"Burglar returns for seconds"
The spell of hot weather in September 2023 followed a miserable summer in England. With one of the wettest Julys on record, the country had seen the following month bring a mixed bag of sunshine and rain. Now, the heat...
"Burglar chooses the wrong house to plunder"
It was a sultry Saturday night in late August and Mrs. Wintergreen struggled to sleep. She was on top of the sheets in the buff as she tossed and turned in a futile attempt to drop off. The forty-one-year-old and...
"a burglar get more then he asks for."
At two in the afternoon, no one was supposed to be home, everyone was meant to be at work. A lone figure quietly walked up the stairs, he was not meant to be there. I wasn’t his house, he had...
"A lonely widow tempts the town thief as Valentine's Day draws near."
Things were disappearing in my neighborhood. Jewels, expensive-looking heirlooms, some medicines and spirits. There was a thief in the area; Harry Moser's wife had gotten a peek at him, and a rendering was put up on the town board. He...