Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-05-21
BURGLAR WITH DRUG
ANSWERS PRAYER FOR
A DREAIMESS SLEEP
Two Widows and Their Pet
Watchdog Are ChIorofomed
by Daring IntruderS, Who
RanSacked Cottage

IT wish to sleep through this ons
night without waking-may God let my
mind rest from its troubles this once
said Mrs. Isabella A. Reagan, aged rs
years. to her daughter. as she sank
back on the pillows of her bed early
Monday night
The woman's prayer was answered.
but it cost her a widows miteJ
Almost Immediately after the words
were spoken the aged lady was doing.
And then as if to answer her prayer
that untroubled and dreamless sleep
might be hers. a burglar stealthily
climbed through an open window in the
bed room. bottle of chloroform in hia
hand
Rex" a tiny dog. the only guardian
of two, widows. Mrs. Reagan and her
daughter, Mrs. Roberta L Herbert. who
| live on First avenue, which is on the
South Decatur car line about 500 yards
from East Lake Junction, was sleeping
in the room with his mistresses.
First the burglar tiptoeda-to the place
where Rex was sleeping in chair close
the anaesthetic over the sleeping ca
nine. and his possible barks were,
stilled.
Then to the sleeping women. mother
and daughter. the burglar crept and
about them the chloroform was sprin-
killed.. giving to Mrs. Reagan the sleep
for which she had prayed
Then the burglars. there must have
been two of them from the way things
We're scattered about the tiny vine and
rose-covered cottage, which is tbs
refuge of the two little widows. ran
sacked the home.
Everywhere they searched for money.
They seemed to care for nothing else.
RANSACKED THE HOUSE
why, the vandals.'' Mrs. Reagan told
a Journal reporter. They actually
broke into that trunk over there. which
belonged to my daughters dead husband
and which I haven't dared to touch
these many year"
They went into every room OF the
little cottage, which sits on a tall green
hill near East Lake, carelessly tossing
about the contents of trunks and bureau
drawers.
Thinking possibly that the boarded
savings of the two women might be
hidden in the kitchen. they went so
far as to toss on the floor the contents
of a bin Of meal and another bin OF
hoAr
They went into the sideboard in the
dining room, and threw the ancient sill
yer, which it contained, about the room.
| Very thoroughly the burglars made
their search. and the only money in the
house, they finally found.
The money consisted of 50 in change.
which had been carefully placed in a
pocketbook, which lay on little table
! in the dining room.
1T was every cent we had in the
world said Mrs. Reagan" and l was
saving il 10 buy special kind Of food
for the little chickens. which were
Matched just few days ago, and can
not eat scraps.
II don't know what I viii do about
the little chicks now, but of one thing
I am glad The burglars loot was so
little that I do not believe they viii
ever visit us again.
Sheriff Newt A Morris, OF Dekalo
county, has been notified of the crime.
but the burglary is almost clueless,
the only trace that was left behind by
the vandals being the empty bottle,
which at one time contained the chlOro-
form.
The bottle bore stamp of Jacobs
pharmacy, but no date or inscription TO &
tell. when it had been purchased. The
bottle, after its contents had been
sprinkled about the room in which the
two women and their dog lay sleeping.
had been left on the sideboard in the
dining room, where it was found by
Mrs. Reagan.
AS the aged lady pointed out the
place, where the bottle was found to q
Journal reporter, she said:
ENJOYED HER SLEEP.
1T certainly gave me the sleep,
needed so badly. The sun was peeping
through the blinds In my room, when
1 awoke this morning.
The Odor of the chloroform still
I 81 4,l - F4~
the open window. 1 believe that both my
self and my daughter would not be
alive today"
Mrs. Reagan and her daughter have
been living in the little cottage near
East Lake Junction for the past FIVE
they expended their little all The
daughter works in the city and the
mother raises chickens and pigeons and
together they make a meagre living
Mrs. Reagan has been widowed since
the civil war, when her husband was
shot down by bushwhackers, while he
was standing by her side. She comes
of an old and distinguished family, and
one Of her brother-in-laws was John A.
Reagan, United States senator soon
after the war, and lifelong friend and
advisor of Jefferson 11avis.
Mrs Reagan has a son, who is mar
ried, who lives in Washington, and a
grandson, who is in the navy
yes, she sighed" we two are
left alone with only Rex to guard us"
and she looked at the little dog, who
even then was just recovering from
the effects of the anesthetic admins
tered by the burglars.