New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-09
THE Attack on MRS. FULLER.

HIGHWAY ROBBERY AT MONTCLAIR.
THE I,pY's ACCOUNT OF THE ATTACK AND nE-
scEIpTiON OF HER AssAILANT-THE RoBBER
NOT ARRESTED
The village Of Montclalr, Y. j., which was aroused
from its habitualy quiet state by the homicide re-
Gently occurring within its borders, appears
TO have reapscd into a condition of tor
piditv, and the garrOtlng OF lazy
of wealth and respectabihty in daylight and in one
of thGprinciD1l streets ofthe towh has caused lit
lie excitement among the residents. The incredu-
lity with which the story of Mrs. Fulers robbery
was received in MontciaIr on Tuesday evening had
not been dissipated Yesterday by the clrcum9tan-
tai reports of the occurrence as related By
the morning papers, and when questioned on the
subiect the reply of many of the citizens was, l
don't take any stock in the story" A reporter OF
Tar TRIBUNE obtained at MOntclair yesterday the
following facts regarding the robbery and the lady
robbed: Mrs. Fuller the wife of 6. w. Fuller the
head of one of the departments of A. T. Stewart ~
Co.'s Chicago branch house, had been for some time
at the Hillside House. fashionable boarding house
kept by Mrs. Pcet The father OF Mrs. RULER,
r. n. Beeckman, of No. 10 Cedar-st, New
York. with his wife and son, Z. Ten Eyck
Beeckman were also living at the Hillside House.
AZ twenty minutes past on Thursday evening,
Mrs Fuller left Dr. e. w. Buffers Office in Full ton
her sick child. and set out on her return TO the
boarding place. When IN ChuTch-st., about a block
from ITS junction with the main street, and within
sight of il, she noticed well-dressed
man coming down the walk toward her.
He was tall, with dark hair. flowing whlskerS.
and wore black clothes and a stiff black hat. The
man did not walk straight along, but moved from
side TO slde as Mrs. Fuller thinks. to sec that
no one was coming along behind him. There was
nothing alarming in his action. aud Mrs. Fuller
continued walking toward home When she was
Just at the edge of culvert which spans htte
brook and within fifty or sixty feet Of the house of
Joseph Doremus, the man came along by her side
and at once threw an arm about her neck. forcing
sponge. or other substance into her mouth. Mrs.
Fuller Is quite sure that there very little chic
reform upon it, if any. She has no remembrance of
smclhpg IT, and no one at the house perceived the
Odor of choroform on her return. Mrs. Fuller says
she lost consciousness momentariy however. and
on recovering found herself still in the grasp of the
man. He had taken her pOcket-bOOk from her hand
and it lay at her feet. He next made an
effort 10 remove her bracelets from her wrists but
as they were securely fastened he did not succeed
readily. a voice crying Jim, Jun was heard at
this juncture, proceeding from a house IN the
neighborhood and the highwayman, throwing Mrs.
FulIer from him sprang over the edge of the bridge
ana disappeared from sIgu'' NIB UNIV sV' up
picked UP her pOcketbook and hurried 10 the house
in a dazed manner. She said she may have met
q half dozen or forty people before reaching
home. but could not tell whom. She was too con-
fused TO cry out or give any alarm. Nothing was
said either by the man or by herself during the
struggle.
After reaching The house she fastened up stairs,
her thoughts bent upon her child. and the
medicine she had for it. In a few minutes
Abe came down and related as clearly