Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1912 — Got In the Wrong Home [ARTICLE]

Got In the Wrong Home

“It’s Me, Dearie,” Failed to Assure Mrs. Roseman When Patrick Murphy Took Off Shoes. New York. —Having spent the night n ■iwnnm —~ m, i ~,<-**"*■ ■ mi »■ Jp* merrily with companions, Patrick Murphy started for his home, at No. 87 Eldert street, Williamsburg. All dwellings looked alike to Murphy at that hour, and he picked the one around the corner at No. 562 Hamburg avenue as his own. The house is occupied by Henry P. Roseman, and as Murphy’s key unlatched the front door he walked in. Making his way softly through the darkness, he went to the bedroom occupied by Roseman. Murphy was taking off his shoes when Mrs. Roseman was awakened and asked who it was. Murphy, who was in excellent humor, replied: “It’s me, dearie. I met some of the boys.” Mrs. Roseman screamed, and her

husband, leaping from bed, grappled with the intruder. Murphy, who thought there was another man in his room, struggled until the shrieks of Mrs. Roseman brought Policeman Walsh. At the station house a charge of unlawful trespass was made against Murphy. Later he satisfied Magistrate Hylan that he had entered Roseman’s house by mistake and was let go under a suspension of sentence.