Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-08-12
A DEATH-DEALIyG BURGLAR.

A Brooklyn Merchant MIHTderOusIy At
tucked BY IA BHrEnr, who subst auentIy
Falls In his EndeRvOr TO Escape, and
Produces COacHssiOn of the Brain.
About three O'Clock in the morning
Mr.. Sylvester Hondlow, a wealthy mer-
chant residing on Brooklyn Heights, was
aroused from his sleep by noise on the
parlor floor. Dressing hastily, he hur-
ried, unarmed, down stairs and entered
the front parlor from the hallway, thence
he crossed rapidly into his library in the
rear. No sooner had MIR. Hondlow en-
tered than man sprung upon him with
a Ratchet and dealt him four violent
blows with the weapon upon the side of
the head, and three upon the shoulders.
Though man we'll advanced in years,
Mr. Hondlow struggled desperately with
The burglarious assassin for several min
utes, when the ruffian desisted and fed,
the noise of the deadly encounter hav-
ing aroused the entire household and
brought them upon the scene.
The cries of the frightened inmates OF
the domicile on beholding the injured
gentleman bathed in blood, which flow
ed III great streams from his wounds, at
tracted the attention of a neighbor, and
he started off, on learning the cause of
the noise, in quest of a policeman, to
whom he communicated the circum-
stance. DR.. Nissan was Immediately
summoned to attend to Mr.. Hondlow.
Sergeant John Eason was called to go to
the house, and on reaching there he
found several officers The sergeant
found that pane of glass had been
broken in the window of the extension
on the second floor, which looked out
on the roof of an Enclosure below. He
found that the silver on the side bureau
in the front basement had been disturb
ed. but there was no sign of the burglar.
On retraciDg his steps the sergeant
went out on the roof of extension, and
there he found few spots of blood.
AS he came to the window of the house
adjoining, which is the residence of Mr..
Charles r. Storrs, he noticed that a
pane of glass had been broken there, and
that the house had been entered. The
occupants of the mansion were uncon-
scious OF the fact that they had enter
tanned such desperate and unbidden
guest till the officer notified them. A
very careful and thorough sea CHI of the
house was instituted, when it was found
that the burglar had taken quantity
silverware, and had opened bottle of
wine, of which he had drank about two
thirds. Sergeant Eason then went out
into the yard, and on looking around the
corner of the base of the extension he
saw lying on the tagging the form of
man. He caught hold of the fellow,
when the latter jumped to his feet and
struggled with his captor for couple of
minutes, and the officers coming up he
was firmly secured. The hatchet with
which he cut Mr.. Hondlow was found in
the parlor where he dropped it. When
the three officers were about the pris-
oner, after they first secured him, he
exclaimed "Don't hit me and will
go with you" The sergeant, recognize
ing the Importance of having the ruff
fan fully identified by Mr.. Hondlow,
brought him, with the permission of the
doctors, before his victim. The injured
man sat upright, and, extending both
hands toward the burglar, he exclaimed,
with much animation You scoundrel
you That is the man who struck
me !" AS the patient said this he work.
ed himself rapidly toward the edge of
the bed and made an effort as though
about to get up and renew the conflict
with his would-be assassin. care you
positive about your Identification of the
prisoner 2" again asked the sergeant.
'' Yes; that is the man, -" replied the pa
tient.
The prisoner was marched to the sta
tion house, where, in answer to the
questions put to him, he said that he is
a native of Italy; that his name is Will
liam Kellow, thirty-two years of age, a
laborer ~ occupation, and that he re-
sided in New York. The prisoner had
on coat belonging to Mr.. Storrs, and
in the pockets of the coat were found
$75 worth of napkin rings, spoons and
forks. On his feet was a pair of boots
which also belonged to Mr.. Storrs.
After arriving at the station house the
burglar fell unconscious, and his pulse
ran down as low as forty eight, the
symptoms developed being those of con-
cussion of the brain. An ambulance was
procured and Kellow was conveyed to
the city hospital, where two policemen
were assigned to the duty of guarding
him. The injury to the brain was sus-
tanned, it is believed, by falling from
the roof of the extension at Mr.. Storrs'
residence to the tagging in the yard be-
meath, a distance of eight or ten feet.
The man died the next day.
An examination of the injuries sus-
tanned by Mr.. Hondlow revealed the
fact that the outer wall or casing of the
skull has been fractured, and several
pieces of the bone were removed by the
surgeons in attendance. They state that
the inner lining of the skull is intact,
and, relying upon the vigorous constitu-
ton of their patient, despite the disad-
vantage of accommodating years, they
hope for his ultimate recovery, though
they admit that his condition is at pres
emit critical.