The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-19

Awakened by the intermit- tent flashes of a pocket search light, as she lay asleep in bed, on the second floor of the man. sion of Chafles G. Waldo, treas urer of the Compressed Paper Box Co.,, in the fashionable Brooklawn section of the city, Miss Libby Colburn, an elderly aunt of Mrs. Waldo on visit from the Middle West, threw the household into consterna- ten at 2 o'clock this morning by her cries of Murder, Police, Helps.,
 Tumbling out of bed, Mir. Waldo grabbed a revolver, and attempted to turn on the elec- tric lights, but the thieves had pulled the fuses out of the switch box in the cellar. He started to pick his way in the darkness of the house to the room, of Miss Libby.
 Miss Barbara Waldo, a prominent young society woman, who was sleep ling in the next room to that of Miss Libby, after making futile attempts to obtain light, bravely set out to her ,aunt's room to assist her. Stumbling over chairs in the darkness she finally reached her aunt's room, the latter by this time in a state of hysteria. Servant girls and other members of the family fearing to stay in their own rooms, also groped their way in the darkness to the second floor of the house. Huddling the trembling fe- male members of the family, in Miss Libby's room, Waldo, revolver in hand. picked his way to the telephone and called up the police. .
 Returning to the room where his servants and family were grouped, Waldo made sure they were in no danger from intruders, on the secbnd floor, and descended to the first floor in search of the burglars. when a squad of police dispatched to the scene from headquarters, arrived.
 With, the police, Waldo went into the cellar first to investigate the req son for the electric power being shut off They found that the burglars had dropped through a coal hole in- to the cellar. and opening the switch box first pulled out the fuses leaving the house in total darkness.
 Unable to force an entrance through the cellar door te the first floor of the house, they climbed back through the coal hole to the lawn and tried to Jimmy" one of the windows. Un- successful, one or more of the crooks, climbed from the ground to the ver- anda, off which Miss Libby's room leads.
 While the men were attempting to penetrate the darkness of the room occupied by Mrs. Waldo's aunt, with the aid of flashlight, and force the window, the rays playing >on Miss Eibbey's face awakened her. Hear ing her cries the intruders fled
 MT, Waldo, in an interview with a Farmer reporter today said, I" can tell you, the folks we've pretty well scared. You can imagine the scene yourself. The Terrified screams of Miss Libby and our inability to ob- tain the least bit of light. stumbling in the darkness to try and find out just what the matter vas I can as- sure the gentlemen wHo visited the house however that should they ever gain an entrance they will meet with a warm reception. as I keep gun and plenty of ammunition handy.
 After searching the house from top to bottom with the squad Of officers, while a squad stood guard outside, the police spread out through the dis trsct in an effort to arprehend the burglars. but TO trace of them could
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