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Show WOMAN CAPTURES A BOLD THIEF New York, March 1. Supposing that It was hor husband who had slipped quietly Into the parlor of hor Brooklyn apart menf, Mrs. Win. Allen, awaiting his arrival in the darkness of an adjoining alcove, thought she would play a good Joke on him by remaining silent. She kept quiet for u long time, but finally went into the parlor.. - Instead of meeting her husband, she found herself face to face with a stranger, who v.a-v calmly taking down oil paintings and tapestries from the wall, with a noiseless touch. Confronted Con-fronted by Mrs. Allen, he dived for tbe door. She grappled with him, but he hurled ber over and ran down stairs to the street. Mrs. Allen picked herself up and pursued blm. After a chase of nearly a mile the would-be burg!?r stopped exhausted. Mrs. Allen Al-len kept him prisoner until a newsboy brought a policeman to relieve her of her charge. |