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latter's hands.
A shrewd murderer chooses
weapon he is NOT known to pos
sess. Pencils revolver was In
Its usual place at home--where
Pat Cusack expected to find it,
although he had made up his
mind Burdick's would had been
inflicted with a revolver butt.
But he searched the gun stores
and found PENNELL HAD
BOUGHT ANOTHER PISTOL.
A shrewd murderer hides his
weapon where 1t cannot be found
what better hiding place than
Niagara Fallsl Yes, man like
Pencil had strolled to the cat
aract's brink early in the morn
ing.
A GUARD HAD SEEN HIM
THROW SOMETHING INTO
THE RAPIDS - SOMETHING
THAT GLITTERED.
II wonder what would have
happened If Mrs. Pennell had ac-
cepted her husbands invitation
to lunchas thought the detective.
"It's time to make q pinch. 2
if was past fiIlc--for the
''pinchn was never made.
1t rained that afternoon and
Pencil took his wife for a drive.
At the Jamerthal quarry the big
electric machine sweryed and
plunged into the pit. Pencil
died under the car - his wifi
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-07-08

In a letter to Representative
Gillbo fron this district, United
States Senator Miles Poindexter
answers the accusations of the
standpat press that the Washing
ton progressive intends to flop to
the democratic standard.
The communication is intended
for a denial of an article appear
ing in local evening paper that
Poindexter was making an ALI
ance with the democratic party,
alleging that he went to demo-
cratic leaders at the opening of
congress and asked for commit
tee assignments.
The following letter explains
Poindexter's position with respect
to national parties:
June 8, 1918.
Honorable A. j. Gilibo,
Tacoma, Washington.
Dear MIR. Gillbo:
i have yours of 23rd ulti-
mo and would have written
sooner but for press of en-
gagements. appreciate
very much your kindness in
| forwarding me the newspa-
per clipping. The state
ments in IL are utterly false
and there has been SO much
repetition Of them that Ii is a
serious question II some
formal action ought not 10 be
taken
r,Y.o... e. ~ .1tc,-. .*ft.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-07-08

BY JACK JUNGMEYER.
SACRAMENTO, Cal, July
Sit took the death of two
persons to shock California
into a realization of the
frightful effects upon its
young girls of the chicken
dances" and rag" orgies
heretofore easily tolerated
by the general public and its
officials.
The awakening came few
days ago with the notorious
devils BALI Mt Mills Sta
ton on the Folsom road,
where, after a night of riot
GUS abandon I'm which young
girls and older women yield
ed themselves to what Dist.
Atty. E. S. WachhOrst char
acterized as shocking indie
cenies, one of the dancers,
Miss Grace Benson, flung a
laugh at her gyrating CONF
panions, went out into the
starlight and drank vial of
poison.
She and Guy Pierce, the
man who attempted to get
her to a physician, had their
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-07-08

, lives snuffed out when the
machine in which they were
speeding drove over an en-
bankment.
ALI the braZen abandon, which
the affair was to encourage, was
lput into the name of the event.
The devils ball." the promoter.
Blackie Thomas, called it, where
Iererything went
No / worse, essentially, than
scoresi of other dances of the
same character that had been held
from time to time throughout the
country, feeding the NAV of
white slavery, this debauch with
its tragic ending, reused the IA
theirs and mothers. to furore of
[tfdignation. Subsequent investi-
Fgatfbn showed that 10 of every
90 cases of youthful delinquency
in Sacramento alone were attrib-
uted by Juvenile Judge j. w.
Hughes to roadhouse dances and
joy rides.
"Wipe out these orgies
that are concentrating the
youth of both sexes" came
the peremptory demand of
aroused citizens. "'DeviFs
balls are claiming too heavy
toll in wrecked lives"
The result will be that Sacra-
mento will enact an anti-ragging
ordinance and that her example
must be followed by the entire
state.
"Blackie" Thomas, who promo
ted the devils ball." is under
going a 30-day sentence in the
county Jail, following his plea of
guilty to a charge of outraging |
public decency.
His case marked the first
invocation of a law which
had been lying innocuous In
the code for years. 1t has
sounded the death kneIl. for
the rag" in California, in
the belief of the Sacramento
county officials.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-07-08

had noted the deferential tender
ness OF Pennell when with his
wife, in marked contrast to his
ordinary somewhat cynical, self
centered manner.
Days passed, week went by,
another week was nearly gone.
Scores of investigators followed
phantom elews. But uppermost
in Pat Cusack's mind were the
questions:
.Why was PenneH so
eager to learn IL there was
any news in the papers?
what news was he ex-
pecting?
ibid the opened desk and
scattered papers mean thEt
Burdick's murderer WIS
seeking letters that would
have proved u husbands un-
faifhfuIness2
The old detective measured the
mind OF the man he Suspected
shrewd, keen. calculating, cold.
He matched his wits against PEN
nell's to see il he could reason
cut a proof OF the crime at the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-07-08
POLICE CHIEF
IS MORTALLY
WOUNDED

