The sun., 1891-06-03
MISS TUTHILL SANDBAGGED.
a BURGLAR MET HER IN A HALLWAY
AND STRUCK HER.

AND STRUCK HER.
Cashier Tathin Kept .. the House-The
Young Woman Not Dangerously Hart
Tho burglar Jumped Out or window.
Burglary is 80 uncommon In the twin Jersey
towns OF Keyport and Matawan that people
are not over particular about locking up their
houses when they go out. That is why
Cashier William II. Tuthill and his sister.
Miss Maggie Tuthil troubled themselves only
to latch the front door when they left the
house on Monday evoning for a call on
negbbor.
Tho windows were al opsn, and It is sup
posed that the burglar or burglars who later
scared the family and the nelehborhood half to
denth and snndbngEed Miss Tuthill crawledin
through ono OF them and hid in tho gnrret un-
til everybody was asleep. 1t Is supposed that
Is tho way entrance was effected. because after
the scnro was sall over not door or window
down stairs was found unfastened.
Mr.. Tuthill s cashier Of the People 3 National
Bank In Keypost, but he lives In Matawan.
Tho towns nre only two miles, apart and
are bound together by an electric railroad.
business interests. friendship. and consan-
guinity. MIR. Tuthill rides back and forth be-
tween home and bank on the electric railroad.
He used to collect money In Matawan and
keep 1t over night in his house to take to Key
port In the morning and sometimes he used to
bring largo sums homo with him nights from
the Keyport Bank to take to New York on the
early trim next day. the railroad being at
Matawan. He stopped keeping bank money
in his house year ago. but 1t is probable the
burglars thought he still kept up the practice.
Mr.. Tuthill and his sister live alone In the
house. His sister is 90 years old. slim. pretty,
and IL Presbyterian. They keep no servants.
and the house is big and old fashioned. They
are relatives OF staff Little. who controls
large part Of New Jersey.
Mr. Tuthill sleeps in the big front room over
the parlor. Miss Tuthil sleeps in the old part
OF the house. which is In the rear and not 80
high. To pass from Miss Tuthill's room to her
brothers. n person goes up three steps to the
landing OF tho front stairs and passes along
the hall. Adjoining her room in the rear house
there is another room. from which descend the
hack stairs. The door to these stairs Is old
fashioned and heavy and has big old-fash-
toned lock. To reach this room from tho front
OF the house you have to pass through Miss
Tuthll's room.
Tho brother and sister left homo on Monday
night at 81 o'clock They were back at 10
o'clock. They locked the doors and windows
down stairs and won't to bed. About ~ o'clock
in tho morning the, girl was awakened by q
S M sS aSd ss h' Efstns Il ass S S
mWi!i: m WI; there are robbers IN the house!"
leared out Of bed and % rushed % Tor her I brothers
room. Tho door OF her room was open. and
floor and was on the landing of. the front fiieht.
There she saw man. Dim liRh! came through
her that the man was short and stout and a
white man. She saw he had q Derby hat % be
the top sten * ese
Shs, screamed Ss @ @ and he. he bent toward nsr and
sSs
M Sns
which no keeps in his room; He had Il 10 his
basss sndss TSsy srousss ss;n ne no
neighborhood. and people crowded Into tho
Tho burglar Ind evidently ESCAPED BY run.
Sm her wnd9w feet
Ioanj: 'sssfGh Showed hat 1T ,he basglsr Hels ps
cashier. room one bureau drawer had been
opened. amt the key was iound broken in the
Ali had Ieen locked when Mr.. Tuthill retired.
TfnGs ha haG aIso tS been dlstuThsd IN Miss Tut;
male TO oren tho BIC door leading to the back
stairs. Il was undouhtedy the rattling OF this
rise to the superstition that there was second
burglar in this room whom tho girl ran out on
the landing snd encountered the one who
,Miss, Iuihil was not seriously hurt, The
Rsr Sic aed h
{" that sh wnsh the 5Durgas
her skin is not ahraided. She said the weapon
was very heavy. bYt Welding. It was too hard
% 70 be mans hand and too soft to be wooden
- Mr.. Tpthill put the affair in tho hands Of
went TO the bank In the morning. The con:
ss Sy nIe ef SS s.S s K vas
sas ss o
She lad Wooden sns rail tea to hex
neck also to prevent her sucking her own teats.
her NIX %as
and nice. She was a good COW OF bad habits, As
there S were snsD cious characters ,In town. and
he was going 10 look efter them wouldn't the
y.Ssrs ws 81 some eod milk in
It ,wns good milk. In spite of the cows bad
fhas she hsa iaith M il h hsr @ oN% products. wasn't
hanging around tho railroad station early that
sa ans OF .em WAS aeso eeSsbs
SSrd 70 %Ilk ThHs , VIZ I Ss hi shIissd @ si #: s
S5S hut 4 seemed as so ii a. he bn % ksspHs s,ps1
a. i. some Par,Ss thought Sat the Surflass
known, Mr.. TuthilI's habits pretty well. He
It wasn't necessary. Ile had no theory about
he IursHrs bnt would be happy to tel the r.:
cow had 70 be tied pretty tight She vas 80
wan. TOO. hut mir. fulfill had given thi- case to
him lWalling) ind no was going 10 find the
Ing pcople IN either K;;ynort or Matawan,
people yesterday There must have been a
dozen OF then, hanging around tho station in
the morning. but nobody SAW any OF thom 90
oif IN the train. Two Of them were Italians
fore but, whom nobody knew. One Of these
dressed. He was short and thick set. had the
sus gsstion OF a moust ache, and he wore light
colOi eI derby hat. The two were together.
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The several thousand suits against the New
York New Haven and Hartford Railroad Com
mn N . fnr nan nlties of xiO for charging as al.