Morning journal and courier., 1882-02-24
A Woman Under the Bed.

Surprised Legislator Solves a Mystery |
The Woman Halls From New Haven.
On Tuesday evening Representative D.
Ward Northrop, of-Middletown, went to his
room on the second floor of the Park Central
Hotel, Hartford, for the purpose of retiring.
Before getting into bed he securely locked
and bolted the door. When he arose in the
morning, after dressing, he put his hand into
his pantaloons pocket to ascertain if his
funds were safe, and found to his great sur
prise that he had been robbed of a roll of
bills amounting to $27. He at once examin-
ed the door and discovered that the bolt had
been drawn and the key turned back in the
lock. Notice of the theft was given at the
hotel office, but nothing could be ascertained
as to the perpetrator of the robbery, nor
could any probable conjecture'be made as to
how the door had been unlocked and the bolt
drawn. The legislator gave it up, but re-
lated the affair the next day to number of
Representatives with whom he was dining,
among whom was S. w. Bradley, Representa-
tive from Canaan and superintendent of an
iron mill in that town. Mr.. Bradley before
retiring to bed Wednesday night thought he
would look around. He found nothing in
the closet and then proceeded to look un-
der the bed. There he a crouching
figure. He looked again to make sure and
the figure moved. Mr.. Bradley is powerful
man, and he felt himself able to cope with
the thief. He reached under the bed and
taking hold of the object concealed there IN
tremendously snaked out, not a man. but
we'll dressed woman.
Finding woman under his bed was find
wholly unexpected, and Mr.. Bradley was
thunderstruck. Here was a predicament.
Mr.. B., still retaining his hold upon his cap
tive, marched her across the room to the bell
pull and sounded the alarm. The woman,
seeing that she had been thwarted in her
little game, coolly said to him ''When they
come tell them you want glass of water"
Mr.. Bradley replied 81 am going to tell
them to hand you over to the police"
In response to the call the proprietor of
the hotel and one of the clerks came up, and
found the thief still in the clutches of
Mr.. Bradley, who was clear-headed enough
not to let go of her and thus give her any
chance, by whatever unexpected device on
her part, to compromise him in the aspect of
the situation AS soon as they came into
the room, the quick-witted woman under
took to turn the tables against her captor by
saying: eve had a little Irritation at the
table, and this gentleman gave me note
asking me to come to his room"
Mr.. Bradley answered, ''Pll give you 800
if you can show the note.'
ooh, I've lost it," she coolly answered.
Hand her over to the police" said Mr..
Bradley-and this ended the matter SO far as
| the hotel was concerned. A policeman came
but no valuables were found on the woman
The Post says: She was taken to the station
house and locked up for the night She
went to the Park Central Hotel on Tuesday
and registered as Mary Palmer, of New Ha-
ven. At the station she gave her name as
Mary Allen. She is small in stature, aged
about 25 years and respectfully dressed. In
the police court yesterday morning she was
charged with burglary, and the case against
her adjourned until Wednesday next under a
bond of $500. While in court she kept up a
continuous string of talk, and when Judge
Adams, who presided, ordered her to cease,
she still kept on, and was ordered to be COM
| mitted to jail for ten days for contempt.
From her mode of proceeding it appears
| that she is an experienced thief, and Mr..
Bradley's prompt action cannot be too
highly commended