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Show Retraved the other day in SanFrancis-co SanFrancis-co by ourUr alarm he had stolen Joseph Sullivan, who was captured by detectives attracted by the clanging of the gong, was given a term of three months in jail for the theft. Sullivan purloined asuitcaae belonging to T. L. McGovern, inventor of a burglar bur-glar alarm. In his haste to get away ; he did not stop to examine the contents of the grip and was about to make his escape when the delicately balanced alarm went off. The clanging could be heard for a block. Two detectives answered an-swered what first they believed to be an alarm of fire and overtook the thief. |