HAVANA, July SIN a street
fight due to the raiding of the
Asbert club and arrest of promi-
nent officials and citizens for
gambling, Armando. Riva, chief of
police, was shot and MORALLY
wounded by Gen. Ernest Asbert,
governor of Havana province, and
Senator Vidal Morales and Repre-
sentative Arias, who with Asbert
attacked the chief on the street
and opened fire on him.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-07-08
Old Pat Cusack Saw The Fires That Smouldered
In "The Plain Litte'' WOman's Eyes---ThatS
How He Solved he Great BurdiC Murder Case
BY Frank Parker Stockbridge.

BY Frank Parker Stoclbridge.
Dead, in his "den," with his
skull crushed in-so they found
Edwin l.. Burdick on the morn
ing of February %, 1908.
Not a trace of a weapon, no
] sign of struggle-no clew but
an opened desk and some scatter
ed papers. No one had heard a
sound nor could anyone suggest
a motive for the crime-at first.
Before the newsboys had finish
ed crying their "wuxtrys" came
another revelation to shock the
people of Buffalo, already stir
red by the mysterious murder of
one of the most popular and pros
porous business men of the city.
Burdick, the day before his death,
hal begun a suit for divorce
on the only ground for which
New York grants divorces-and
had named as correspondent Ar
thur w. Pennell!
HERE WAS SCANDAL UPON
MYSTERYi
Why, the two men were
friends, played golf together -
their wives were friends. Mrs.
Burdick, plain, unattractive
woman of forty, mother of three
children how could she have
lured the wealthy young lawyer
from his own charming wife of
the calm blue eyes and radiant
presence? The devotion of the
Pencils was almost a joke
among their wide circle of
friends.
Questioned, Mrs. Pennell con-
firmed her husbands statement
that he had retired early the
night of the murder, had risen
early and gone to Niagara Falls
on business. He had telephoned
her from the Falls, asked ii there
was any news In the papers, ex-
pressed his horror at the awful
death of his friend, inquired If
there was any other news and
had invited her to come down to
the Falls and have lunch with
him, which she declined. 1t did
not seem DIS III Inc uelSCtiNeS Hdu
got much out of that line of in
quiry-BUT TO ONE OF THEM
IT WAS FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
Shrewd old Pat Cusack," the
veteran chief OF detectives, had
talked with the widow of the
murdered man. Others had seen
inst dark, middle-aged, little
woman--a "home body''--but Pat
Cusack looked beneath; looked to
nMhere banked fires smouldered In
kher deep, dark, eyes, fires that
his tracer Of motives saw could
81 famed into a wonderful blaze
,.snRsnaRMauaasho knew how"
go Noticed and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-07-08
GRAND JURY is
INVESTIGATING

The federal grand jury is dig
ging deep into the charges of
prisoners at McNeils island today
with a cell full of prisoners from
the bastile as witnesses. Just
what charges are being made and
what testimony is being given is
being guarded closely, and federal
officials are considerably wrought
up over the possibility of indict-
ments coming out.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-07-08
DUCK LIVES
WITH KITTENS

NEWTON FALLS, o., July s.
"A cat, three kittens and a duck
make a living in a box at the
home of Charles Hunter. The
duck and the kittens are of about
the same age. The cat lifts the
duck by the neck, just as she lifts
the kittens.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-07-08
STUDY Of
MONEY BILL

WASHINGTON, D. c., July s.
Consideration of the currency
reform bill was begun today by
the house banking committee.
Chairman Glass said that the COM
mittee had planned to report
final draft of the bill by August 4.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-07-08
REPORT FOR JUNE

In July Humane Officer Van
Voris compelled drivers to take
% horses out of the harness be-
cause of lameness and seven more
because of sore shoulders. Seven
dogs and nine cats were killed
and homes found for three dogs
and five cats. Two broken fami-
lies We're reunited by Van voris.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-07-08
HE HOPES FOR
MORE BURGLARS

