ARMED BURGLAR

Timaru Herald, Volume CVI, Issue 16308, 9 August 1917, Page 2

ARMED BURGLAR

THREAT TO SHOOT FACILITATES -ESCAPE. A sensational affair occurred at Waiigauui, just before daylight last Sunday luormug ni a, residence on Hiverbams. road. The liouse L> 'tenanted by a, business mail aud his family. Ho was awakened by what appeared to be tile sound or a window being tauuously opuned and a sliglu bump, but he did iiot pay much attention to it and dozed off again. A daughter in another room awoke to find a man bonding over her wuli a revolver in his Jiand. "Don't say a word/' said the man, '-or I will shoot you," Tha threat) did not deter the young woman from using h er l UIlgS! ior Jlo| . scrcalufi SQOU aroused tho other inmates. Tiie householder jumped out of bed and rushed into the passage. Here ho met the burglar, and grappled with him, but the latter pointed the revolver into hi* assailant s lace, and said in decisive tones, go, or I'll shoot."' To let go n;is obviously tho only safe course to adopt, as the intruder evidently meant, busmen. He backed awav, ali'd then ruslied ami craped through the bathroom window.

it appeared that the burglar had removed his hoots before breaking into the house, as alter J, x hurried Uight ,>.... ; w,s tound m the. yard, a souvenir whi.-h he-- U-.-I1 handed over to the police. With considerable ciinnin"- he nad placed a row of p,,t plants outside the back door, the evident intention being to trip any pursuer. From what ''oiild be learner! it appeared that the l'UMilar did no: z--l away v. ith anvthini- of value, but the family ), ; an exciting experience.