The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-11-30
MERRY WIDOW"
ALARM PUTS A
Thief TO FLIGHT
Young Inventors Burglar
Catcher RouSeS Household
and Telephone Central"
SISTER IMPROVES" IT.
Robher Opened the Door and
Wired Phonograph Did
the Rest.

Harold Greenthal, a numbering, good
natured youth OF nineteen years. who
plays half-back on a New York Prep.
eleven, has invented a novel burglar
alarm which worked far better on Its
first try-out than even he imagined It
would. Much of It's marked and sur
prising success, however. Is due to an
I'm rovement on the device conceived
hv his mischievous sister. Irene. two
. airs his Junior. Harold claims the So
called success OF lhs scheme was a
mistake.
He lives at No 30 East Fightv-sixth
street, with his father, lawyer, and
family Of four, Recently the block has
been visited nightly by BURGERS. The
burglars set his mind working on
device and this is what he did
Adjusting his mothers phonograph 80
taat the mouthpiece Of this tnstru-
ment faced that NJ the telephone, he
eontrived wire arrangement which
removed the telephone received and
arted the phonosraph operating at
were these words:
Central, central, tell Police Head
quarters burglars are numbering and
plundering the Greenthal family, No
re East Eighty eighth street. Central,
CENTRAL etc.
She Fixed 1t Up.
The record repeated this sentence
seventeen times Just distinctly enough
TO be heard in the telephone. Harold
M tgAa cd oh &1ot -
devise worked perfectly, Then came an
Injunction from the inventor not to dis
cuss the device with any one for fear
burglars would get next" and spoil the
robber catcher Wires were SO fixed TO
each window and door that the slightest
opening would set the machinery work
Ing and call out the police
After Saturdays game Harold was
very tired and Went to he'd early He
told his sister, Irene, 10 adjust the
mechanism when the family had locked
was located In Harold's room on the
second for.' Miss Irene was not forget
full and cautiously arranged the devise,
Is s,, instructed, or as she thought proper.
placing IN the burglar call to central,
she adjusted a record OF The Merry
Widow waltz and retired
II Worked All Right.
1t was ? o'clock next morning when
the football star was aroused by the IA
miliar strains. He rubbed his eyes.
looked at the child of his brain, saw 1t
revolving and sprang from his bed. The
receiver was of and the record rang
out plain and distinct whereas his rec
ord was almost inaudihlc except to the
telephone
Before he was half way across his
room his mother. father and two sisters
were screaming:
Harold. stop that noIse''
The youth, however, paid no attention
and darted down the hallway. He was
Just in time TO see a dark figure crawl
Ing out of a broken basement window
The fellow got away so fast that the
agile grdirpn back couldn't get any.
where near him. Then came explana.
lions.
Central was ringing and pleading with
the Greenthals to shut off the Widow
wand several voices We're trying TO cH.
plain. The family was gathered IN the
dining-room when the paJama-clad in
veptoer got back upstairs. Then the
blushing little Irene told her big brother
that she placed the wrong record In the
machine.