Armed Children Defend Their Home Against Burglars

Sunday night, while John Morrisey was in the city and Mrs. Morrisey was visiting a neighbor, two men appeared at their home on the Naches and one entered while the other kept watch on the outside. There were two children, a boy and a young girl, at home at the time, and they knew of the presence of someone in the house; but the boy quieted his sister’s fears, and without exhibiting his knowledge of the presence of the burglars, made his way to a neighboring house and returned with Jasper Gillarno, both well armed. At their appearance the outside guard took to his heels, and the fellow on the inside, who had been ransacking the rooms of the upper story, appeared at the window, boots in hand, and leaping to the ground nimbly cleared the nearest fence and made for the north, followed by a fusillade of bullets. The thieves secured nothing, and they were in luck to get away with their lives. This is the second raid that has been made on Mr. Morrisey's residence within the past six months, and the object on both occasions was evidently money. Mr. Morrisey has purchased a heavy navy revolver and laid in a good supply of cartridges with the expectation of giving the next nefarious visitant a still warmer reception.