Los ANGELES, July SC. ID.
Carter Is hoping more burglars
will visit him. Carter found his
room ransacked and jewelry VAL
ued at $50 missing. A $50 bill,
apparently dropped by the thief.
was lying beside his trunk.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-07-08
BROKER TELLS
WHOLE STORY
TO COMMITTEE

WASHINGTON, d. c., July 8.
David Lamar, the New York
broker who admitted he had i'm
personated certain congressman
and others in conversations over
the telephone with prominent
New York financiers, was recalled
today by the lobby committee. At
his own request, in his opening
statement, Lamar said he was sat
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-07-08

isfied to leave his fate in the
hands of Chairman Overman and
Senators Nelson and Cummins.
Lamar then reiterated that he
planned impersonations of Con-
gressmen Riordan of New York,
and almer of Pennsylvania, in or
der to uncover what he called a
conspiracy against his friend, Ed
ward Lauterbach,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-07-08
HE'S lO8 TODAY

WASHINGTON, July S,-Serv-
ices commemorating the birth
t01 years ago today of Admiral
David B. Porter, who won fame
during his 81 years of service in
the United States navy, were held
today. He died in February,
1891.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-07-08

OAKLAND, July SACK Lon
don, author, is seriously III in a
hospital facing an operation for
appendicitis. An operation will
be performed tomorrow unless
his condition improves.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-07-08
A Position That
Pays More Than
Living Cost

The problem of high cost
living is only a problem to
those for whom the necessi-
ties of life eat up the entire
income.
The trained boy or girl
who goes out into the bust
ness world receiving a sal
AIRY from one and one-half to
twice that of the working
man escapes the problem of
high cost living by a good
wide margin and dips into
the actual Injuries of life by
reason of his good fortune.
Why there is a problem of
iiying and why the cost of
Hoard, room and the ordinary
necessities of life affect such
d large per cent Of the human
Grace is not a matter for argu-
ment here. The fact exists.
But the young man with
! ambition and energy, plus,
has reason to congratulate
himself that the solution Of
The problem, for him at least,
is within his reach.
Business training opens the
door 10 hundreds of positions
from which he may choose
one best suited to his taste
and talents.
Solve your own problem OF
High Cost Living Firsfi
BeuteI business College
graduates solve the question
by greater efficiency great
Ter earning power--indepcnd-
.ence.
Gall, Telephone AZ write for
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-07-08
Semi-Annual Clearance Sale of
Women's Apparel

As it rule merchandise
another-everyting in
Therefore, select suit
gloves underwear this a saving
TO A HALF former price, And yher
only few garments left of a economy
WE LIST FEW REDUCED ITEMS
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-14
Irrigated Lands.

80, --~~>>--~>~>~~~~~~--~-~-~
WHY PAY MORE FOR AN UNIM-
proved piece OF wilderness than for irri-
City? " -
10 acres i miles south OF city on X.
SIC ton. half mile from proposed car line.
VII primary water right. is acres In
Jonathan apples. ! ready To bear Part
IN luceTne, part plowed for grain, part
pasture land suitable for dairy. Pipe
llne water on place. electric light and
telephone passing the place. New Groom.
frame house and small barn sioo per
acre takes everything. Address a52
Douglas ave Phone Hyland 2l15-J
o1e55
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EDERN HOUSEKEEPING ROOMS.
IL ! Floral ave. on Second South,
Fzt Garrick theater. No children,
o16i7
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uRGE. CLEAN. NICELY FUR
sd rooms for light housekeeping.
9 hs, 5rd South. o1506
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hlnsida- by the Lake" irrigated land
ior FluD per acre. Think what is being
onered and then note the price again.
IL orchard land az farm prices There
are ouly 100 tracts all told And at the
iite they are going they'll soon be gone.
rms really - the offering OF a lifetime
ono You cannot afford to pass And we
know That n you viii take the time 10
investigate u you'll want one Of these
to-acls tracts. These offerings Will soon
be snapped up. so get bury and dron ms
card FOR complete Information Ma
tlona Savings & Trust Co., top floor
walker Bank bldg, Salt Lake City. Utah.
ol67I
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EIyD tRM. APT, NEW AND STRICT
/ \ -adern. The Adamson apartments:
rT,t North Temple. ono block east OF
ia Wasatch 4395M. olfI6
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eR0CERY SPECIAL.

