Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-03-30
WHO TIED THE GIRL
A SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE PuZZLING 4
JERSEY TOWN.
Pretty Louisa Klsmsubsrg Has Adventures Which
Nsi'her She Nor the Police Seem Able TO
Explain with SatisfactiOn-One Of
the Fables Of the East.

NEWARK, n. j., March 29.-Louisa
Klemenberg, a pretty 1s-year-old cook
in the employ of Theodore d. Palmer,
of Monroe place, Bloomfield. has treat
ed the residents OF that fire-plagued
town to a novel sensation, and neither
the town committeeman nor the New
ark police, to whom the Town Commit
tee appealed, know what TO make Of it
all. A week ago, while all the members
of the Palmer family were absent from
the house, and the cook and nurSe-girl
were In charge, the attic broke into a
blaze. Active work eXtinguished the
flames, and then it was discovered that
SIP had been stolen from trunk be-
longing to a member OF the family.
Chief Engineer Johnson advised the ar
rest OF the servants, but the family had
too much confidence in them to con-
sent.
The new excitement to which the
household has been treated developed
while the Palmers sat at the supper
table last evening with Harry Van Au-
ken, friend. A crying child had Just
summoned Mrs. Palmer upstairs from
the table, when her husband heard low
means proceeding from the kitchen
He and Van Auken rushed to the door
dividing the two rooms, and on opening
ii were surprised to see the cook partly
hid beneath baby's carriage lap robe,
lying on the floor Her feet were bound
with steel cords, and when the lap robe
had been lifted from her head it was
seen that rope tied around her neck
fastened her to the leg OF the kitchen
table. She was all but strangled when
Palmer reached her. She said
that while she was busy at her
kitchen work few minutes before
there came light rap at the door and
she answered it. The moment she
opened the door the lap-robe was thrown
over her head and she was dragged
back into the kitchen, thrown on the
floor and bound and gagged. At no
time, she declares, was the lap-robe
taken from her head, and she failed
u catch view of her
tormenters. There were two of them,
she knows, however, because while one
tied the rope around her neck the other
tied her feet together. The only clew
they left as TO their motive was the re-
mark OF one, as they were binding her,
that she would not call Fire. again"
This casual remark leads to the sus-
picion that she was punished on the
that it was she who raised
the alarm Of fire when the blaze in the
attic was discovered. A remarkable |
feature Of the assault is the fact that
during the time the men were busy Sc
curing the girl not sound escaped to
the dining-room where the family was
at supper.
The town is full OF speculation, OF
course, as TO the real explanation of
the affair, and the girl does not escape |
the suspicion OF having been consent |
ing party. The other girls are under
too, of having planned the
assault. A circumstance that is not
lost sight Of in connection with the
affair is the fact that several months |
ago the girl employed as nurse was
robbed OF S2S by fellow servant, who |
was discharged. Vengeance was threat
ened by the accused servant, and il is
deemed possible that she may have |
the assault.