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Show Siir.Iji71iL7 BURGLlR, IKiSSElUBIEB :i I TC::I, CALLED OFF CONFEDERATES Inclined Polite Invitation of Youn? Woman to Remain Until the' Return Re-turn of Her Father. NEW YORK, Jan, 6. "Raffles," that most entertaining of "gentlemen burglars." bur-glars." and "Bunny." his amiable and unsophisticated friend, have seemingly taken up quarters in New York. Judging from tha experience Miss Jeannette Thurber had with two courteous and . affable cracksmen in the home of her father, at No. 49 West Twenty-fifth street. Interrupted in his work of going through the room of F. B. Thurber, her father, the head of the gang working in the house engaged in the interchange of airy persiflage with Miss Thurber for a ,few minutes, adding something of lm-, lm-, presslveness to his remarks with a re- volver, and then, leaving her quietly i seated In tho room, withdrew, meanwhile mean-while calling off his confederates. Miss Thurber Identified her unannounced unan-nounced caller after a search through the Rogues' gallery. Albert Matthews, recently released from Sing Sing, where he served a term for burglary, was at once pointed out by Miss Thurber as the man whom she met so unconventionally in her father's room. Miss Jeannette Thurber Is the daughter daugh-ter of F. D. Thurber, for many years identified with the big wholesole grocery firm of Thurber. WhyLand & Co, Miss Thurber Meets Burglar. Soon after 8 o'clock Miss Thurber went to her father's room to leave on his dresser a note she had written him about some household matter. As she stepped quietly through the open door she noticed that the light was burning dimly, and then, with a shock that almost startled her out of her ordinary ordi-nary composure, she saw standing in front of the table in the center of the room, a well-dressed, good-looking young man, going carefully over the contents of a drawer he had taken from one of Mr. Thurber's desks. "What in the world are you doing here?" cried Miss Thurber. ' Nervy Cracksman. The intruder turned sharply and faced Miss Thurber without embarrassment. embarrass-ment. Then he reached down to the table ta-ble and picked up a heavy revolver. Catching Miss Thurber by the shoulder shoul-der the burglar forced her into a chair and thrust the muszle of the revolver between her eyes. , "Now, don't say a word or raise a i cry," he Bald rather angrily. "I'd hate to have to shoot you." Miss Thurber Is a tall, statuesque, fair girl, 24 years of age. and strikingly beautiful. She Is not easily frightened, and she accepted the situation as grace-fully grace-fully as possible. "Sit down," she said, graciously. "Let me talk to you. I'd like to talk this over with you." "Thank you." said the burglar; "you ran easily understand that this is no S o'clock tea." Trn, turning to a corner, he said quietly: "Bill, go upstairs and tell Jack to get out. It's all oft." Exit Two Burglars. From behind a pair of portieres, a heavy-set man who has not been identified identi-fied by Miss Thurber, slipped out and stepped quietly into the hall. She heard him go upstairs and soon after heard two men walk quietly downstairs to the first floor. "Won't you sit down," said Miss Thurber, smiling pleasantly at the burglar. bur-glar. "Father will be home shortly, I hope." "Thank you again." said the cracksman, cracks-man, "but I'm not a bit tired, and moreover more-over I've never met your father. He might think It extremely unconventional of me to be making free of his room in his absence." "No more so than I do." said Miss Thurber. "Why do you do It?" "Oh. largely because It leads to pleas-. pleas-. ant acquaintances." said the young man affably as he backed to the door, and then, more sternly: "Remain seated right where you are for ten minutes. Don't stir. I'll hear you If you do, and It may cause lots of trouble. I may have to commit a more serious crime than burglary if you cry ""-Then, with the revolver still strongly " f - in evidence, the burglar backed quietly I out of the door. Enter tho Detectives. ' A telephone message was sent to police po-lice headquarters asking that detectives be sent at once to the bouse. Detectives Detec-tives Duffey and Phillips from the West Thirtieth street station arrived and made a thorough search of the house. They found evidence of the visit of the three burglars. Nothing was taken from the house except ex-cept a heavy Colt's revoler, the weapon USed to intimidate Miss Thurber. |