The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-14
Chicago Women Robbed on the
Streets While Returning Home.
FuMBLING AT THE BOLT.
A Servant Girl Wings Burglar al
the Kitchen Door.
SHOT BY HoUSEBREAKERS.
A Storekeeper Fatally Wounded
While Fighting Of Thieves.

CHICAGO, Feb. 12.-Highwaymen
have been exceedingly bold in their OPP
erations in this city of late, their at
tention having principally been direct
ed to ladies returning home from work
or shopping. Several have been ''held
up' on side streets ana robbed within
a few weeks. The boldest case which
has yet come to public notice occurred
last evening on public street on the
south side. A Mrs. Garrison, residing
on East Harrison street near Wabash
avenue, when on her way home at $50
p. M, was stopped by two men few
feet from the door of her residence.
One of the assailants caught her by the
throat and tried to wrench her hand
bag from her grasp. She held on, and
failing to break her hold, he threw her
to the sidewalk and struggle ensued.
The lady screamed for aid, but while
many people were in the neighbOrhood,
none went to her assistance. The
thieves finally secured the satchel and
fed. Mrs. Garrison was badly bruised
and greatly frightened. Her cloak and
dress were badly torn but she was
greatly pleased when she found that
her assailants had failed to secure her
pOCACJOOOhS a. 1dlRO
of money, which she had transferred
to her dress pocket before starting for
home.
A BURGLAR SHOT BY A GIRL.
MINNEAPoLIs, Mimi, Feb. IA
plucky servant girl at the residence of
A. M. Crittenden prevented the house
from being robbed last night. The
girl had been left alone in the house to
take care of the child while the family
were out for the evening. AT about
1920 she heard peculiar noise at the
rear door, and moment later the glass
in the upper part of the door was
broken in and she heard someone fumb-
ling at the bolt. She ran quickly up
stairs, secured a revolver rushed to the
window directly over the door, pointed
the revolver downward and fired. She
heard two men shout, one OF them evil
IDENTIFY in pain. She waited and saw
two men, one supporting the other who
was holding his right arm as if it were
hurt, hurrying away from the house.
When the family arrived home an in
vestigation showed that the bullet had
done good work, as there was a large
pool of blood on the doorstep.
SHOT BY HoUsEBREAKERS.
PITTsBURG, Pa, Feb. 12.-William
st. Clair, proprietor of a gents furnish
ing store at Williamsburg, suburb OF
this city, was fatally shot by burglars
at 2:3O this morning. Mr.. St. Clair
lived with his family back of the store
and was awakened by noise of some
thing falling. As he opened the door
leading to the store he saw outlined
against the light outside the forms OF
two men. Before he could raise the
! pistol to fire the burglars shot twice at
| him. He then returned the fire, FOL
lowing them out to the street. AS he
reached the pavement he was shot
twice, one ball entering the left leg and
the other taking effect in the left
breast. The noise alarmed the neigh-
borhood, but before assistance arrived
| the assassins had escaped. st. ClaiI
was carried unconscious into the house
and a doctor summoned, who pro-
nounced his wounds fatal. The police
were notified and the burglars tracked
in the snow for eight or ten miles
| when all trace of them was lost. St
Clair's store was robbed about foul
months ago by two thieves who were
were arrested and are now in jail. II
is believed that the burglars of thi:
morning are pals of the former house
breakers,