The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-23
BURGLARS GUN STOPPED HER
rom YRS. NHEPtRD HF'D
SHODT az SHE uOt ED
wIfr Of Nair Profrs.er Living Apart From
Husband Robbed In it-r ath~r's Home
in CRAWFORD. y. ,. Nin, Of Other
Motive Than That OF Plain burglary.

Mrs Ruth b Shepard. wife Of William
h Shepard, an instructor IN the Sheffield
Scientific school Of Yale University. who
has not been living with her husband for
about on the second floor Of her father.
Major John Badgley 4. house ar Crawford.
y. } about 9 q clock last Monday evening
A. she was returning from a neighbours
house accompanied by two children.
Mrs Shepard called 20 the person and re-
ceiv.d no answer. In moment a man
dressed in long black coat and wearing
derby hat appeared at the top Of the short
flight of stairs and pointed a pistol AZ the
little group under the hallway light
I'm a burglar. he said. and want
you all to stand perfectly still and not
max. a nnis. or I will shoot
Mrs. Shepard started TO protest. but the
man swung rhe gun toward her and told
her To be quiet Sh. got good look AT
him a. he walked down the stairs and
passed ont by the door His clothes were
Of "A good material n. WAS fair haired
and bin. eyed and Mrs. Shepard SAYS
that she could identity him among any
number OF people
As soon as she recovered from her sur
prise she despatched fourteen year old
Ray Lewis. one VI the children with her
across the street 10 the Mckinney resi-
denc- whence they had all just come.
and told him TO telephone for the police
Mean while she searched the house and
found that "A silver purse. "A gold watch
and ring and silver crescent shaped
ornament. TO the value altogether Of about
$3.50. had been stolen 4 valuable ring
and some trinkets We're left ON th.. bureau
from which tn. other things were taken.
There were many things Of considerable
value ia that room and the next which
were also untouched. and this leads the
Crawford police to suppose that the bur
glar was scared on before he could half
complete his prom>cuous stealing or
that he took the few trinke's AZ a blind 10
cover mp the real motive Of his visit.
which may hAv. something to do with
the chancery litigation which il pending
between Mrs Shepard and her husband
over the custody OF their two-ysar
ron. Howard who il az present in the pos
session Of the mother
Mir. Shepard's father. who ia Major
Badgley. was formerly in command Of
Squadron Of the New York National
Guard. She was married to William
Kent Shepard. instructor in mathematics
in the Sheffield school. on April 10. 1908.
Their son was horn two years later. on
tn. same day of the month.
I'm September IN Of this year. after Mrs
Shepard had left her husband in New
Haven and gon. To Crawford. taking her
son to Live with her parents. -h. filed
hill ia tn. Court Of Chanc-ry in Tren; Oh,
! asking for the custody Of the hoy
In the ball she said that Mr. shepard
would sometimes shout coarse. abusive
and uncouth .pith-t- at Mrs shepard.
telling her 10 leave him She alleged
further that he mistreated her mother
when the latter WAS AZ the New Haven
house ON a visit and declared himself TN
willing To support the boy The s'Iit is
still pending
There rlInors about Crawford.
which cannot be- verified AT the Rad gley
residence. to the effect that DETECTIVES
ha,. been shadow ing Mrs shepard
since th'+s'rt was brought Mr. BadElev
knew nothing about sich shadowing
" NWs H'r SpbHtDn 'Hh' Ih' DuTkiAFN
II Monday night in all probability had
nothing 10 do with the lawsuit
Th. Badgl.v residence il AN attractive
hous" ia the residential part
of Crawford There are nanv places
not far away. however. which would
seem To Offer larger haul 10 a burglar
The man who did last Mondays job il
probably not an ordinary -neak thief. |
according 10 The Crawford police. because
h" entered IN" nous. by iimmving a
W Indow opening onto the piazza which
was fixed with reinforcing rods especially
designed for protection against burglars
Tn. police sent description Of the
burglar To the surrounding towns and TO
Newark They are certain that Their.
IL no one in Crawford who answer Mrs
description who cannot prov.
that h. was .lsew here al the time Of he |
burglary.