New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-14
A DARING ROBBERS OPERATIONS
|GARROTING LADY AT THE NEW
YORK HOTEL.

\ A most heh.handed and vilsinous affair occurred
4 at the New-York Hotel, Broadway, about O'Clock
Thursday evening" Mrs. Bates one Of the boarders
Of that establishment, sitting quietly and alone IN
Der psrlor no SAY at the time named, waen scamp
whom she had never seen before thrus, himself un-
announced into the room, and without defining even
TO notice Mrs Bstep, at proceeded IN )roe open
her trunk with ehis= or jimmy which he carried in
biz pocket.
With as much compOsure as possible, Mrs. Bates
yentured TO demonstrate with the villain for thus in
wding her premises for. the purpose o. robbng her,
whereupon he turned, and selling the defenseless
woman by the throat with one hand, al the same mo-
ment thrustng the other or into her mouth,
80 that she could notcry for help Unable to speak or
to help herself in the least Mrs. Bates wac held firmly
BY the throat till she nearly exhausted, and, in
fact almost sufocsted. Having properly subdued his
victim, the robber released his grasp, rushed down
stairs and into the street. before Mrs. Bates recov
cred herself sufficiently to sound the alarm.
The fellow is described a. being dressed in black
psns oyercoat and hat and had silk scarf about his
neck He was about twenty -four years of age, and
| had 10 whiskers mustache.
The outrage being reported 10 Capt. Dilks Of the
fifteenth Patrol District that officer made and is still
making vgaDt efforts TO secure the perpetsator Of this
1 most infamous outrage.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
From another source we Learn that Mrs. Bates, who
With her husband has suite OF rooms, consisting Of
psor houdoir and bedioom on the third story font,
Wa taking some refreshment in the buoior which is
fcning on broadway; that the robber entered the
prOr and proceeded to the bedroom in the Of the
hOudOir. The lady hearing the noise, and thinking it
Va Der husband, entered the BEDROOM where she per-
esived the man on his knees with his bs, toward
her, riAng her trunk which he had Just broken open
WITH schisel, which was lying near him She ran for
ward TO demand what he was abor, when he seized
Ter by the throat and prevented her sore aiming, the
~ turning black in the face fom the effects OF the
bgslston. The chsnbernaid came to the door a.
's moment and stood for some two three minutes
without saying anything, thinking, as she has since
aid that 1t was simple quarrel between husbsnd aud
Awfe but when the ruian perceived her he flung the
asdy hom hin on the ioor and running down the back
stairs, escaped. Mrs. Bates screamed as loud as abe
could and gave the alarm but the thief had made good
his escape. When her friends came up, Mrs. Bates's
neck was stained with blood, and a, first sup
posed that he had choked her in such as to
her TO bleed but appears that the blood
from the mans own hand, which he had cut with the
ehsel while breaking open the truuk. Noprepery
was taken. The same fellow was seen short time be-
fore, BY the chambermaid, to enter another parior
Snr Connss) with pass key, but when spoken to oy
her. made an excuse that he was only looking for some
person. and the chambcrmad aving suspicion gave
q" alarm. We aeo lean that an attempt was made
@Nb ~. Ludlow Of Westchester, who boards in the
'A' note, and has rooms N the ers aoor but per.