Eureka Reporter | 1905-06-23 | Page 7 | Set the Burglar Right

SET THE BURGLAR RIGHT squire was angered at dullness of the intruder this Is one of the many stories told ot old squire latham a plymouth county attorney ot some years back it fully illustrates his coolness and love of method he was awakened one night by hia wife who told him she thought there were burglars in the house the squire put on his dressing gown and went downstairs in the back hall he found a rough looking man trying to open a door that led into the baab yard the burglar had unlocked the door and was pulling it with all his might the squire seeing the robber s predicament di called to him it dont open that way you idiot it slides back boston herald