Show WOMAN UNAIDED AGED CAPTURES A BURGLAR CHICAGO Ill III Saturday Saturday Mrs Mathilda Malhilda Mathil 1 da Gates t who Is 62 years ears old has a to her g gt s r-s gea J credit d the capture o or an alleged ge burglar g whom she literally sat upon when she sho found him at work in her home at No lit Ill Honore street When Mrs Gates appeared In Judge Himes' Himes court to give testimony against Joseph Murphy 45 years old arrested on ona ona ona a charge of burglary she told the story of the capture simply and modestly but its outlined details brought th the whole courtroom to attention and gained a compliment compliment compliment com com- from the Judge Later In her home Mrs Gates Gatea recounted recounted re recounted re- re counted her adventure at greater length and went through a pantomime of ot the scene with a vigor that showed allowed her to bea bea be bea a dangerous proposition for tor any burglar It all happened at noon said Mrs l Gates who is of ot a hale Jovial appearance and has has few tew gray hairs I I was Just getting getting getting get get- ting ready for tor dinner and was In the dInIng dining dining din dIn- ing room In the basement floor Two carpenters had been at work in front and they had left lert the door unlocked All at once I heard the sound of ot some one movIng moving moving ing about in tho front room and I thought it was as my daughter I walked Into the front room thIs room this on onto one oneto oneto to to find out If It It was waa my daughter At Atthe Atthe Atthe the threshold I drew back for there was a poorly dressed man mall bending over the sideboard lie He had opened the drawer In which we keep the silver I didn't say anything I didn't give him a seconds second's notice I Just juat grabbed him by bv the chest like this and pushed him back Mrs Gates Illustrated the action by snatching the front of ot her own waist with witha a strong grip Then she he thrust her body forward with a lurch that startled Poll the parrot the only eye ere witness of ot the thereal thereal thereal real encounter I pushed him no so hard bard he fell tell on tho the floor with a a. bump He struck out his fists and wrenched himself free from my grasp Then be Jumped to Ida Ie feet But r int nUl I was not through o with him yet t. t I stooped way ay down and caught hold of ot I I Ithe the bottoms of his trousers I gave both I legs a hard pull n anti ana down he wen went t PI seal irA In This time he fell against the window i j I frame and cracked a pane Once more I got him by the chest and pushed him over lie He trawled sprawled across the floor and his head suffered a fearful bump He lie foucht himself lf loose from me and t Sot up He lie reached for a rear pocket but ut railed failed to produce a revolver lv and then I was sure he didn't have any t from The h me burglar u but rl 1 I next didn't 1 t tried r Intend fen to t to tolef run re let hl B-hl away him liim go KO He backed out Into the entry way and ihre there by good luck luck- lucka U a lay a bl big carpet rolled up t for we are r beginning gl our spring housecleaning n He tripped r over this gu car r- r pet and as he f fell r I r ran 11 forward and l sat t right down upon himI himI himI him I began benn to scream cream Oh how I screamed T The e parrot all aU the time had been flapping around around- the th room and calling call call- ing Ing Mamma Mamma The bird now set to shrieking l louder uder than ever It u seemed as if no o one would ever come At last a man living living across the street t came to my mr aid ald H Ua Ira 8 sat at t down dow en the burglar and I got UP I wanted to summon sum sum- mon the police pollee but I didn't want to leave s Wv my neighbor alone there thue with that bur bur- guar Ilar Pretty been soon noon the to two t had h bf fn to lunch came back and I turned the burglar over O to the three men I hurried to the drug store and telephoned tell tele- phoned to o tV the police When I t f back they had the r wit Def l lb V hI tk the and two of them him tArd him Then Then I realized that were the sitting Bitting For on onI w was all ar over over r. r u danger n er I Mrs Mr Gates Cates recalled an experience twenty ears ago when she prevented Pre n One d a day s she pick r u tr a c child v. v rl She fv e trew saw in the a man man down and held him until help came Those are the only two adventures adventurA er have e ed d declared ever had bad Mrs and Gates Gate I t don t want l an lh ano-lh- n th u I T She lives lI wit with a daughter marriage by her r first marriage Miss Albertine Benson neon TT The I time time young confessed woman ed that that who shim abe was waa would away be be dread at dread th the fullY fumy afraid of a burglar |