Daily Republican., 1881-09-14
DARING Robbery.

DARING ROBBERY.
! A House Entered Yetsrd&y After
noon and the Lsdy's COmpeIie,
to Accompany she Tslaf i'm hi
search for Val uahsSE.ra"
One Of the most daring robberies tha
ever occurred In Wilmington, took place
yesterday afternoon in the eastern par
of the city. Mrs. Loudeu who reside.
at No. 42O East Sixth street, had about
half past one in the afternoon finished
her ironing and taken the clothes ny
stairs to put them away. A few min
utes before doing so, her children haC
came to her and asked permission to e
out to play; she had let them out, and
consequently was alone in the house
While she was engaged up stairs il
putting away the ironed clothes, she
heard footsteps in an adjoining room
and thinking that her husband had
come home from work without hel
knowledge, called ont 81 hear you
you can / scare me" when on turning
around she saw u strange man stand
ing along side of her, with pistol in
his hand. He warned her to keep quiet
and not attempt to give any alarm OF
he would blow her brains out.
! The lady was terrided beyond al
measure, and, as she expressed it, felt
as though She was in y horrib e dream
and had no power or will of herself
The thief then asked her where the
money was kept, and upon her telling
him that there was none in the house,
replied, "well I'll see" He then put
his hauh in her pocket, and taking ont
| her pocket-book removed the money,
amounting to s. 20 and put it in his
own pocket, then going to the bureaI,
he commenced to ransack the draw
| trS.
He was about to open drawer sacred
| to the mothers eyes, a. it contained
| The clothing Of her dead baby, when
she begged him 10 desist, and assured
| him that there was no IN mynev there,
when againcame the answer I'll see",
He threw everything ont OF the draw
er, and was rewarded for his pains by
in,.iDg s. in small change belonging
to the children, which he pocketed.
Mrs. Loudon WAS then compelled to
lead the way into the next room, he
taking care all the time to Keep between
her and the windows. where he found
a box belonging to Mrs Louden, which
he pried open with a piece of iron which
Mrs. Louden says was about foot in
length, and was most probably a jim
my.
From this box be took $}j in stand
ard money, and from 81 to s. in old
currency and old coins, which Mrs.
Louden was keeping as relics. Probt
bly, thinking that he had secured all
the booty on the second floor, he order
ed Mrs. Louden 10 lead the way to the
third story, she hesitated, but only a
few minutes for the pistol was again
thrust in her face and "a murderous
look showed itself in his couutenarce,
and the lady preceded him up stairs.
Here he found chest belonging to
Mr. Elmer Louden, the husbands
brother, who boards with the family.
The chest was locked but that made
but little difference to the rouber, for
with the aid of the jimmy, he soon
broke the lock and began rem wing the
contents. In throwing out IA vest a
dollar fell from the pocket to the floor;
this led him to search the pockets, in
which he found several dollars more;
and in ntinuing his search in
the chest, he came across q small box
upon which he used a jimmy. and alb
straCted from it S23, consisting of four
s. gold pieces, and the remainder in
silver. The lady begged him not to
take this money, as it did not belong to
her, and even offered to give him her
husbands watch if he would let it be-
but the offer was disdainfulv refused,
as he said he did not want any watches,
he wanted money.
In the chest was $40 in notes which
fortunately he overlooked. Thinking
that he had obtained all the valuables
from the chest, he proceeded to the front
room on the third floor and was about
to break open "a trunk, when think
ing that he heard noise down stairs
he desisted, and i'll whisper ordered
the lady to 60 ahead to the second story
charging her that ii she dared to speak,
her life would pay the forfeit,
Upon arriving in the room where she
ha first seen him, he told her to sit down
in chair, then taking a sheet off the
bed, and twisting it up like a rope he
securely tied her TO the chair, SO that
she could not move hand or foot. He
then made preparations for leaving, but
before going, he told Mrs. Lowden that
he did not intend to leave the house
for some time, and if he heard her
make the least noise he would certainly
return and kill aer.
She remained quiet for what seemed
TO her an age and not hearing anything
Of him, commenced to scream murder,
until some neighborS hearing her cries
came to her assistance and released her.
During the time he was searching the
chest in the the third story, he had the
lady fastened between the bedstead and |
the wall, to prevent her getting to the
window and giving an alarm. Last eve
ming Mrs. Lowden had not yet recover.
ed from her fright, although she had
freely used different remedies to quiet
her nerves.
The lady says that he went about the
work with coolness that plainly |
showed that he was no novice at the
business. She describes him as large
heavy set man, with full whiskers, al
though it is possible that the whiskers
were false. Information cf the rob-
berry was immediately sent to he May
Dr's office, and the police made every
effort to catch the the rascal but with
ont avail, and it is supposed that he
left the city on the $50 p. III. train.
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