AN ENTERPRISING BURGLAR. ACTS AS NURSE.
On 10th February, a Chicago flat occupied by Mr. J. S. M'Cullougti, an official on the Southern Railway, was broken into by two meu, reports a corlespondent. Mr. M'Cullough has been seriously ill for some time, and was in bed, but had been temporaiily left alone. It eccms that while one man was lan&ackiug the tlat hih accomplice constituted himself as nurse. For an hour this tender-hearted burglar tended Mr. M'Cullough with the utmost care, and saw that he lacked nothing by tho absence of his regular attendant. He cooled the patient's lips with water, and administered medicine and rearranged the pillows for him many times. In addition, he noted on the nurse's diary, which lay at the bedtide, the 6ick man's temperatuie and pulse. As soon as the second burglar had collected all the valuables in the place the two departed without leaving any clues to their identity.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 71, 26 March 1910, Page 15
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