ONLY A SPOON!

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 72, 26 March 1921, Page 19

ONLY A SPOON!

HOW GI.KLS EFFECTED CAPTURE OF BL'RO'LAR. \ 1 J .More like a chapter from a novel than 1 ,an incident in real life is the story of how I two girls by mere bluff succeeded in capturing a burglar. ' The plan they adopted could not. have more simple, and the chagrin of the ( J man when he realised how easily he had , been deceived was effected in the request :he made :o a policeman to "kick mc good 'and hard." ' The scene of the adventure was New t York, and the intruder was Michael Amio. , [ with a criminal record, who was out of iliri.son on parole. Amio apparently decide.] Jto go α-hurgllng again, and he choose for his exploit an apartment bearing 011 the dnor a brass plate with the sign:—"Bertha nnd Marie Miller, architects." ■| With the aid of his jemmy he had iio ■ difficulty in saining an entrance, liut he was shucked when, a inoitiput iatpr. as he •jwas going into ih dark hall a voice com- ; i mantled him to ■llirop it and hold up your : hands! If you move a step I'll fill you ■ Oil of lead." j A hard point pressed into the small of li:a back, conriced Amio that the speaker meant tue threat. I "I'nn't shoot, ma'am; I won't move," he ~ exclaimed as he promptly dropped his I! Jemmy and flashlight, and shot up his . ! hands. , I -Hist then in Hi,, dim light furnished by | parted portieres at the other end of lh.> hall, appeared a little form lv pink pyjamas. . I who exclaimed, "Why don't you kill the beast. Mario. What's he d..!ng in here?" "I've half a mind to.' , was the reply, "but I think it'll dn if you call a policein.in." The Ruggesttlon was quickly obeyed, anil soon, in response to the shrill blasts fr>.m 11 whistle, a couple of pollt-emen appeared. "I'm jjlud you've come. I'm tired i>l holding this spoon against his back!" re- | marked Marie, as she handed the burglar over to the policemen. "Spoon!" exclaimed one of the officers. "Is that what .yon fooled him with? Well, I'll be jljtge-red"' companion burst into a roar of laughter. Thru Amio pleaded to 'be kicked. When Amio appeared before the magistrate on the morning after his midnight adventure, and was committed to the Tombs Prison to await trial, he commented on his experience. "A couple uf skirts that, have the grit to go into a business like that in a city of skyscrapers like this naturally would be capable of anything," h e remarked to the magistrate.