The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-10-11
BURGLAR CHAINS Girl;
HE MAKES LOVE TO Her
RAFFLES IN REAL LIFE ENTERS
RESIDENCE.
Well Dressed Rogue Ransaeks Spar.
tanburg House But Steals Moth
ing Except Whiskey.
Spartanburg Herald, 8th.


but gentlemanly burglar, who kept
her lying helpless on the floor While
he drank whiskey, smoked cigarettes
and paid her delicate compliments
such was the remarkable experience
of Miss Lilly Gaines, pretty 1S-year-
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William
E. Gaines, in their home at No. 800
South Liberty street yesterday after
noon.
Returning home from shopping
trip about 5:45 o'clock, Mrs Gaines
found Miss Lilly in the plight describ-
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 a side
window. When the chains with
which the girls wrists and ankl IS
were bound and the flour sack with
which her mouth was stopped had
been removed, Miss Lily related the
story of her experiepce-a story
strange as fiction.
Overcome While Doing.
She told how she was overcome
while doing on a couch by we'll
dressed and seemingly cultivated in
truder, a middle-age white man of
striking appearance, accompanied by
a giant mulatto, who seemed to stand
in great fear of the white man. She
told how the white man, leaving the
negro to guard her, ransacked the
house, and then, apparently finding
nothing to his liking, returned to the
room to flatter her with nicely turn
ed bonmots on her personal appear
ance; how, after amusing himself in
this fashion for perhaps half hour,
in the meantime draining good part
of bottle of liquor, this Raffles in
real life ordered the negro to leave
and departed himself through the
side window five minutes later, and
just about Is minutes before Mrs.
Gaines returned.
Buglar Leaves Note.
There was found note left by
the buglar-almost an apology for
disturbing 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
Lily's adventure and are making
search for the william, of whom they
have been given minute description
by the herione 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
tanburg 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 she became
drowsy. !
, Awakened by Hand,
The girl fell asleep. 1t was about
4:3O o'clock, as nearly as she can
reckon, when she was awakened by
feeling a hand on her mouth. She
looked up into the face of a man
an unusual face, with deep scar, as
of sabre cut, on his face, and pierc-
ing blue eyes and raven black hair,
She heard a sweet and refined voice
tell her gently but firmly not to make
an outcry, as he did not intend to
hurt her.
Miss Lily says she struggled furi-
ously and struck the man sharp
blow in the face, making his nose
bleed. But he overcame her and stuff
ed flour sack into her mouth and
held it in place by strapping white
woman's belt, the property Of her
mother, around her head. The burg
lar then fastened her wrists with a
dog chain, securing it with a lock
and psice of wire, lie bound her
ankles with another chain and laid
her on the floor in the middle of the
room The dog chain belonged to
Miss Lilys little brothers and was
found by the burglar in the yard.
Bids Negro Guard Her.
The burglar told the negro to sit
opposite the girl in a rocking chair.
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