The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-08-28
M DYING OF
BURGLARY SCARE
FEARS w SON

Philadelphia, Aug. 25.-Unable to
shake off the terrible fear hat gripped
her on Saturday night when she was
awakened by a burglar standing be-
side her bed. Mrs. Orlando H. Kepl-s,
of 1920 North; Fifty-fIfth street, shrieks
with terror when anybody enters her
room and at Intervals lapses into a
coma from which physicians are UNI
able to arouse her.
DR.. William d. Bacon. of 400 North
Fifty-fourth street, who is in constant
attendance, despairs Of saving Mrs.
Kepler's life. It is said that the shock
she experienced caused a .clot of blood
to form at the base of her brain. 1t
Is only in rare cases thai a patient in
her condition 1t requires all
the strength Of a trained nurse to keep
the woman in bed when she energies
temporarily from periods of uncon-
seriousness.
Thinks Son a Burglar.
Notified by wire Of his mothers pre-
carious condition, John Drexel Kepler,
Of 104 South Sixty-first street, returned
yesterday from Buffalo, where he had
gone on a business trip. His father is
hurrying home from New Orleans and
Is expected today. When the son en-
tered h bedroom Of his mother, she
sprang from her bed and covered shiv-
ering in a corner:
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Ehrieked. The is a burglar and he is
going to kill me with a knife.
With difficulty she was returned to
the bed, where she Immediately lapsed
into Inconsistencies. The son was so
Mortified by the mental condition of his
mother that he burst into tears.
In her moments of consciousness. the
sight of a man seems to bring back
wildly the memory of the awful mo-
ment when she awakened and saw the
figure of the burglar in her room. A
long sufferer from heart disease, the
shock descended upon her shattered
eryou system with triple force.
John Talent, the suspect who was
arrested early on Sunday morning by
the police of the Sixty-first and Thomp.
son streets station, has been identified
by Mrs. John Drexel Kepler, daughter
inlaw Of Mrs. Kepler, as a man who
had called at the Kepler home last Fri
day and begged for food at the rea1
door.
Mrs. John Kepler was all alone in
the kitchen at the time and she avs
she was frightened by the rough ap-
pearance of the man. He made ar
effort, she says, to intimidate her and
of coffee and some bread, and wher
he had finished he demanded more.
All the while he was eating his eyes
roved about the kitchen. Before he left
he he young to get him
a pair Of shoes. Mrs. Kepler refused
to comply with his request and he
shuffled sullenly from the house.
Man Has Record.
Talent, the police say, has a Grim.
inal record. They declare that he is
subject to violent fits of temper, served
time in eastern p~enitentiary for ag.
%gravated assault and battery. and has
also been arrested on several occa.
sions on the charge of petty larceny
For he last two months he has beer
hanging about the vicinity of NORTH
Fifty-fifth street, and has begged fooc
from many residents. The police arc
inclined to the belief that he is mental
ly unbalanced and it is probable thai
he will be examined as to his sanity
Magistrate Boyle committed him tc
Moyamensing prison without bail OF
the charge of robbery.
The burglar gained entrance to thu
home of the Keplers by prying oper
the screen of q kitchen window. He
went about his work m~ethodically ant
made a thorough search of the kitchen
and dining room. The following arti
cles We're found wrapped in a red tabl,
cover which the burglar abandoned
when the screams of Mrs. Keplel
caused him to flee: A complete silver
service, including a butter dish, cream
pitcher, nut set, bread tray, syru1
pitcher. spoon holder and pickle dish
several dozen solid silver spoons. two
dozen knives, several cut-glass dishes
five table cloths, a clock, and $40 il
bills.