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Show FOOTPAD FOILED By NERVY WIDOW Awakened ut J o'clock jesterday i..ornlug by noises issuing from Hie basement of her home at 43N Twenty-second Twenty-second street. Mrs R. Andrews, a widow, roe and, wending her way I through the dark, came face to face v.lrh a burglar, who had loaded bU frins Tull of Juth of fruit taken hmiu tle basemenl. .Suspecting that her bouse had been catered, Mrs. Andrews had taken an cli' and harmlesfi, but nevertheless dangerous looking revolver from a bureau drawer before starting tier 1 March. 1 I'pon meeting the footpad the woman wom-an commanded him lo throw up his rand.;. The order was compiled with Instantly, with the result that fruit r.nd broken glass was spilled all over the Hour Covering the intruder with the old rivolvcr, Mrs Andrews Irirced him to b.uk out o. the bouse with his bands pointing heavenward, while she called ft intlctilly lo her yons. who ha. I not I H been aroused. Ry the lime the 1 ;. oung men arrived the burglar had backed out of the house and. running swiftly, disappeared in the darkness. ' Yesterday afternoon Patrolman Jo-s"Ph Jo-s"Ph Crompton arrested A. Rohn. a l.ilorer, who had walked into a house on Twenty-first street without first an-lounclng an-lounclng himself, and with the result that a woman and two small children v ere badly frightened. The man demanded n drink of water, wa-ter, but bis request was met with t creams .o lnud thai he took to his l.eels Fortunately O.Hcer Crompton Vhs near and gave chase ' While Ronn's description does not Lilly exactly with that of Ihe intruder In the Andrews home, there are parts .f his make up that fit well with tie: meager description furnished by the I'uvo Utile woman, and an effort will I robablv bo made to Identify him. . 1 1 |