OUR BURGLARS.

Auckland Star, Volume XII, Issue 3529, 28 November 1881, Page 3

OUR BURGLARS.

Otie Robber lrapped. SHORTLY before 11 o'clock last night, Mrs Tremain, wite of Mr Tremain, baker, Hobson-street, was considerably alarmed by the entrance Into the store of a repulsive looking man, apparently in a far-advanced Btateof intoxication. Thefellowcameuptothe counter with a swagger, and asked if this was a blind asylum." Mrs Treman replied in the nof»ative,and at the same time called to her husband, who was upstairs. When he made, his appearance, the stranger departed, with considerable celerity. The shop was then closed for the night, but the hall door was left on the latch as usual for the convenience of the lodgers who reside in the house. Only a few minutes after they retired from the shop, and before they had gone upstairs for the night, suspicious sounds on the upper floor, as if someone were walking about were beard. It was supposed that there was no one else besides Mr and Mrs Tremain in the house at the time, and they immediately suspected that someone waß lurking about with the intention of robbing the premises. Mr Tremain took the precaution to lock the hall door, in order to prevent egress by that outlet, and then called on the nocturnal intruder Jo come down and show himself. He did come down, and made a rush tor the door, at« tempting to open it by turning the handle. Finding that it had been locked, and that he was caged, he evinced a natural disposition to come to terra?. In answer to Mr Tremain's demand to know what business he had there, he said he had slept in the house on the previous night. The disturbed inmate replied that he would not be similarly accommodated on any future occasion, and without more ado sent for a policeman. The neighbours had been aroused by this time, and a messenger was easily obtained. Things bcaan to look uncommonly dark for the suspected burglar, who showed a singular unwillingness to settle matters, ottering to empty bis pockets and restore several articles which he ndmitted hav» ing taken from one of the rooms npi ta irs, on condition that he should be allowed his liberty. Mr Tremain, however, was so satisfied with such an important achievement as the capture of "a burglar red-handed" that he indignantly spurned the " overtures for peace." A sovereign was then tendered by the trembling 1 captive for leave to '"cut and run," but without success, the captorremaining obdurate. Constable McConnell arrived in the course of tine, and found the prisoner coolly smokinp one of Mr Tremain's pipes, and discussing the prospect of a three months' study of practical geology. He was duly, marched to the Chancery-street stronghold. On being searched, the man, who gave his name as John Taylor, was found to have in his possession solitaires, somestuds, a piece of tobacco, and spine other small articles, the whole of? which were worth about £l, He will be brought up at the Police Court to-morrow.