->sH Jrr. ~ ~>>S~>~--~--~----------
"a ,iHSa ,,isSt EGGS. SOC; . LBS. SUI
n. n.lrs, l5c. 17l lbs. sugar.
- cha, Soc: lhs. or, CSC: best
\ u. 10, 2oc; large oranges,
III Mt herings. 10c. salt bacon.
=. gs. cans benches. Pc: N. ]. n.
M eastu, nars Fairy. A. r.. Nap.
rr, N Tn 2bc; , large milk, 25c:
3 cnn.,IV IVc; good creamery butta-,
y rr rOsnd sn lard. 35c. soc. S1.io; cotto-
q: rte.c' Sl45; 5s lard. zoe: los
p n. T pancake flour, 25c: Quaker
Cram tSs' oates. 25c; split peas. Ib.
p il.6;. Wheat, 1sc: high patent
hinon ,naignt grade flour. 81: tall
~ erune. Vc; cans corn. Ibc: 4 lbs.
no sfo.. -oc' pineapple. can. iOc;
lis W. First South,
oi4ee
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FOR SALE-FARM LANDS
Farm Lands.

IT'S FOOLISH TO PAY OUT MONEY
N purchase OF repentance, yet the
llau VINO uses not The Want Ads "
O"uhd 10 come 10 this SAYS B. Franklin.
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FOR RENT
For hent-Furnished Rooms.

OtNI. LARGE NICELY FURNISHED
't"ht room; close In. 1873 l.. Ord So
oI5O7
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ATTORNEYS.
SAFES AND VAULTS.
PICTURES AND WALL PAPER


PICTURE FRAMING AND HOUSE DEC
Grating. George ". Ebert g. Co, II
Main sc. k27l9
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OR TWO, W1TI THE COM
ne pleasant home. Call Was.
80 n10e6
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PRINTING.
PRIVATE HOME.

WILLOWS - MERE. CONFIDENTIAL
confinement. seclusion, legal adoption
Mrs F. Phillips. 18th r. bet. l2th and
18TH So Sugar Sta. Hyland i231-M.
k3o87
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-14
housekeeping Rooms.

|fbFgN ROOMS FOR H. K. GAS
80 rent very reasonable. II Ken
N Hrses. 9Th end 9Th So, off w. TEN.
1880
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-14
Abstracts-Title Insurance

UTAH SAVINGS TRUST COMPANY
furnish abstracts and title insurance
attend 20 all details In transferring and
nortgeging land titles Capital. $3.50 600
23a Main. ur5rq
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-14

E1NCToN; MOD. i-RM APT, COR
= v,in and 1st No. ST Was. 2O27-N:
A- olS4
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CHIMNEY CLEANING.

CHIMNEY SWEEPlNG AND FUR
mace cleaning. Leave orders AZ Drusnl
Il Frankcn'B. Wasatch 100 klgO1
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FOR SALE.
Poultry and Pet Stock.

WHITE oRPINGToN PRIZE WINNERS
Otan state fair state poultry show;
y,ock and Matching eggs for sale. I. c.
F'eISon. 6P7 9th ave. Was S43-R. n2S69
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WHERE TO STOP.

LINCOLN HOUSE, es EAST lsT SO.
$50 rooms; rates. 3sc, i0c and SOC. mod
ern. baths, 15c. n1Ss9
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-14

Wanted-Farms and Acreage.
DRY FARM LAND: BARGAIN
dress H-ii. Tribune oieso
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HAT FACTORY.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

JOHN ]. LAAFF, MECHANICAL ENGI-
neer: structural designing. general
drafting: inYentIng speciality. 902
Kearns bldg. w. 1925. n2Ss6
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snartments Unfurnished.

~. Room APARTMENT. STEAM
~ 10 Is4 So. 9Th East, apt D..
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DENTISTS.
BOWLING ALLEYS.

WINDSOR BOWLING PARLORS, US
Main. Prizes eoch week for ladies
high scores. mSol
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VIZ HAVE MONEY

to loan on real estate. Low interest ard
PROMPT action. FOR FIRE Insurance., can
VS. now.
ALLIANCE INVESTMENT CO..
wasatch lii7. II Main Street.
o1iss
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IF YOU HAVE A BARGAIN WE CAN
sell II: II YOU want a bargain in Real
Estate we have II.
]. L. DENHAN CO.
". t133-J. rs W. End So. So
olll2
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EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT

DIR. ARTHUR BURROWS. OCUL1ST
and aurist: speots cles accurately fitted:
difficult cases solicited. R3a6s
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PERSONAL.

