St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-25
A VERY QUEER CASE.
Two Versions of a Peculiar
Affair on the West
Side.
The Wife of a Real Estate
Dealer Assaulted and
Robbed.
Version of the Victim and the
Husbands Theory Of
the Case.
For Some Reason the Matter
WoC Mot Pnnopf foS fn
For Some Reason the Matter
Was Not Reported to
the Police.

r. Steiner is dealer in real estate,
and resides with his young wife and
two children at 80 West Indiana avenue,
on the West side. On the evening of
the 10th inst. Steiner left the house, his
wife being at home at the time. and pro-
ceeded to store on Dakota avenue to
make some purchases. He returned
home in about half an hour, and upon
entering the house found his wife lying
PROSTATE beside the safe, an iron one of
modern pattern, manufactured by the
Detroit Safe company. Mrs. Steiner
was in Semi-conScious condition,
her clothing being disarranged.
Placing her on lounge, Steiner inn
plored her to tell him the cause of her
condition. Mrs. Steiner's condition Of
mind at the time was such that her
replies were incoberent, and finally all
abandoned until the next day, when
Mrs. Steiner told her huSbond that she
had been assaulted by stranger, who
subsequently robbed the safe and made
his escape. She described her asSallant
as young man with dark complexion
and blue eyes. Further than this she
could give no account of him. A repre-
sentative of the GLOBE called at Stein
er's home last night and found Mrs.
Steiner, who made the following state
ment:
cali [ can remember is what my hus-
band told me / said about it. know l
was kicked on the head by some rnfflan,
and must have been unconscious, be-
cause Mr.. Steiner says he found me
lying beside the safe and carried ME
int hn nfl i my Ihn0S
as to the robbery, if robbery it was"
THAT will do, now; don't say
another word, one way or the
other," interposed Mrs. O'Connor,
mother of Mrs. Steiner. Continuing.
Mrs. O'Connor said: Mrs. Steiner has
been very ill, and is not fit to talk about
the matter. Mr.. Steiner has friends
with whom he goes to the theater and
other places of amusement, while his
wife is moping here in the house. 1t is
CRUELTY TO QUESTION HER
about this matter, because she has lost
track of the whole thing"
Subsequently Steiner was interviewed
and told the following story:
when l went out of the house the
evening of the robbery my wife was at
home, and everything appeared to be
all right. | went up on Daketa avenue
to buy pair of shoes, and returned, IS
nearly as l can judge, in half an hour
or so. When [ entered the parlor |
found my wife lying on the floor be-
side the safe. She was unconscious,
and | didn't know what was the mat
ter with her. She was not in con-
dition to be questioned aud made no
statement until the next day, when she
told me that soon after l left a young
man came to the house and asked TO
look it over. The house is for sale, and
| suppose she thought he was pros
pective buyer. Not long after he was
admitted he intimated that he knew my
wife drank beer, and said he would go
after some, which she acceded to.
When the fellow came back with
the beer, he made an attempt
to outrage Mrs. Steiner. Failing in this,
and when she becamr unconscious, he
succeeding in opening the safe and alb
Stracting $3.50 and made his escape be-
fore my return home. A peculiar feature
of the case is that Mrs Steiner says the
man asked her for the little gold watch
/ gave her, and mentioned my name in
asking for it. He also
KICKED HER SEVERAL. TIMES,
and when l found her lying on the
floor her clothing was disarranged.
The fellow said, Pm from Chicago, and
I'm no HOS. uOQ WANT 10 Jake the
whole business at once. I'll come back
after the rest The strangest thing of
all is the fact that out of 1865 in the
safe, only $3.50 was taken from there,
and a 500 bill taken from
roll of s7oo which was in my
pocket. The money taken from the safe
was distracted from beneath lot of
papers. There was not Il blemish on the
safe to show that tools had been used in
opening it, and | had no idea that L had
beem robbed until the next day. for the
safe was closed and locked. as usual.
How do | account for it?
swell, have but one theory that
looks anything like reasonable. The
other day two fellows came here and
looked over the house. One was small,
heavy-set man, and the other such
man as my wife has described.
1t struck me that these men
might have been looking over the
ground when they called at the house,
and. watching until L went out on this
occasion, proceeded to carry out their
design of robbing the safe. One of
them could have stood outside and
given warning of my approach. That
is the only explanation | can give.
There is no clue to the thief, SO far as
can see. | have warned the banks to
examine all large bills closely in the
hope of finding out something that may
lead to a clue, but am afraid it's for
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