Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-11-06

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ANOTHER NEW YoRK RoRnrp,

NEW York, Oct. 29.-The Time
says one Of the most startling robbie
ries ever perpetrated in this city wa
committed At an early hour this morn.
ing, at the residence of . lady in Fifth
avenue. Mrs. Clarence Ogden, the
victim, is the proprietress Of fash.
i0nable boarding -house ut No. 29s
Fifth avenue, corner Of Thirty-fira,
street. About twenty boarders live
In the house, all of whom are highly
connected. Mrs. Ogden occupies en-.
tlrely to herself the parlor floor, which
has two windows on Fifth avenue
and two on Thirty-first street, Mrs
ogden retired about her usual hour
last night, shortly after IL o'clock,
some time afterward she was awak.
ened by . noise in her room, and
looking up saw two men, she thinks
with maeks over their faces, in the
room. She raised herself quickly
from the bed, but before she had time
to utter word or give the slightest
alarm one OF them seized her by the
throat, and covered her face with q
towel which had been saturated with
chl0roform.
She struggled for . few seconds
and fought desperately to rem owe the
towel from her face, but the despera-
40 held the saturated cloth to her
face until she became unconscious.
Mrs. Ogden generally rises at Z in
the morning and superintends break
fast. This morning she did not come
down at the usual hour, and the
housekeeper raped ut her bedroom
door. After waiting half an hour
and not hearing her mistress moving.
she again raped, but received no
answer. She then thought her mis-
tress was not feeling we'll, and did
not attempt to arouse her again.
At9 O'Clock one Of the lady board
ers walked into the front parlor, and
seeing the folding doors leading to
MRS. Ogdenls bedroom open, looked
through, and to her surprise saw Mrs.
Ogden lying ON the bed with towel
In her mouth. She Immediately
walked in and took the towel from
Mrs. Ogden's mouth, and seeing from
the disordered state of the apart
ment that robbery had been COM
mitted, she raised On alarm. Several
servants and . number Of boarders
went to her assistance, and finding
Mrs. Ogden with her hands tied with
rope and unconscious from the ef-
fscts OF drug, they sent for doctor
and the police. When the doctor ar
rived Mrs. Ogden was still uncon.
scious, and did not regain her senses
until nearly III O'Clock. Meanwhile
the detectives who had been sent
from Thirteenth street police station
had made thorough examination Of
the premises, but found NO evidence
OF any entrance forcibly effected
through windows or doors, and It is
supposed the thieves obtained en-.
trance to the house the evening be.
fore and secreted themselves in some
closet in Mrs. Ogden apartment un-
til she had gone TO bed.
After Mrs. Ogden had sufficiently
recovered she found the thieves had
taken about $500 in money which she
had taken from the bank ON Monday,
and which she had placed in Q cloth
pocket and put under her pillow be-
fore retiring for the night. They al
50 took diamond ring from one of
the fingers of her left hand, and, be.
ing unable to take another from her
right hand, cut the diamonds out and
left the ring on her finger. They al
go carried off q valuable travelling
cloaks, but did not remove q pair of
gold bracelets from her wrists. The
room was in great confusion, the bu-
reau drawers having been turned
over and ransacked.
Not one of the inmates heard the
tho slightest noise during the night,
nor was any stranger seen to leave
the house. Last evening, although
Mrs. Ogden had partially recovered
from the shock and effects Of the
she was very sick, and
unable to leave her bed.
In conversation with some of her
friends, she said that when she first
noticed the two men in her room, the
gas was burning, but had been turn
ed very low, and che was unable to
give an accurate description Of how
the men were dressed. They both
wore masks over their faces. One ap-
pesred tall, the other short and thick
set. She remembered nothing after
the towel had been thrown over her
face. The police arc reticent, and re-
fuse information about the matter.