Daily Republican., 1879-06-24
third Ed ION.
GAGGED AxD TIED nEssELF.
Confession OF u Servant Girl VINO
Robbed Her Mast r's House.

Robbed Her Mast r's House.
The Milwaukee Sentinel, in a recent
issue says:
From the tins the residence of Robert
S, Williams was robbed the d-'ectives
suspected that Olivia Hanson, the ser
want girl found tied aud gagged with
towels, knew more thaA she cared to
tell, and her movements were closely
watched from day to day. Within the
past few days the young woman and her
sister had been preparing to leave the
city. Olivia, though she had no money
when she left the employment Of Mrs.
Williams, then had enough at command,
and engaged in shopping on a'scale
above the means of an ordinary do'nes,
tic. Yesterday she had her trunks
moved to Scott street, where they were
overhauled by Officer Rehan, who found
among the goods brooch, several ear
rings and wide fiat gold ring, but Mrs.
Williams failed to indentify any ofthese
as worn by the girl on the evening Of
the robbery. Olivia and her sister, in
the afternoon, were taken to police head
quarters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Williams who Were at
the station when they were brought in,
confronted them, and, on order Of the
Chief, a search of their clothug was
conducted by Mrs. Williams Several
rolls of bank bills were found and a.
mong them the paper strip about the
roll that Mr.. Williams had placed in
his desk. Thus trapped, nothing re-
mained for Olivia except to make q
full confession, which she did without
any further hesitation. She haC
planned the robbery some time before
and the evening of Thursday last pre-
sented the coveted opportunity. Mr.
and Mrs. Williams had no sooner left
the house than she set about hel
scheme. To break open the desk and
secure the money, and to hide the
bracelets of Mrs. Williams required nC
particular skill. The silver water
pitcher was carried out and partly
hidden under board to foil the de
tectives and relieve her of uspicioL.-
The money and the jewelry being 81
placed as to be beyond immediate re
covery, she gathered a number of tow
els to bind and gag herself, first slap
ping one side of her face and scratching
it, dishevelirg her hair, tearing thu
sleeves of her dress by grasps anc
pulls, removing her earrings very for
chilly. and also her finger ring. Tn,
gag was readily placed, the feet 81
curely tied. and the hands quite clev
erly adjusted behind ner back Sht
then Frustrated herself in the bedroom
and awaited :he discovery of he
"dreadful situation" The story o
the peculiar discovery, the rescue o
the unfortunate servant girl, the ar
rest of her lover, Charley Duebel, OF
suspicion that he was the thief, because
he had been lowering about the hous'
for time, the subsequent release o
the young man because oft absenc
of anything to implicate him, has heel
told.
The girls ingenuity, while it wa
skiliully exercised in the execution O
a robbery so as to give the case tn
appearance of a burglary, failed her i
the outstanding of her ill gotten gain
Laboring under the delusion that the al
fair was at last passing out of mind, an
aching to array herself in the gay tog
gerry the money would purchase, sh
sundered her relation to the William
family and persuaded her siste
Regina, who had until then served
family of Grand Avenue, to quit he
place and leave. Smith and O'Cono
shadowed the suspected girl and he
sister While they were shopping il
fancied security four eyes were upol
them. On their arrest Sl30 of the $2O
was discovered. Two new trunks III
girls had purchased were hauled to TIL
Police station and searched. Il
Rrgina's was found the pair of brace
lets Olivia had stolen, with the money
and other articles of jewelry, among tn
latter the earrings and ring Olivi
claimed were torn from her by tn
burly rutiian who had robbed til