Daily Republican., 1881-03-14
BOLD ROBBERY BY DAYLIGHT

FOar Mem Invaue A BFe0kiyn
Houss-rhe Mistress Of ins
AOuse, Mev Servant and . Rear d
or BUana-Benas, Money. and
Ormmmonss Valued nc Ssse Sto'
lon.
q A daring robbery was perpetratsd
d Saturday morning In Brooklyn ~ No.
: 100 Second place. Ornaments valued
] At sbsut 5000, three 81 900 bonds and
I Q small sum OF money we're stolen. The
, houss is occupied by Miss Elizabeth
. Roberts, her brother, Mrs. dranshaw,
employed as q ssamstress, and Misa
Catherine Clayton, q domestic. Dr..
. Roberts, the brother Of Miss Roberts,
left home about . O'Clock, and while
salking down Court-st. noticed two
msn who followed him to Carroll. st.,
aud then turned back, as he was svi'
IDENTITY goihg down tewn. A broken.
down wagon, occupied by four men,
! stopped at the Roberts residence an
hour later. Two Of the men went up
to ths basement door and Miss Clayton
ans wsrsd the bell. They wished TO
see Miss Roberts, and the girl went to
inform her mistress. The two msn In
the wagon we're admitted BY the others,
and sslzed Miss Roberts and the domes
tie. Rsvolvers were produced, the
screams Of the women were quickly
hushed, and Miss Roberts was tied to .
chair. The servant was held in q chair
with q revolver pointed at her head.
Misc Roberts was told that the gang
would "hAvs no humbug." They
\ wanted everything she had and As
quickly as possible. Tho woman, hall
} dead with fright, drew from her bosom
thres 81, 600 mortgage bonds, Of which
r she was quiekly relieved. Two Of the
gang watched the women while their
companions ransaeked the house. They
/ found q pair OF diam mond earrings, the
property Of Miss Roberts, worth $500,
and diamond brooch valued At $75
, Ths thieves left the house by the base
msnt and drove rapidly down Conrt-st,
A nsighbor was informed by two boys
, A. whom one of the robbers pointed q
revolver, of the uspicious action OF ths
men, and OAiCer ConLery, OF the Third
! Precinct, reported the case at the Bat.
Ter Stree. station. Detective Roche
and Nah pney and eight officers hurried
10 the scene Of the robbery, and Miss
Roberts related 10 the police the story
ofthe robbery as given. Sne described
the appearance Of the men as follows:
One was about thirty Ave years OF age,
broad shoulders and about five feet
ten inches in height. His brown suit
, vas dilapidatsd, and he wore q slouch
ha:. Another was about twenty seven
years old, with 3 smooth face and dark
). complexion and hair. The third was
about Ave feet six inches in height,
about forty years old, stout and gray
/, whisksred, and the fourth, dressed IL
q striped suit, haA black eyes and light
mus:ashe and whiskers, and was
about Ave feet ten inches tall.
An alarm was sent out N all the
Brooklyn presinots and TO the CentrA
Ofioe in the city. 1t is said that thsrt
a was a large amount Of costly ernameut'
In the house which escaped the notios
of the thieves.
A Tribune reporter called at No. lot
second place yesterday attsrLoon. A
y crowd OF urehins WAS curiously watch
4 ing the house. Ths bell WAS answer &C
: by Miss Catherine Clayton, whose ap
8 pearance Is by no means prepossessisg &
s See said Miss Roberts was not in, but
I consented to give her version Of the
}. robbery, which was US follows:
:, A wagon covered with soms black
stuff and striped with red was driven
/. up to the house about ten O'Clock this
= morning. was up stairs when the
basement bell rang. Miss Roberts who
u was down stairs called TO nae to come
! down and 60 to the door.
Two men asked to see the lady OF
a the house. tsld them to stay there
q minute until could call her, but one
Of them Immediately knocked me down
put his knee on my throat and his
hands over my eyes. His companion
secured Miss Roberts. Two other men
lsaped from the wagon and tied our
han ls to our backs with a rore, my
, apron was torn into strips for tandages
which were tied over our eyes.
Toe robbers then went up stairs and
took the p'Sket-bvok Of Mrs. Gram
shaw, a boardsr, and removing its con-
tents threw 1t on the floor. Then they
; brought her dOxn stairs and tied her
too. They threatened to kill me il |
? didn't tell where Miss r. . jswslry was.
A pistol was pointed at my head. |
I said the jsWtlry was in a closet In tn y
kitchen.
They went through the box and took
believe, diamond pin, two pairs OF
,, diamond earrings, two pairs Of gold
t bracelets, 3 gold necklace and 3 set OF
cameos. fkey also carried d pocket
book which they found in Miss Roberts
possession. The pocketbosk contained
three 81 900 frst mortgage bonds OF
Cairo, Illinois, and about $50. The
robbers then disappeared.
/ got my right hand loose and tear.
ing the bsndases from my face called
"Police."
Il In conversation that followed Miss
I Clayton remarked that . policeman
, ua,ied her hands after she reached tho
street. The reporter called her at
ten:ion to her previous settlement, and
she corrected herself by saying that
the cord that bound her right hand
"gsve" slightly and she could just
reach the bandsge over her eyes and
tear 1t of.
Ats late hour on Saturday the police
obtained an accurate description Of the
articles stolen.