Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-15
A Bold and Desperate Burglar

Deadly Assault on a Hartford Woman
 Probably Fatal Results of Her In-
 juries.
 A daring attempt at burglary and deadly assault, which may prove fatal, occurred about o'clock yesterday morning in Hart ford, at the residence of Dr. G. w. Russell. circumstances of the case are found in the Tunes as follows:
 Miss Johanna Myers, 8 woman of not quite 50 years of age, has resided in the family of Dr. Russell as cook for about twenty-five years. For two years past she has been crippled with rheumatism to such an extent as to be obliged to use cane when walking In order to make her sufferings as light as possible, Dr. Russell allowed her to occupy a small kbedroom on the first floor of his residence, in the rear of his study, bath room intervening. The bedroom has two windows, one facing the east and small one facing the north. The small window opens immediately on the roof of the kitchen, which is one-story building, and mostly concealed by a ce-work, covered by 8 grapevine.
 Last night the woman on retiring raised this window about an inch, placing a small block of wood under it. About o'clock this
 
 and slight noise in the room. She saw man standing in the room in the act of strik- ing match on his pantaloons. She partly turned her head and the burglar noticed that she was awake. She was lying on a small bed, which had low head and footboard. Her head was turned toward the door of the room, which was not quite opposite the little window and opened into the hall leading to the bathroom. The burglar, on seeing that Miss Myers was awake, passed to the head of the bed and struck her two blows with a jimmy"
 One blow made clean cut on the right side of the forehead, over the eye The oth- CT took effect on the left side of the head, and is the most dangerous of the two. jagged wound was inflicted, breaking the or bital bone, and, it is thought, fracturing the skull. The blow forced the eye put of the socket, so that it required some skill and trouble to replace it. It is feared that the sight is lost.
 The burglar probably thought the blows would silence the woman, but in this he was in error. She screamed several times, and the rascal escaped by the way he had enter ed. Blinded with blood, and suffering from her wounds and rheumatism, the woman crawled from her bed, through the ball, to the stairs leading to Dr. Russell's rooms. Her cries awoke the doctor who on opening his bedroom door, found Miss Myers coming up the stairs, covered with blood and one eyeban resting on her cheek. The doctor assisted her to comfortable position and roused the other servant girls in the house, one of whom is a sister of the injured wo. man. Dr. Russell then called for a police man
 An investigation of the lower part of the house showed that the burglar had first en- tered the kitchen through window. He had thoroughly searched the kitchen, butte Y, pantry, dining-room, closets and side board, in the hope of obtaining some Yalua- ble silver tableware. but that which had been left there was plated. The %obber then went up flight of stairs, which Ted into tlle. bedroom and bathroom hall, but the door was bolted. He tried to pry this open with his jimmy, but failed There are several marks on the door and cksing nade by the jimmy used by the bqFglar. Then he re- turned 70 the Kitchen knd got out of the window again, and going round to the end of I