The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-11
vent the possibility of their being recognized ana

In the morning. upon taking or the bedclothes,
Mrs Sar s, discovered piece OF black alpaca
10 conceal the features OF one OF the rObbers She
aiterward remembered that she had indistinctly
Cling in the bed with her husband, but did not sr
the time know what 1t was.
MIR. GARDENERS STATEMENT.
Nv wife and myself were svtn El4At,jn0 N ,ha
rear room, the main PeSro6m Of the house on the
second noor upstairs, and were both asleep i was
awakened y hearing sSmstnns IKE the noise q
looked like the gltmmer OF match In the dark.
ness, and then saw human form holding what
wards proved to be such. The very first thing
! DID was to shout as loud AZ l could
DONE So than heard se nos Of Ssn
one man coming forward towards the bed.
How many there were could not see at the time.
in low 10 s tone VOICE. asS nut up" This only made
me shout the louder and continued to do so. and
80 and az the quicker
than II takes TO tell 1.-TWO men jumped from the
loot OF the bed upon us and held US down. The
one VINO was upon mc-he was o very heavy
man and S su no. me by his weight-said
sp ns we for
and shout he pulled clasp knife that looked like
sailors knife from his pocket, and threatened me
with II by brandishing IL above my head. At the
same time, to stop me crying out he pressed his
hand upon my mouth, and
STUFFED SOME OF THE BEDCLOTHEs
into my mouth, while with the other hand he took
hold OF me by the throat heard the man who
was upon me- tell me two or three times to stop
crying, but 1 could not do 1t. was Crazed with
excitement, and, as well as can describe my feel
lngs, It was that! should make as much noise as
possible. l think 1t was good thing did. II
l had been more quiet they would have
gone through the entire house. and would have
laid hands upon everything. While the man was
upon me every now and then the two men on the
bed would speak to the third man Uor by this time
and Instruct him what to DO. He was looking
about the room, with the dark lantern in his hand
and ransacsing everything He first went to the
and deliberately. He then looked about the room,
went over to small desk near the window,
and, forcing it open, took from it some money.
He then returned to the bureau drawers and began
again to ransack them. At this moment 1t was
evidently that somebody was sick or that some
sudden calamity had happened to one OF us, came
from the hail, walked through the door connecting
the front and back rooms. There she
SAW DISTINCTLY THE FACE OF THE MAN
who was at the bureau, and she says she can recog
| nize him at any time she ever sees him. In fact
she says she has seen his face before some
she saw this man and the shadows of the two
others upon the bed she naturally grew
she nad come !" and returned ne
stairs. The men had evidently seen her. All
@ was @ shouting nd struggling with
the knife in the hands OF the man upon me, but he
each time wrenched it out of my grasp, and threat
did not carry out his threat, for was too excited
to stop. hallooing even If I had understood
i
have realized what he did say to me. Just
as the girl disappeared the clock In the hall
an Old-fashioned one, and gives a curious rattle
before 1t strikes. This noise, added to the appear
ance OF the GIRL scared them, no doubt, for both
the men on the bed and the one on the floor started
Off together and made for the stairs. l rushed to
the window. and, throwing 1t open,
SHOUTED WITH ALL MY FORCE.
people In three houses on Fifty1rst street say they
heard me; others in house at the end OF the
counting room OF the Eighth avenue car depot, say
they heard the shouting distinctly Yet no police.
man appears to have heard 1t. When had shouted
appears the men must have found some difficulty in
getting. the outside front door open tsere Is
Just pulled it back and got out on the stoop when
got to the bottom OF the stairs. l followed them
into the street and some houses down. LII fact l
was only about four doors behind them, shouting
s s saw that ts ane
turned to the house and put on pair OF pants and
stockings and went round TO the station house in
FOrty-seventh street. did not meet policeman
till got to the corner OF Forty-eighth street and
Eighth avenue and he had heard nothing Of the
occurrence whatever. went to the station house
| and made my complaint. and they came round to
the house shortly afterwards.
| III answer to question as to
| HOW THE MEN GOT INTO THE HOUSE?
Mr.. Gardiner said THEY came up the front
stoop and got over on to the balcony, upon which
| since been taken away, They then with knife or
something of The kind pried open the latch which
| fastens the window sash down. Opening the win
! dow they found an inside blind with small stats;
these blinds were kept closed by a bar Of wood,
knife cut away two OF the Stats exactly facing
the bar, which Of course they very easily showed
up out OF Its place. All this work was done upon
the outside balcony and in full view OF the street.
They then stepped into the parlOr rummaged
around that, and finding nothing which particularly
took their fancy went into the hall, lighted the
hall gas and walked, suppose, lcisurely up stairs
TO our room, which we never lock. The remainder
Mr. Gardiner then went on to say that he did
not know why the report had not sooner come to
policemen knew all about the affair, and 1t struck
him as strange that it was not paid further atten-
@ that he po %sat
when asked why he wanted e see 4
| emphatically that when the thieves escaped from
the house that any policeman ran after them. He
could see no policeman within three blocks Of the
| house. though he had shouted loud enough to be
/, heard by other people that distance
WAS MUCH SURPRISED
| at the time that Captain Kialea did not report
the case, 80 as to give It some publicity. His ex-
| quiet for the time being Mr. Gardiner added that
he would swear neither OF the persons arrested by
mitted the ' robbery. He knew enough Of their
general appearance to know the difference be-
| the deed. He was quite positive about this.
Mr. Gardiner took the reporter into the front
room up stairs where he showed him bureau, on
cradle quantity of jewelry, which the robbers did
not see, though they had been in the room. In this
apartment also was found bundle OF articles,
composed Of muff, skirt and tidy, all wrapped
up closely and tightly, and smouldering away.
This accounts to extent for the story that the
robbers had attempted to fire the house, while 1t
remains fact that they must have set fire TO these
articles. Mr. Gardiner also said that the usual
watch dog which he keeps on the premises was
away that night ~ also a gentleman who lives In
the house. IL Is supposed
THE ROBBERS STUDIED THE MOVEMENTS
OF the inmates OF the house, as IL singularly hap
pened that the event took place on the very night
when It was more than usually defencelesS.
THE GIRLS STORY
Lizzie, the young girl who played so prominent a
part In the affair, SAYS that when she came down
stars and saw the men In the room her first move
ment was one of fright she, however, distinctly
recognized the man who was standing by the
bureau, and could identify him n she ever saw him
again. Lizzie is very positive that none Of the men