Lady and Burglar.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7932, 22 September 1905, Page 4

Lady and Burglar.

c; ALL A.NT CAPTURE L\ A BEDItOUil, j Tho tables were turned upon a burglar in singular bill very satisliiciurv lashion in the .suml) lown of lliiiiilrii'on] ivci'jitlv. Jt) ihy absence oi Hie family ami servants. who left the pivmisrs locked up ]»ut. empty, tin- hmise of Mr f.Vorg,. Cottrell, ironioumhr. was broken iulo bv a burglar. H<'l urning (o (lu- house alomv J\lrs Coliiel! M-im.! noihing downstairs to aroii.s*. her suspicious. She went up* stairs to hvr room, howvver. an-d there discover* <1 a u:au standing at tlu. l safe, in which the lamils valuables hail b«--n sccuivd, and in the act of breaking it open. I- ort iin.iirlv. Mr.s Coin.-II i.-; a laily of a'hhtic build, standing some (ift in hei-Jit. ;.rrd oi' rvmarkal.de presence of mil,(l. She tlid not faint or lose Ivor head in terror, as many women wouUI have done under such circumstances. but instantly grapple-J Aiih the si rang.i'. seiz.'d him, air<l de.spite his struggles forced him into a room from which ho coukl not well escape whvre she locked him in. 'The house was iiUed with a telephone. and on this she at once l rang up th<v police. Having C-aIU-d (he police she* kept guard at tin? "door of the room where the burglar was imprisons! until ilm "agents of the Aawi appvaml and Unv away tin; uninvited guvsr to durance. The burglar had broken open the jewel case in her room before he was surprised ami captured.—Daily Mail.