Connecticut western news., 1875-09-03
ANOTHER HORROR.
Al Merchant Assaulted in his Own Store, &. and Barely Escaping with his Life.

l Al Merchant Assaulted in his Own Store, | z. and Barely Escaping with his Life.
 Another fearful crime has place among the local news items of the day-a crime | whose character is such as to send a shock throughout the country Impell- ed by presentiment that his store was in danger of being robbed, MT. J. H. Noe, an old merchant of New York city, left his home on Sunday morning and proceeded to his place of business on tour of exploration. The erection of a new building next door had aroused his suspicious that burglars might improve the opportunity to invade the premises from the roof and it was this feeling which so weighed upon his mind as to send him down town. Arriving at his store he entered and locked the door on 1 the inside. At once his attention was attracted by strange noise, apparently, coming from the upper floor. Although unarmed (and this is the strangest thing, about the affair, for people do not usu- ally go on burglar hunts so recklessly), MT. Noe followed up the sound until he had reached the top floor, where, at the. rear of the building, and in the dark, he ] reached the scuttle steps,, whence the. noise proceeded, just at the moment when the scuttley was pried open from | without. Springing up the steps and gaining the roof, he promptly grappled with the burglar, seizing him by the coat and then started to descend the scnttle steps, pulling the man back aftet him. Natural y enough, the burglar del clined to acquiesce in this arrangement, l and, being free to use his hands, he drew out jimmy and proceeded to belabor his captor therewith.a Butlthe brave Mr., Noe let goof his prisoner when he reach5 ed the foot of the stairs, and, seeing q paint-iron, reached out for it as weaz pon, defensive and offensive. The bur- glar, however, was too quick for him, and 1 the paint iron was seized by his hand before MT. Noe could grasp it.. The ta- bles were thus turned completely, for the burglar proceeded to use the weapon upon his captor's head with, murderous 1 effect. l'.,l.s.fgf..s s-,,.a:sJ
 l After knocking Mir. Noe nearly sense l less, the miscreant made up bed for him on the floor, hunted up some cord and then bound him fast by the wrists and legs, gagged his mouth: and went through his pockets, securing 8 five hun dred dollar watch and chain and pock- et-book containing twenty five dollars in money. Maddened at not finding the keys of the safe, the burglar again struck his helpless victim on the head with the paint-iron. Then he coolly washed his I hands in water bucket standing on a bench near the scene, and, telling MT. Noe that (" if he made any noise he would come back and kill him." the wretch sprang up. the seuttle steps and left his victim weltering in his own blood and of course unable to help. himself.
 After keeping q1iet for some time, as a Gfe=preserving measure, MT. Noe at length set up cry of " Murder Help! Police ]" which after a while attracted the notice of 8 Mrs. Harris living on the third floor of the adjoining house. She went to the front window and, looking into the street, saw nothing and returned to her work. Still hearing the cries, she went up the scuttle stairs and, raising the scuttle, heard the cry for help sound ing louder than before. Stepping out upon her roof she looked about her and, seeing the open scuttle, looked down and asked what was the matter. The mystery was, of course, soon unraveled and MT. Noe released from his bonds. Leaning upon the arm of his deGverer, the victim of this murderous assault, dripping with blood and having two fractures in his skull, managed to get down to the front door of his store and there stepped out into the friendly em- brace of policeman who had been float ing around in a promiscuous way in search of the party crying for help. At the suggestion of the policeman, MT. Noe went to 8 hospital, and in spite of his terrible wounds was able to walk there. He was taken in charge by the surgeon, who immediately dressed his wounds. There was one, on the left side of the frontal bone, a large portion of which was exposed; at the bottom was Assure where portion of the bone had been dug out by the instrument, and this ifs. sure was near the junction of the frontal and parietal bones. There was also a fracture at the base of the skull, and there were three large lacerated wounds of the scalp, extending across the head and cutting the scalp in a jagged manner in all directions. The condition of MT. Moe is one which makes his recovery somew at doubtful, although. of course, there is hope that his strong constitu
 ton will bring him through in time.