Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1894 — A Thief-catching Parrot. [ARTICLE]

A Thief-catching Parrot.

“A maiden aunt of mine,” said “George Everett, of Syracuse, N. Y., has a parrot which she could not be induced to part with under any circumstances. This bird is an excellent talker and his cage hangs in the bed-room of his mistress. One night a burglar got into the house, and after fansacking the lower part of the house ascended to my aunt's sleeping apartment and proceeded to collect all the jewelry and valuables he could And. While engaged in this manner the parrot who had been watching him intently all the time, cried out, ‘Halloo: what's your name ?’ The burglar was so startled by the sound of the voice that he dropped his dark lantern, and in trying to recover it fell over a chair. The noise awoke my aunt, and she began to scream at the top of her voice. The thief, now thoroughly alarmed, took a flying leap for the stairway, intending to make his escape. In his haste he slipped, and in falling broke his leg, so that he was easily captured by the servants, who, on hearing the screams of their mistress had come running to the scene.”—[Globe Democrat.