The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-20
Little Marion Bryant Talk
ed to Burglar, Who
Fled.
KNOWS DETAILS
OF HIS DRESS
Mother and Sister Greatly Alarm
ed by Attempt to Rob Physi-
clans Summer Home.

While the police are franticaIly romp-
ing about the Northwest sec t9n or
Washington In an effort 10 capture the
negro who hid in a closet In Dr. Emory
a Byants home, on Gates road, yes
terday. and the family are excitedly
discussing his probable location and
giving descriptions or his appearance,
little Miss Marion Bryant, aged nine,
the only person who met the intruder
face 10 face, calmly tosses her diabolo
in the air and inquiries why this excite
ment
OF all the people directly interested IN
the daring attempt at house breaking
yesterday. she is the most calm. And
she is calm after having discovered the
intruder and indulged IN a protracted
conversation with him.
Miss Florence Bryant. who tried TO
shoot the fugitive with her fathers re-
volver: Mrs. Bryant. VINO called " the
police and insisted on their immediate
presence, and a young friend Of Miss
Florence. who was Ia the house at the
time. are all perturbed.
Little Marion Imperturbable.
But not so Miss Marion. 4 more i'm
passive. collected. utterly calm. COM
posed young lady. it would be impossible
20 dnd. Size refers 10 the 'n.gger man
as she calls the marauder. II tones that
would encourage the suppJsitiOn that
she was quite Do the habit G discOv-
ering niger men" In her closet She
IS not nearly So worried as the negro
was.
To hear her tell Of her adventure
an adventure that would try the nerves
OF a rgan-Ia her grave. childish voice,
is refreshing.
Il was goiu' " stairs" said she. as
she tossed ECr L1sb1lo about -his morn-
ming. AN I heard r. noise. ] went il
my room. Then the noise stopped
went TO my c-ocet F.. get OF dress
an a grea-a-t big niger man be step
ped out an said "H0wdy. Miss
Il said, Who are you an wat do you
want?
Then that big niger man he just
walked right past me aud jumped out
the window. He didn't tell me anything
i guess me wanted 20 steal sonnet hing"
Miss Marion seems 90 have just one
poignant grief. She cannot reconcile
herself 10 tue fact that a niger man"
through a window without even telling
her what his name was.
Police Without Clue
No clue 10 the miscreant has been OBJ
tained by the police so far. a man was
arrested by the men OF suostation T. IN
TenleytoWa yesterday, but was subss-
quentIy released. after proving his IN
u0cence.
That llttle Miss Marion was not ter
TIbIy frightened by her experiences yes
terday is regarded as little short Of
marvellous. She went 10 her room BIZ
herself. and. drawing back the curtain.
beheld a tall, slender, very black maa
crouched against the wall
She did not scream or show the faint
est fear of the intruder. ominous though
he looked in his grimy working clothes
in the short glimpse she had OF him she
vas able 10 determine the details of his
wearing apparel even 10 rubber heels
and rubber tips on his shoes
No sooner had she spoken to him
than he ran 10 the front window and
dropped from the porch 20 the ground
WIde-eyed and wondering, Miss Marion
then went 20 where the rest OF the
family we're and calmly explained that
she had been engaging a ''nigger man"
in conversation In the front room.
Mrs, Bryant ran upstairs. but the
negro had disappeared before she reach
"a the second floor.