Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1891-03-09
A BURGLARIOUS BRUTE.
He Used a Revolver Against
d efenseless Women.
TWO ARE OBVIOUSLY WOUNDED.

After ne HAD sho> Mrs. Armstrong sev.
evaI Times she YouA Eiend Proceeded
30 Kick Her in the side-Hor Niece
shot and the House fla ed,
NYAcK, n. Y. March o., Mrs Bridget
Armstrong was shot and co. en- in her
home in this town between midA light and
] O'Clock Sunday morning. Her daughter
Eliza was also shot and their houseNet on
fire by young Joseph Storrs, whose motive
seems TO have been robbery. Mrs Arm
strong now lies in a critical condition from
the brutal assault, and Storrs has been
caught and lodged in Jail.
singularIy Cold BIoodcd.
His attack on the two defenseless women
was singnlarly cold hlooded and wanton.
He raped on Mrs. Armstrong; door soon
after midnight She, a highly respected
Irish woman. was for some reason mp earl
Ter than usual. She called out Who is
therei" and a voice replied Joe Storrs."
She knew young Storrs, for he had been
at her house before. She asked what hi
wanted, and he said that he had a package
for Mrs, Smith, near neighbor OF Mrs
Armstrong. She then admitted him
When inside he asked her II she was alone
She replied that her daughter, an 1s-year
old girl, was up stairs in bed He asked
her if her sons were at home, and she said
they were not.
lie shot Both Women.
storrs then jumped at her, grasped hel
Ls "A
or three shots at her, the bullets taking
effect in her neck. Then he struck her q
heavy blow on the head Her screams
aroused her daughter, who came rushing
down stairs in her nightdress.
As she reached the lower floor Storrs
met her and shot her, the bullet striking
her chin, inRicting a painful and disdgur
ing wound.
She eluded his further attempts 20 STOP
her and RUSHED from the house She went
20 DIR Maynard, who lives near by, and he,
after alarming the police, went to the
house to care for her mother.
kicked Her in the Side.
In the meantime the yonng rufian had
again attacked Mrs Armstrong. Doubt
less thinking she kept her money in her
bosom he tore open her dress, but found
no money. Then he kicked her brutally in
the side.
The Home Fired, Too.
Knowing that Eliza Armstrong had
| probably alarmed the neighborhood he
| knocked a kerosene lamp ovsw on the bed
and left the house.
| The place was soon in flames, and Mrs
Armstrong, lying unconscious on the floor
would probably have been burned to deatl
hut Tor the speedy arrival Of Policeman
Justrich and some neighbors, who soon puf
out the fire. DR. Maynard dressed thi
wounds OF the two women and made then
as comfortable as possible in their home
Chasing the Young Brute.
Policemen Kirkpatrick, Lubbe and Just
rich then went in search Of Joseph Storrs
the assailant They went directly TO his
home They were told that be was not in
the house. This they did not believe and
began to make strict search for him. In
corner lay pile OF clothes. They saw
these move and at once concluded thai
some one was concealed there.
/ Policeman Justrich covered the pile d
clothing with his revolver and cooked Il
with sharp click and ordered the man Z,
come out Storrs came out very shame
faced and was put under arrest anC
locked mp.
Robbery His Object.
He was brought before Justice Banister
and committed to the county jail 20 await
examination this afternoon. Young StOr17
is well known in this place He seemi
naturally OF a quiet disposition and Away
dresses well II is believed that his objec
in entering Mrs. Armstrong's house wa
to rob her OF her money and kill her il
necessary. There is great indignation OK
pressed here against Storrs for his waRtor
and brutal crime