ATTEMPTED BURGLARY.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11847, 21 July 1893, Page 3

ATTEMPTED BURGLARY.

, « i Caught ia the Act. [ An attempted burglary, into which a . ludicrous element was introduced, oc- , curred at the National Hotel lart night. The particulars are as follow:— About 8 o'clock Mrs White heard a noise in oce of the bedrooms facing on the right ofs way which runs alongside the hotel. She 6 cpened the door of the room and was ' completely astounded to see a man's lega ' rapidly disappearing underthe bed, while r the hcusemaidand two of the children 3 slept serenely on its surface. With com- * mendabls promptitude Mrs White rushed t out of the room, yelling 1 "Murder!" 1 ■' thieves !" and other suggestive exple- > tives. A crowd rushed in from the bar, 1 but in the meanwhile the intruder had 3 got from under the bed, and made a dive } for the back yard. He was pursued by ' the crowd, and, making a bold dash for ' liberty, succeeded in scaling an eight foot r fence and tumbling into the gutter of the s right-of-way. Ab he rose he was cona fronted by Mr White, who, anticipating " an escape in that direction, had run 3 round to intjreopt the man. He was B promptly collared, aDd in reply to the 9 natural question of " What are you doing 8 there?" said" Oh r I'm very much off ? cplour, please Jet mo go," The excuse " was too transparent, and Mr White, v> ho 1 is a gentleman of some 17 or 18 stone, '■ replied in suggestive tones, " I'll soon DUt 1 some colour into you ; come with me." |j The police were immediately sent for, and J tho culprit convoyed to the watch house 1 and locked up. He was recognised by B Sergoanfc O'Mally as a man who had baen sentenced in Lyttelton sonw time ago. He was a comparatively young man, c about 25 years of age. Mr White states „ that tbe room entered is next to the one „ in which ho keeps Mr cash boy and other 2 valuables, so the presumption is that the „ accused must have received a hint from c some one acquainted with the habits o£ s . thfc inmates of the hotel. — N.Z. Times.