The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-16
BURGLAR ESCAPES,
BUT LOSES BOOTY
Young Men Have Desperate
Fight With .Marauder OH
West Grace Street.
STOLE BRIDES HANDBAG
Breaks Hold on His Foot, but
Leaves Bag Hanging on
a Nail.

| Holding him by the leg for fully
ten minutes, two young men, members
OF a household on West Grace Street.
last night fought with q burglar, but
finally lost him after he had struck
them boil, with a bucket he found on
the back porch roof and landed an up
percut on ones chin. He disappeared
over the roof with a handbag contains
ing $500 in money and jewels..
While the struggle was in progress
two officers, Bicycle Policemen Bolton
and Palmer, were at patrol box a
block away. Had any alarm been
raised they might have rushed to the
acene and captured the burglar. But
the young men were too busily engaged
| capped their first thought was to tcle-
phone. They called UP the Second Po-
| lice Station, and Policeman Palmer was
| sent to the house.
FOUND Bng on Roof.
| An excited household presented it.
| self in much perturbation to the OIL
Ger and reported to him that burglar
| had invaded the premises while they
! were at supper and had broken away
from them with tho money and jew,
/ elry The handbag belonged to q
young bride who had just returned an
hour before from her honeymoon, and
Mt contained large part Of her per-
/ sonal possessions. Both officers went
over the house and the grounds seek
ing some clue to the marauder. AS
] Palmer went to tho lack porch and
l looked up towards the roof he dis
cerned dark object, caught apPar-
entity on nall. IIe climbed up and
picked 1t Off. 1t proved to be the
handbag. Nothing had been taken
! from 1t. Everything was intact ana
4 the bag was presented to the Young
\ bride second time. She rejoiced
4 more over its finding than on the day
:. THE bag and the jewelry were presented
to her as wedding sifts. and every
member of the household Joined with
her in her rejoicing,
Grabbed Him by Foot.
Tho burglary was committed at .
o'clock. The family was at supper.
when one of the young men heard
his mother, who is desperately III
/ knocking on the floor for help. lie
ran up the stairs two at a time. AND
as he reached the landing saw maj
He caught at him. and grabbed big
\ foot. He held on for dear lifc and
called to his brother, who was Still
at the supper table. The latter rar
upstairs, and together. the young Iner
tackled the burglar. The back porcf
roof is about two and a half feet IRON
the window sill. and the nesro-for II
proved to be a negro--was hanging
4 head downwards. with. one foot still
over the sill. Onto this loot the in .aI
chung desperately, attempting to pul
the burglar back. In front of the lat
ter stood tin bucket. He reached !
after several efforts and swung
4 back over his shoulders. striking botl
of his captors on the wrists and arms
They had him by the right foot, ant
the left foot he braced against the
wall. The strain was too much fol
tho two men tugging on the lone foot
and as the burglar gradually drew
away he twisted over on his siae an an.
sent an uppercut smashing MO ONT
of his captors' chin.
Dropped to Safety.
1 With the impact Of the blow, boil
men freed their hold. and the neEr'
dropped down onto the roof. sltdtnt
down to the edge. where he caush
himself and swung to the ground.
booty. and it was afterwards foun'
suspended on nail. No Clue coul
be found as to his identity. The negr
was fighting IN the dark. while tn
young men We're in the light. and the
saw was bare ankle.
Policemen Bolton and Palmer work
ed half the night on two other clue
3 they learned later. but neither led t
, no possible means OF identification
! they say that the case Is PRACTICAL
!. hopeless. though they will continu
t working until all hope is lost. B,
; had they heard an alarm both ar
e agreed that they might have caugt