St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-28
A MAID WITH MUSCLE.
How Plucky Lady Captured Burglar
After a Most Desperate
Fight.
Seeing Man Packing Up Fer En-
ployer's silverware, She Attacks
and Holds Him.
Attempt of n Rockford Rufhan TO
Burn Down His store With All
Its Contents.
Hyde Park, ILL.,, Mourning the De-
parturefor Canada of Nice but
Crooked Counsellor.
Captured a Burglar.

Special to the Globe.
New YORK, May 27.-After closing the
doors and windows Of the house OF Mr..
Joseph Fields, No. 237 West Thirty-htth
street. Mary Blank, the servant girl. 10
years old, went upstairs to her room on the
third floor. While she was thus engaged
she heard a noise in the kitchen. and with
out telling anyone of her intentions she
partly dressed herself and crept quietly
down stairs. When she reached the lower
hall she saw dim light i'll the dining
room. Opening the door very softly she
saw thick-set misunderstanding man on his
knees on the floor busily engaged in
storing away lot of Silverware belonging
to Mr.. Field in large black bag. Mary,
although greatly terrified at the sight of the
big ruffianly looking burglar, did not lose
her Self-possession. She knew that il she
was to ascend the stairs and cry for help
there was a possibility of the thief escaping
entirely, so she determined not to Go so.
The moments of waiting while her masters
silverware was being packed into the theirs
bag were
ONES OF HORRIBLE SUSPENSE.
but the brave young girl summoned up all
which she knew so well awaited her,
struggle which she knew not but what
might result in her death. Still the little
heroine waited on with clinched hand and
watched for her opportunity. As he was
fully ten feet away she was afraid to step
into the room, but waiting until he came III
her direction, she sprang out of the hall
into the room and caught the bur-
glar by the throat. The force of her
blow felled him to the floor but quickly
gaining his feet he struck at her savagely
and landed his fist full in her face, knock
ing her down. He then made dash for
the entry, but before he could reach it he
was again seized by the plucky girl and
again felled to the floor. In falling he
carried Mary with him and terrible strug-
gle for mastery between strong man and
a weak but plucky girl began. Fixing her
hands at his throat
MARY TRIED TO CHOKE HIM,
but the man rained blows in her face. and
feeling that he was about to escape. Mary
Justify cried for help. Her cries attracted
the attention of Mr.. Field and his family,
who hurried into the room in which the
struggle was going on. The rapidity of the
movements of the contestants as they rolled
on the floor at first prevented Mr.. Field
from giving Mary any assistance, but
being joined by ali officer, they at last sue
ceeded in subduing the burglar. Mary'S face
was one mass of bruises where she had
been struck by the burglar, while his throat
showed the imprints of the girls fingers.
He was hustled to the station house, where
he described himself as Martin Brady. %
years old. laborer. living at No. 101 Null
berry street. He was arraigned in Yonk-
vile police court yesterday, and after hear
ing the case Justice Patterson compli-
mented Mary for her bravery and held
Brady in 81 600 bail for trial.