GIRL CAPTURES BURGLAR.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12609, 25 June 1904, Page 2 (Supplement)

GIRL CAPTURES BURGLAR.

HELD AT BAY WITH AN UMBRELLA. The story of the plucky capture of a burglar by a young girl was told at the Portsmouth Police Courfj* when'a soldier was sentenced to six months' hard labour for breaking into the house of Mr,. Frank Mills in Battonbcrg Avenue, North End, during the previous night. Mr. Mills was away from home, and his wife and two daughters wore alone in the house. t \ ■, ■' • '''"-;', Miss Carrie Mills, who is only 18, was Awakened by a noise about two in the morning and went downstairs, armed with her father's umbrella, to find out what had caused it. • •' . In the diningroom she found a burglar, who had packed up all the silver he could find into a neat parcel ready to take away. Miss Mills promptly broke his head with the umbrella, and when the man,'with blood flowing: freely from the wound, tried to escape through the French window she held him at bay until help arrived, and he was taken into custody. " I am sorry if I hurt him," said Miss Mills to the magistrates, after giving her evidence. She was assured that she need feel no sorrow, as the man deserved all h» got. The Bench, moreover, warmly complimented Miss Mills on her bravery