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Show Woman Grabs Fleeing Burglar by the Heels Los Angeles. All thnt the Wiishire "party burglar" got was a thrill when lie visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hertz. And the only reason he didn't get more was because of the resourcefulness resourceful-ness of Betty Lee Howard, twenty-three-year-old assistant manager of the El Cortez hotel in Hollywood. Miss Howard was visiting the Hertz family when she heard the burglar bur-glar In a bedroom. She opened the door just as he was preparing to leave with her purse, containing more than S1O0. Site screamed and grabbed his feet as he dove out the window. In making mak-ing his exit, the thief dropped the purse and barely missed losing a shoe, It was reported to the police. |