The Morning herald., 1878-12-24
STARTLING ROBBERY.

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q We TAXA tina following from the New
York Herald ao.rory ypecya "a. Ism.
One of the most daring and mysterious
robbcries that has been pefpetrated II. this
city for some yeirs recently occurred, . new
York lady being the victim. The details OF
the story, have been kept secret at the Ire
mont House, where the outrage was com
mitted, until last night, when enc Of the
detectives and q professional gentleman
made the matter public. @/ ". s'5lN
STORY OF THE ROBBERY.
As It Is relatod the story shows that on
Thursday aftsrno0D,s December u, ahdy
residing on Eleventh street, New York,
arrived over the Boston and Albany Rail-
| road at tha depot of that sorp0rstion In
| this city, II is stated that she he'd been
passing 4 few days with friends In the
| yieinity OF Boston and that she came 70
| town 10 attend to some business. Be that
| as 1t may, she was met on her arrival q
| the station BY q gentleman aequaintanse
| Who paid over to her I$15C, half Of o sum
| In which he WAS indebted to her. At tho
l The request Of the party who gave her the
| money the lady counted the same in his
| presence. retiring with him for the purpose
10 one of the waiting rooms Of the build
During the sftsr noon ana evening Of that
tday the lady observed Ha mysterious
stranger" sysing her closely, on several
occasions and ID different places. So con-
spicuous and annoying were his attentions
that shs complained OF them to .
gentleman friend with whom she attended
the Boston Theatre.
~ 4 MANlN THE ROOM.
About rwo O'Clock in the morning, as
nearly as she can fix the time, she was
weakened by the presence OF man tn her
room, standing near the centre OF the bed,
at the side on which she reclined. Hc was
of rather tall stature, but the light In the
apartment was % dim she was unable to
get clear view of his features and has but
an indistinct idea of his general appearance.
He stood facing her. frightened at the
/ presence Of the Intruder In her chamber she
/ attempted to scream for help, but bafors
she could utter . sound be elutched her By
4 thu throat with one hand while With the
other he held : pistol at her head,
threatening to kill her II she resisted. As
no caught hold of, her hs threw himself on
1.-The bed, seating himself on her stomach
almost aepriving the unfortunate lady of
breath. AZ he made the movement he
| released his grasp on her throat sufficient
for her to, grasp out -
"For Gods sake spare my life." Lever
| ing his pistol for moment. still slutchinx
| her neck with enc hand he suddenly applied
something wet and of . sicksning odor to
lherface, and she lost consciousness.
EG - TIE D1sdovxRr.I |
Atseven O'Clock in the morning the call
boy -prosssd TO the lady's room to call her,
when a strange sight met bis gaze. The
occupant of the room lay in the bed, which
was In great disorder, with napkin stained
with blood, and which proved to bs
saturated with chloroform, tied over her
face. The trunk wasiopen and the contents
scattered about the floor, and everything
bore witsess to the fact that some person
had visited the apartment with criminal
intent. A closer examination revealed the
circumstance that the door had been forced
spen with q small jimmy, the staple
catching the bolt having been torn from it's
fastenings, the screw still hanging to 1t
with small splinters of wood attached.
THE LADY's CONDITION.
But the lady,s condition demanding
immediate attention the porter gave but q
hasty glance at these things and at once
proceeded to remove the napkin, which was
slmost 4strsngling her. from her face, and
arrange the disordered bed clothing. Mrs.
A. BY this time had partly recovered
consciousness and directed ths porter. to
summon female assistance and send for q
doctor. This was done Immediately and
the housekseper having been notified of the
occurrence WAS soon in the room, doing
everything in her power to assuage the
safierings of the unhappy woman. When
the proprietors of the hotel and the doctor
reached the room the lady was partly
restored to consciousness. The doctor tried
to fnd out what he suspected, whether
any violence had been committed on the
person Of the unfortunate lady, but both
the housekeeper and the lady herself
Indignantly rspelled any such suggestion.
Detectives are busy investigating the case,
suspicion fastening itself upon the Aforesaid
"mysterious stranger"