police Phone Back.
mot FLUNG UNDER CAREAlY STAYS IN TNTCY FATHERS At ODDS HE'LL
Accident
Witness by Authorities. Commissioner
sUsPEcT KEPT CLOSE DENT
| Been Ha gBoud
. soy suggT Member. of
! Corrected
DENTIST READY TO SLAY
Reserves Hurried to House on His
Message Over Wire.
BUT CRACKsMAN GETS AWAY
Headquarters Man Hears Door Slam
and Woman Scream While
Line Is Open.

NEW YORK. August aG-outside the
door of an apartment on the second floor
OF al I'd avenue a burglar worked
swiftly and quietly at O'Clock yesterday
morning. In the apartment were DIR.
Michael Eisenberg. a dentist and Q
servant.
The burglar halted al intervals To lis
ten. Hearing no sound he believed all
was we'll
He did not know it. but his life hung
in the balance rs he worked A Al cali
Der 'revolver covered him and detectives
from police headquarters and the 9Th
street station were rushing to get him.
DR.. Eisenberg had returned late from
ball and was disrobing when he heard
suspicious sounds. His room is almost
directly across the hall from the door at
which the burglar was workings There
was no light in the bedroom. but the gas
was turned low I'm the hall.
The rattle Of door key which the
burglar pushed out of the lock first at
tracted DIR. Eisenbergs attention. lie
took a heavy pistol from beneath his
pillow and prepared to fire He says il
| flashed across him as he waited that in
stead of killing the burglar there might
be time to summon the police station four
blocks away. If the police did not arrive
before the burglar entered the pistol was
the alternative.
Still covering the door. DIR. ELsenberg
wall near the bed. and from which was
had view OF the door less than ten
| feet away. Noiselessly he took OF the
receiver and whispered in response to the
request for a number:
Listen, a burglar is working near me
and
Speak louder. please" central shouted.
Burglar" Arouses Central.
Cant; burglars replied DIR. Eisen-
| berg without raising his voice.
Central obviously caught the word
burglars ".All right" she whispered.
apparently catching the high tension OF
| the situation.
This is 141 I'd avenue. second floor.
Burglars are outside. About TO enter.
| DR.. Eisenberg continued i'm even tones:
| Don't ring this bell under any circum-
stances. There comes a wire through the
| keyhole. Call the police. This number Is
31c0-Spring. Hurry.
| DIR. Eisenberg rested his elbow the
| bracket OF the phone to steady the heavy
pistol in his hand. The wire with an APP
pliance at the end. and which was adroit
ly handled by the burglar. crept toward
| the night latch to unlock it.
DIR. Eisenberg said the few minutes OF
| fearful suspense passed with almost un-
bearable slothfulness Central had first 10
| communicate with police headquarters.
whence a message was sent TO the 9Th
| street station. the nearest to the scene.
Lieut. Kelleher received IL. and was con-
nected with the phone at : hich DIR. Eisen-
berg stood.
Hello this is the 9Th street police sta
| ton. Are you there?' asked Kelleher.
"All right Burglars still outside. They're
trying the door now whispered DIR. Els
enberg.
Have you got a gum
| Yes. forty-four. Trained on the door,
"Thatll fix 'em. Shoot 10 Kill il you
have to.
night latch
STEADY, old man. I'll jump the re-
Lieutenant Heard the Crash.
A crash heard by Kelleher over the
phone nearly caused him to drop the re-
ceiver. He damned ii against his ear
again as woman's scream sounded
family. Then there was silence. He
called repeatedly. but got no response
Meantime he rang the bell for the re-
serves and ordered them TO go on the
jump to No. 1f1 I'd avenue.
Police headquarters already had two
men on their way there. kelleher had
kept the receiver to his ear, and after two
or three minutes he heard a voice:
Hello. police! Still on the wire?'
Sure thing. Did you get him that
shot?''
Nope That was the door, They got
away" DR.. Eisenberg replied. kelleher.
disappointed. hung up the phone.
DIR. Eisenberg was waiting for the re-
| serves when they arrived. He said he was
watching the door. when it opened slowly
and a burglar thrust his head and Shout
ders inside the hall. DR.. Eisenberg de-
cided to wait until the man offered a
bigger target. The gas jet in the hall
| hared up. sending beam of light which
undoubtedly revealed Dr. Eisenberg.
The burglar darted back. slamming the
door. 1t was this sound which Lieut..
Ke leher heard. and which led him to be-
| lieve that DIR. Eisenberg had fired The
| scream heard by Kelleher was from the
8 rvant. who was terrified by the slam
| ming of the door.
The reserves made a thorough search
of the neighborhood, but did not catch
| the burglars. Dr. Eisenberg said the
man at the door undoubtedly had a con-
| federate. because when the door was
opened a low whistle sounded in the hall
DIR. Eisenberg gave a good description Of
| the burglar to the police.