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11-24-2007, 02:08 AM
Amarillo Globe-Times [Texas] | 29 April 1976, p. 44.
Persistent Burglar Gets Wrath of Iron
HOUSTON (UPI) -- The description for the burglar is a bit unusual -- a man
in his 40s, about six-feet-four and 200 pounds with hair graying at the
temples, a burned hand, a bullet wound and numerous dog bites.
The burglar earned the latter traits, plus a couple of hours of stinging
eyes, in three attempts to rob the home of Dr. James C. Johnson.
The first time he got away with a $400 ring, but then his troubles began.
Johnson and his wife Mary tell the story this way.
Last Thursday, Mrs. Johnson returned home from a shopping trip and heard a
noise upstairs. A man came running downstairs and escaped out the back
door with a diamond ring worth $400.
Friday morning Mrs. Johnson was home reading and she heard a noise at the
back door. She went to investigate and saw someone trying to open the
door. She plugged in an iron near the back door and waited. After a
while the man tired of trying to open the door, broke a windowpane over
the doorknob and reached in.
Mrs. Johnson was reading and tagged him with the searing iron. She then
added a touch of tear gas. The man, the same burglar as the day before,
ran away screaming and cursing.
Act three came Tuesday. Mrs. Johnson was unloading groceries and the same
man walked in the house. He pulled a switchblade knife and threatened her.
The family mongrel dog jumped on the intruder. While the burglar was
dealing with the dog, Mrs. Johnson opened a drawer, took out a pistol her
husband had bought her during the weekend and fired.
The burglar left a trail of blood before he ran out the back door and
climbed over the fence.
"We think she probably hit him in the right shoulder," Johnson said. "She
was tremendously afraid -- just numb and very upset."
Johnson said he had taught his wife how to fire the pistol the day before
the burglar returned the third time and he was surprised his wife actually
used the pistol when the time came.
Johnson said although the burglar had received a hot reception at the
house, he expected the man to return.
"He was pretty unbalanced -- I think he'll be back."
Persistent Burglar Gets Wrath of Iron
HOUSTON (UPI) -- The description for the burglar is a bit unusual -- a man
in his 40s, about six-feet-four and 200 pounds with hair graying at the
temples, a burned hand, a bullet wound and numerous dog bites.
The burglar earned the latter traits, plus a couple of hours of stinging
eyes, in three attempts to rob the home of Dr. James C. Johnson.
The first time he got away with a $400 ring, but then his troubles began.
Johnson and his wife Mary tell the story this way.
Last Thursday, Mrs. Johnson returned home from a shopping trip and heard a
noise upstairs. A man came running downstairs and escaped out the back
door with a diamond ring worth $400.
Friday morning Mrs. Johnson was home reading and she heard a noise at the
back door. She went to investigate and saw someone trying to open the
door. She plugged in an iron near the back door and waited. After a
while the man tired of trying to open the door, broke a windowpane over
the doorknob and reached in.
Mrs. Johnson was reading and tagged him with the searing iron. She then
added a touch of tear gas. The man, the same burglar as the day before,
ran away screaming and cursing.
Act three came Tuesday. Mrs. Johnson was unloading groceries and the same
man walked in the house. He pulled a switchblade knife and threatened her.
The family mongrel dog jumped on the intruder. While the burglar was
dealing with the dog, Mrs. Johnson opened a drawer, took out a pistol her
husband had bought her during the weekend and fired.
The burglar left a trail of blood before he ran out the back door and
climbed over the fence.
"We think she probably hit him in the right shoulder," Johnson said. "She
was tremendously afraid -- just numb and very upset."
Johnson said he had taught his wife how to fire the pistol the day before
the burglar returned the third time and he was surprised his wife actually
used the pistol when the time came.
Johnson said although the burglar had received a hot reception at the
house, he expected the man to return.
"He was pretty unbalanced -- I think he'll be back."