The sun., 1908-09-19
BURGLARS VISIT MARK TWAIN
AND THE HUMORTST LEEPs
WHILE THEY WORK.

AND THE HtMONIoH AEbE %
WHILE THEY WORK.
Thought lie Heard Popping Of Corits In
His Connecticut Home. but Couldn't
Understand Why when He was in Bed
| Two nj n Taken In Long hase.
They hadn't had burglar up In Fair
field county. Connecticut, for eighteen
years until Sheriff George Banks and
Hank Lounsbury nabbed pair OF yeggs
from this town who burgled Mark Twain 3
new house few miles from the town OF
Redding early yesterday morning. The
last burglar they caught up there was
thrown of q haystack and "stomped. as
Hank Lounsbury put It, and what they
did to the brace Of crooks who tried to
get away with Marks silver was a-plenty.
Miss Isabel V. Lyon, who Is Mr.. Glenn
ems secretary. was awakened q little
before ! o'clock by something which
went smash on the floor OF the dining
room Immediately under her room. She
threw a dressing gown over her nightie
and tiptoed downstairs. The dining room
had been mussed up and mahogany
serving table, which held oil OF the
silver tableware that Mark had broughs
up from New York, was gone. A brass
placuue was missing from mantel.
Miss Lyon called Hank Lounsbury. the
nearest neighbor, by telephone saying
that he had better hurry up or the bur-
glars would have all the furniture. Mr..
Lounsbury brought tho Sheriff with him.
They found that nothing was missing
III, bt-aaa
Claude. the French butler. had fred OF
his pistol, which he polishes assiduously
when he isn't buttlng, at some lights
he had seen winking of in the under
brush. but the yeggs had beaten it hur-
rieily
Mr.. Clemens stayed asleep oil through
the excitement. He said yesterday that
he heard dimly something Ike thePopping
there was any cork popping without him.
but he didn't know about the burglary
Snerif BANKS and Lounsbury with Ian
terms went over the dusty road in front
OF the villa and inspected 1t loot ny loot;
There we're the prints Of a big foot and
of a little foot and heel impression which
really brought about the. capture OF the
burglars II was the print OF rubber
heel with sie little cleat maras showing
in the dust. Yard by yard the Sheriff
and Hank trailed Big Foot and Little Foot
clear to Reddins four miles m ,nSa iron rosd sde
which led away to the town OF Bethel:
They got to Bethel about q O'Clock and
took the first local train out.
They didn't spot any suspicious looking
persons aboard the train until the con-
ductor pointed TO two men who sat In
the combination smoker and baggage car.
Lounsbury sized them up and recog-
nized Big Foot and Little Foot, he was
sure. Little Foot wore rubber heels too
Guess we want you, strungers, said
Lounsbury, with the Sheriff at his back.
@The hell you dot said Big loot. and
jumped to his feet.
complexionei, ugly chap-jerket a pistol
out Of his coat pocket and pointed i at
the Sheriff Lounsbury SMASHED him
over the forearm with the sawed Oh
cad OF bull whip. which Hank carries
around whoa he IL out late oil nights.
head with his billy and In a second all
four men were clinche1 and fighting.
Lounsbury forced Little Foot to the
f,oor of the car, but before heN could
wrench the pistol away Little Foot shot
the Sheriff in the right leg. The CON
ductor got into tho night then i, ana and. .ney ,'
conscious. They were sick looking pair
when Banks and Lounsbury took them
of the train at Redding.
Squire Nickerson held court at Redding.
and Mr.. Clemens. his daughter: Cara
Clemens; Miss Lyon. and Claude. tne
wore one OF his celebrated white flannel
suits. The Squire sent both men, who
gave the names Of Henry Williams and
Charles Hoffman. to Bridgeport. where
Judge Williams. Chase attended to them:
Hoffman, the big man. was held N S.C99 s,S,
the sheriff. was held in $500 bail. They
will get a quick trial.
Mark Twain he's been living in his new
house, which Is replica. OF q Vills In
Italy at La Querica, where he lived orce
since August IS. Night prowling gentle
men have always aaa had ha fondness Sa. ivss tSr
Al Elmira and Hartford wears ego Mr..
Clemens was annoyed by housebreakers.
end a year ago at his house In Lenox
he suffered from one Of them.
-The worst insult l .eTer got. said
Mr.. Clemens last evening. was from
Lenox. I had some cheao but lovely
cigars on a tnble. He twisted them and
crumpled them up. going through the
whole lot end never took one away.
Mr.. Clemens owns a good deal OF solid
silver which he has kept here in e. safety
deposit vault. When he went up to
I Reading he took only such articles as
were absolutely necessary. He said last
night that he wasn't worrying about
burglars much. For family joke, he
tackled on to a door Of his house sheet
of paper on which he had written:
Notice-To the Next Burglar There is
nothing but plated ware In this house now
and henceforth. You will find 1t In that
brass thing in the dining room over In the
corner by the basket OF kittens, II you
want the basket put the kittens In the
brass thing Do not make a noise-it dis
turbs the family. You will find rubbers
In the front hall by that thing which has
umbrellas In II it-chinonier, think they call
II. OF pergola, or something like that. Please
close the door. Yours truly.
MARX TWAIN.