The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-09-25
OUTRAGEOUS ROBBERY.
! A Widow Lady Chloroformed ON q
Railroad Tram and Robbed Of 81

From the ST. Louis Democr rat. Sept. II.
The particulars OF one OF the nfeanest, as
well as the most DARING robberles on record,
have lust transpired. Mrs. S. L.oBrennan,
a widow lady who resides when at home IN
lleiena, Arkansas, went to Chicago and
sold some property situated there tor 49,
COO, While In Chicago, wheIashe re-
manned three or four days, she Stepped at
the Rock Island Hotel, though We DO not
mention this fact with the view OF connect
ing this house with, her mlsfortunes after
her departure.
last Monday morning Mrs. Brennan took
the St. Louis, Alton and Chicago train tor
this city. 10 make her treasure more Sc
cure, She placed the package, all In one
hundred dollar bills, IL pocket OF her
third skirt The car into which she was
ushered by the conductor being pretty tuii,
demonstrating sort of a man IN a polite
way sat down IN the seat with her. She
paid little attention TO tho circumstance,
and nothing transpired during the daylight
hours TO arouse her suspicious that the man
beside her was a villain OF the deepest dye.
When it became dark, Mrs. Brennan, Ia
tigued with the long ride, naturally Tell into
a doze. From this slumber she did not
awake until the train had reached st. Lou
is, which was late in the evening On
awaking she was not surprised at the ab
sence Of the man who had occupied the
seat with her, but her next impulse after
becoming aware of the fact OF such absence
was to tcel Tor her money package. :. Her
grief and dismay can hardly be imagined
when she discovered that 1t had been alb
stracted from her pocket. ltwas not taken
in the usual way, by cutting out the peck
ct, but the over garments had been delib
erateIy raised by the expert thief, and the
treasure taken. There was 40 trace of the
scoundrel-he had left the train, and when
and where no one knew, and only
very imperfect description can be pro-
cured of him from the sufferer, who came
to this citv and laid the matter before the
chief of police. She thinks she saw the
fellow at the Rock Island Hotel, and nc
doubt the robbery was as deliberately
planned as it was successfully executed
Chloroforrn was used in the dastardly work
of robbing a poor widow of her all, as It's
effects were plainly discernible when Mrs.
Brennan woke from her slumber on tbs
train. We repeat, this is one of tie r. an.
est robberics on record, as we'll as the most
daring, and the scoundrel deserves the pill
ioiy. bot man possessing sharpness anC
sense emory q to execute such a job, . i:
shTewd enough, usually, to cover up hi:
tracks and effect his escape from the
clutches of the law.
While sitting beside Mrs. Brennan, the
fellow, as if incidentally, asked her where
she was going. She told him to her home
IN Helena, when he informed her he was
going too, and lived in the same place, ask
L ! L L =
replied she did not. Mrs. B. was not de
sirous of cultiyating an acquaintance made
undor such circumstances, and consequent.
~ it did not progress favorably. The
scoundre! was compelled to carry his point
by "a corp de main.
Mrs Brennan is lady of about forty
years Of age, without children. She is, OF
course, terribly cast down by her misfor
tune