THRILLING FIGHT.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9980, 10 July 1925, Page 7

THRILLING FIGHT.

BOY AND BURGLAR

STRUGGLE IN DARK. SYDNEY, June 28. A thrilling fight in the dark between a burglar and a fifteen-year-old boy, in which a big scout’s knife and a spanner were the Weapons, has stirred Bondi to admiration of the plucky lad. The boy not only beat off the. burglar, but recovered stolen money from his poekets. Early yesterday afternoon Mrs B. G. Watson, of ‘Tluka,” Francis Street, Bondi, received an urgent telephone call to the city, and she and her little daughter left home soon after lunch. Her son, Lionel, who is only fifteen years old, bur of stalwart Qbuild, returned home from the Scots’ College at about 5.45, and found that the family was out. He entered by the front door, and hesitated at the entrance to the dining room, which. was in darkness, owing to the electric light switch having fused. There, in the dim light near the window, was a man crouching on the couch. The lad immediately seized up the position. A run and a- leap, and he sprang on top of the burglar. STRUGGLE IN DINING-ROOM. ■ Then the fight began. The two wrestled and fought in the darkness all over the room, knocking furniture over and dragging up carpets and mats.

Releasing himself, Lionel clutched a spanner lying on the sideboard, and the burglar seized a largo scout’s knife which was at the other end of the sideboard. Thus armed, the two. retained to the attack. The robber made a thrust- at the lad, who, however, dodged the vicious weapon, which grazed his arm for about six inches. Then the boy hit the intruder on the head with the spanner and the man made for the window. As he was getting through Lionel pulled half his coat off, and from a pocket recovered £6 in notes that had been taken from a drawer. But the burglar managed to make good h.is escape, though he got nothing but a hiding for his trouble. He had about £2O worth of silverware and cutlery wrapped up ready to take away with him.

Lioliel Watson bears a few minor injuries to the arms and hands, but showed great pluck. Bondi police are trying to trace tile intruder.