I,ADIEIs1o0o REWARD; POSITIVE
lv guarantee my great successful
Monthly remedy; safely relieves some
OF the longest, most obstinate. abnormal
cases In three TO hvc days; no harm:
81 so Double strength. S2. Or. Is. p,
southington Remedy Co, Kansas City.
Mo els
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vysIER-oNE FRONT THREE
- b,autlful view: no smoke: mod
Euppearlng bed, 26i No. state,
e'''S' n3253
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ID WANTS ARE ONE OF TIE MOST
nsital and most interesting depart
'e1 Of the modern newspaper.
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DfSlRABLE ROOMS. LARGE
NJ. gaS and coal range. .. l.. use
rs'y and nhors. no children. Phone
Aa. 5S2 East ith So. o16i5
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HaoDATloNS FOR TWO OR
a mi isP people in private home. Wa
-H-M o9ia
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|rlr FURN. ROOMS, SINGLE OR
. r1!t.. Incl. gas, e. l.. steam heat,
n IS per month. "a f. Brigham,
|yfe Hotel Utah. o1145
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FOR SALE
Miscellaneous.

iuV' POUNDS TREE TEA. % CENTS
per package: 500 doz. big. sweet oranges.
1vC doz. five tons ca bbape. &c pound.
6pSs OF cheap meats. Eclipse Grocery
IL Meat Co. ol579
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SECONDHAND STORES.

HIGHEST PRICES PAID FOR OLD
clothes and shoes. e. Green. wasatch
Ioo"' o3sl
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BOARD AND ROOM.

|.Apr, 49, ->~~>-e>~~~-~O~~~~~O~~~~
IL MD ROOM. 80 A WEEK
~ 'lso Up. Rear IA E Second
b1a31
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[sooN MODERN. IN BASEMENT.
- i,s: save car fare. 226 East Srd
IS Phone wasatch 5S76-M. or see
~, o371
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-17
PAGE INVESTIGATES
SURVEILLANCE OF
AMERICAN GIRL

Rome. December t6.-The American
ambassador. Thomas Nelson Page, has
requested the Italian foreign office to
Investigate the circumstances surround
ing the surveillance by the Italian po-
lice of Miss Dorothy A.. MacVane
daughter of Prof. Silas MacVane of
Boston, formerly Mclean professor of
ancient and modern history at Harvard
university.
Miss MacVane. who has been MAX
ing "a tour of southern Italy, which in
cluded the cities of Lecee, Brinisi. and
the naval base, Taranto. found that she
was beingshadowed by the police and
that her correspondence had been in
tercepted. 1t was learned that she was
suspected of espionage and she com
municated with her father. who is i'll,
In Rome.
Ambassador Page today sent Arthur
Hugh Frazier, secretary of the embas-
sy, to ascertain from her parents the
circumstances of the case, and the
secretary was informed that Miss Mac
Nane had written to the ambassador
lcxplaining her situation. This letter
was never received. The ambassador
deemed 1t advisable to place the mat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-17
NEGRO CAPTURED
IN SAVAGE HOME
Police Headquarters Noti-
fled and PatrOlmen Are
Rushed to the Scene

BY quick response to a burglar call
Policemen Saunders, Lyons, Whitfield and
Tyler captured a burglar in the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. S. Savage, 712 North
Sixteenth street, at 10:45 o. clock last night.
The negro, who was captured in "a bath
room, gave his name as George Williams.
He was placed in the city Jail charged
with breaking and entering.
According to Call Officer Saunders, a
message on the telephone at 1910 o'clock
informed him of the fact that burglar
had just entered the home of Mr.. and
Mrs Savage. Chief of Police George H.
Bodeker at once ordered all the avail
able men to ride in the emergency car
to the scene.
The automobile loaded with policemen
arrived at the Savage residence in about
three minutes and after surrounding the
house Officer Saunders entered the home
the same way as the burglar through a
side window where the burglar had placed
a barrel to aid him in reaching up to the
first floor window of the house. After
searching several rooms and without un-
duly alarming the occupants Officer Saun-
ders stumbled in the bathroom ana on
the burglar who quickly surrendered
1T is alleged that Williams is the negro
who has been burglarizing homes on the
Northsde for several weeks past.