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BURGLAR VISITSJAMES MILLIKINHas Quiet Half Hour Interview and Leaves V/ith Only 45 Cents and a Watch.A burglar entered the residence of James Millikin about 3 o'clock Saturday morning.When Mr. Millikin awoke he found tLe burglar standing- over him holding* a lighted candle In one hand and a ytvolver in the other.After going through Mr. Millikin1 s trousers and securing his watch and 45 cents the burglar left the house.Before going away he and Mr. Milli-kin held the most interesting little meeting ever heard of. In fact each found the other quite entertaining,MASKED.Mr. Millikin says that It must have been about 3 o'clock in the morning when he awoke and found the man at bis bedside holding a stump of candle In one hand and a revolver In the oth-§d. He wore a mask which concealed ail the lower portion of his face and the revolver was pointed at Mr, Milii-kin. There could be no doubt as to the object of his call.I want your money/ said the visitor fn a voice that was half a whisper and yet could be distinctly heard,“TAKE ALL I HAVE.You are welcome to ail that I have/' replied Mr. Millikin, “but I'm afraid you won't find much. I*am almost sorry that I haven't more for you. You iviJl find every cent that is in the house n the pockets of my pants there.Keep your hands under the cover ind don't look at me, admonished the urgtar, You can talk to me all you ike but you must look in some other Urection.”SEARCHED TROUSERS.The pockets of the trousers wereMrs. Millikin said that she had not a cent‘'Have you any diamondsV She admitted that ahe^had.Show me where they are/'Mrs. Millikin replied that he would have to wait till the bank opened In the morning.QUESTIONED.Then followed a rigid cross-examination similar to that to which Mr. Millikin had been subjected. Mrs, Millikin was finally ordered to go back to bed and the burglar escorted her to see that; she got in bed and covered up.Mr, Millikin became somewhat ex-' asperated over the long and nerve-racking interview and more than once he had suggested that the burglar finishwhat he was about and leave thehouse. Finally he said; It seems to me, my friend, that you are acting the part of a chump. I pretend to be a banker and you are a burglar. We are both in it for the money and we are both supposed to understand our business. You, of all men. ought to know that I of all men would be least likely to have money or valuables in the house. A few years ago I paid seven or eight thousand dollars for a safe in which to keep things of that kind and you ought to know that I would keep them there/'FINAL INSTRUCTIONS.The burglar was at last convinced that he had made a water haul. In the way of parting instructions he said to Mr. Millikin:Now, you stay in bed and do not attempt to notify the police of this. The best thing for you would be to say* 1 Tsummoned Constable Roy Bendure, who came with one of hie blood hounds. The dog scented articles handled by the robber and immediately took a trail. It followed the trail from the Millikin home back of the Hill residence, then to the north fence. When it reached the north fence, the dog jumped over it and lost the trail.Constable Rondure took the dog back three times, and three tfmes the dog did the same thing. Then the dog was taken all around the fence. It failed to pick up the scent. After that Ben-dure and the police examined the ground near where the dog had jumped tho fence and found that a buggy with an inch steel tire had stood there. The horse had^cropped a little of the grass where it had stood. The rig had been headed west, but later had been turned back to the east. A footprint could bo faintly traced where the'buggy had stood, but it was not definite enough to be of any use.MIGHT HAVE GOT SOME.Mr. Millikin said this morning that had the burglar had enough presence of mind to have awakened the cook, or to have called at the stable and aroused the man who takes caro of the horses he might have secured some money.“I am not sure that they had any money, but I know that I hadn’t any to speak of/' said Mr. Millikin.FIRST TIME In telling the police about the occurrence Mr. MiUlkln said:'T have told my wife a good many times to go to bed. Sometimes she went and sometimes she didn't. When
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Decatur Daily Review
Decatur, Illinois, US
Sat, Jul 09, 1904
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