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Show BURGLAR PUT IP ffe FS IfiHT Aged Widow Shoots at Him as He Is Stowing the Family Plate Gainesville. Ga May 21 Awakening Awaken-ing at an early hour yesterday to find a burglar in her home on a farm several sev-eral miles from Gainesville, Mrs. Jas. S. Longstreet, the aged widow of tho famous Confederate general, opened i fire on the Intruder, causing him to 'leave the house post-haste, abandoning abandon-ing his booty as he fled. Mrs. longstreet heard tho burglar In the dining room, which adjoins her bedioom. Quietly arising from tbe bed, she secured a revolver and TTp-toed TTp-toed toward the room. There tho man was busy stowing the family plato in a sa)ck. She immediately opened fire, shooting five times. Neighbors wiio heard the shooting hurried to the I-ongstreet home, but Mrs. Longstreet had again calmly retired. |