Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-01-02
TRICKY BURGLARS
Quick CT vlit and Fun Of Resource
In Time Of Danger.
DARING N evADlns cAPTUsE.

lnqenioas sehsmes Ussd by House
breakers, When Detected In the AL
Of Rebbery. to safFs Their Pursuers
and Escape the Clutches Of the Law.
The wise Aarglar considers not only
how he miy inter. but also how he
my cape le hhs the Whole thing
olanu,i out % fore emharking on bis
sentri and ,eihlng is lett to chance.
Whcl r Is vt work in Il room he
1snally kst door on the inside. or
Il there L he simply props
chair VII. t ark hard under the
door hanes s. making Il quite i'm
pos.dble fet u W % come ID upon
him unexpr
sometimeS ai fdinary precautions
fail and he n to take others on
the spur Of tat peut. These are Of
ten Of the must raordInary eharac-
ter and may end " doing serious dam
age to llfe and operty
An Instance in point occurred not
long ago at Hapwood. near Iledditch
4 tradesman's wife WIS alone IN the
house ct night when She was aroused
by crcaling sound Opening her
eyes. she saw a rough looking man In
tie room Evidently he knew bis way
about. for he tirtocd to chest Of
drawers and tnak out sniaii ensh box
which held a sum of about S75 With
great presence OF mind the lady re
Trained from screaming She waited
until the man was out Of The room.
then sprang up and hastily put on
dressing gown.
Then she ran out but on ginning the
top Of the stairs WAS met by hIqzp
Of fame The thief. who bad evident
ly heard her get out Of bed bad snatchs
ed up IA pile Of newspapers in the pass
sage below and. heaping them on the
stairs. set fire to them.
1t was impossible to pass the barrier
of fire. and. though fortunately help
came IN time to put the flames out. the
burglar got clean away.
Even more cunning was the ruse Of
thief who raided a house on Woburn
street I.onxm The tenant herring a
noise outside his bedroom door. jump
ed up and discovered that his watch
and chain wee n sag With, ns.Evaits
ing to pitt of - < be boltfh down
stairs and .NsaS fisi IN time to see the
thief rush oat of the front door. He
gave chase. The thief glanced around,
saw that his pursuer was barefooted
and. taking bottle from his pocket,
flung it forcibly down upon the pave
ment in front Of the other
t. householder naturally pulled up
short, just in time to save bis feet.
v lie the burglar, turning sharply
fawn a side alley. disappeared from
view.
The latter case calls to mind one
4 which happened in Devonport or. rath-
er, in Stoke. which is the residential
suburb of that town A naval officer
was aroused about 8 a. m. on a winter
morning by hearing a slight clatter
downstairs. He picked up sword
and went down and located the sound
as having cone from the dining room.
There was a good deal OF silver
there, and he Mt once made up his
mind that burglars were after It, He
tried the door, but found it fastened
from the inside. so went out OF the
front door and rushed around to the
window.
But the thieves had foreseen this
maneuver As be reached it one OF
them flung handful Of pepper into his
face. aud as he reeled back. choked
and half blinded. they both jumped out
and took to their heels.
One Of the smartest tricks ever play
ed by a burglar was in a house In the
suburbs of Worcester The man broke
In at night and. after packing up some
silver below. yentured upstairs to see
what be could find The master of the
house spotted him and called his son.
They located Mr. Sykes in first
door front room His shadow was
plainly visible on the blind. outlined
apparently by candle or lantern.
The father kept watch outside in the
front, while the son went for police
man. When he returned with the Of
icer the shadow was still plainly visi-
BILE. But when they went up and en-
tered the room. behold there was moth
ing but an eiiigy made with pillows
and a suit Of clothes.
The intruder. seeing that he had been
discovered. had rapidly constructed
this to personate himself and had then
cleared or by means Of rope hanging
from back bedroom window.-Pear-
sons Weekly