The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-10-16
MANNING c.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER l6 1912
|GENTEEL BURGLAR
CHAINS GIRL TO FLOOR and MAKE
Love TO Her
A WELL DRESSED ROGUE

Ia WILL DWAUULU NOVOA
Raffes in Real Life, Accompanied by
Giant Negro, Enters Residence OF
". E. Gaines, at spartanburg But
Steals a Little Whiskey and Leaves
Note.
The spartanburg Herald says
bound and gagged by a desperate out
gentlemanly burglar, who kept her
lying helpless OF the floor while ne
drank whiskey, smoked cigarettes
ard paid her delicate compliments
such was the remarkable experience
of Miss Lily Gaines, pretty 1S-year-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam E. Gaines, in their home at NO.
800 South Liberty street MONDAY al
ternoon.
Returning home from shopping
trip about 5:45 o'clock, Mrs. Gaines
found Miss Lily in the plight descrlo-
ed in the sitting room in the front OF
the house. The door and front WIN
dow of the room were locked and en-
trance was obtained through side
| window. When the chains with
| which the girls wrists and ankles
were bound and the -four sack with
which her mouth was stopped had
been removed, Miss Lily related the
story of her eXperience-a story
strange as fiction.
She told how she was overcome
.hile doing on a couch by we'll
dressed and seemingly, cultivated in
truder, a middle-aged white man OF
striking appearance, accompanied oy
eiant mulatto, who seemed to stand
! IN great fear 6 the white man. She
told how the white man. leaving the
20 to guard her, fansacked the
.ause, and then, apparently hndlns
rothing to his ilking-returned to the
room to fatter her with nicely turn
ed bonmots on her personal appear
7ca; how, after am using himself IN
this fashion for perhaps half hour
in the meantime draining a good part
Of a bottle Of liquor, this Rafles IN
real life ordered the negro to leave
md departed himself through the
iae window five minutes later, and
lust about Is minutes before Mrs.
Gaines returned.
There was found note left by the
brrglar-almost an apology for dis
turbing the serenity of the house
hold. The girl, he said, would be
found unharmed; his purpose IN re-
gard to her had been fell, but his
chivalry had come to the rescue. The
police were notified Of Miss Llly's ad-
venture AM ire making search for
the villain, Of whom they have been
given a minute description by the
heroine Of the affair.
Miss Gaines was alone in the house
| when it happened. Her father was
at his work in the shop of the Spar
tanburs Machinery company. The
Younger children were playing In a
| vacant lot. Mrs. Gaines had gone
shopping. Miss Lily had intended to
accompany her mother but decided
not to go on account Of a headache.
She lay down on the lounge In the
sitting room, which is IN the front
part of the house on the ground floor,
and read a book until sne, became
| drowsy.
The girl fell asleep. 1t was about
4:3O o'clock, as nearly as s:le can
reckon, when she was awakened Dy
feeling a hand on her mouth. She
looked up into the face Of man
IN unusual face, with a deep scar, as
| CT a sabre cut on his face, and pierre
ing blue eyes and raven black hair.
She heard a sweet and refined voice
tell ger gently but firmly not to make
an outc.y, as he did not intend to
hurt her.
Miss Lily says she struggled furi-
cusly and struck the man n sharp
blow in the face, making his nose
bleed. But he overcame her and stuff
| ed a -four sack into her mouth and
held it in place by strapping white
woman's belt, the property OF her
mother, around her heard. The burg
lar then fastened her wrists with a
dog chain, securing it with lock
and a piece Of wire. He bound her
ankles with another chain and laid
her on the floor in the middle OF the
room. The dog chain belonged to
Miss Lily's little brothers and was
found by the burglar in the yard.
The burglar told the negro to sit
opposite the girl in a rocking chair.
Don't you move" he said to the
burly black, "unless the girl moves.
1: you do, will shoot YOU" The
I nlulatto shivered, according to the
girl, as if in a state of terror, but
said not word.
! AS nearly as she could follow his
movements the burglar crossed the
hall into Mrs. Gaines bedroom, which
he proceeded to turn topsy-turVy,
pullins the drawers out Of the bu-
reau and dumping their contents on
the floor. He seemed to be searching
for money. but his search was futile,
as Mrs. Gaines had taken all the
money with her when she went down
town.
The burglar then went to the din
ing room, where he found a bottle OF
whiskey on the sideboard. Mr.. Gaines
was given the liquor for medical pur-
poses several days ago. The man car
! ried the bottle and a glass back into
the sitting room. With sweep OF
the arm he knocked the bric-a-brac
off a little table and drew 1t up be-
side the PROSTATE figure of the girl
He leisurely poured out a drink,
lighted cigarette, and leaned COM
fcrtably back in a chair.
In his rich musical tones he talked
to the young lady. She was unwil-
ling to repeat what he said. His
language was that of a gentleman
she asserted, but modesty forbade
her to make his remarks public. SUI
fee it to say, she told The Herald
that he flattered her.
It seemed an hour that he sal