New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-26
SHE LAY BOUND AND GAGGED FOR HOURS
AN OLD WOMAN ROBBED OF SIX THOUSAND
DOLLARS NJ MASKED BURGLARS.

AN OLD WOMAN ROBBED OF SIX THOUSAND
DOLLARS NJ MASKED BURGLARS.
Mrs Mary Iareen, eighty years old. was yesterday
tho victim OF Of the boldest robbcHes 'na' eve.
occurred IN Brooklyn. The thieves bound ana sassc"
her and then robbed her OF $4,000 In money. me
money Wis ewed to the lining In inc BOSOM Vi ner
dress and was In new. crisp 800 DIS
Tho ,obnery Gas In the old faehioncd twostory frame
,r.,,ha No. 740 Grand-st Mrs. Larsen has, lived In
the house the life OF hermit since the death OF her
huaband twenty years ago. Mr.. Larsen was wealthy
manufacturer doing Business AZ the time OF MS dea
in Duunest. New York. Mrs. Larsen Is wen known
in her neghborhood. At O'clock yesterday morn
Ing NJ the time the robbery occurred the street was
crowded with people, yet It was not discovered unu
n.ory II O'clock In the meantime Mrs Larsen re
NAMED nelpess on the floor OF her house, struggling
Lsperatrly 10 free herself as 10 give an ALARM
por several hours the woman tossed about ana man
aged TO reach the window on the parlor hoor' S"c
then put her foot through the glass.
The crash atirncted the attention OF Thomas PECAN
who lives IN the ncigiborhood and VINO was passing
The house at the time Young Pecan ran to the piazza
a, the house md looking through the broken glass. saw
Nrs Larsen living on the floor bound and gagged Inc
bov ran across the street. where Policeman Green was
standing and Informed the onicer OF what ne haa
.een The officer ran over TO the mouse anu louhu
that tho front door was unlocked when ne ehtereu
the room Mrs Larsen suffering greatly from shock
and partially unrOnscious iicr icce 1'u Hi""H
were tied tshtly together with heavy twinc which
had cut throtgh the skin into the flesh. while her
clothing was torn into threads
When released she said she was returning from the
cellar with coal and had entered the Kitchen when she
,vas seized by two masked who threw her TO the
floor where they siHcd her cries BY placing the gag
IN her mouth and after binding her feet and hands
carried her to tho paror, where they robbed her and
aeportcd IL was but the work Of few minutes.
Mrs Larsen said the money was n portion OF a large
snm left her through the death OF her sister, Mrs
Rel,nda Webb, OF New Rochelle, some time ago she
also admitted that sfe had money on deposit In several
prooh1yn banks The money stolen was kept for an
emergency -
The house was in a filthy condition. The halls
were filled with old Iron pots and pans ana other rub
bish In this condition the old woman had lived
many years, appearing upon the streets at times IN
her old.Iashloncd clothing. She had became Ia
miiar figure and was wen known Blddy' to the
children Few people had ever seen the Interior OF
IN. rooms unul the pJcc visited the house yesterday,
a. n v-as her custom not ~ permit any one 10 eher
several drtbegrmed oil portraits In heavy gilt frames
hang about the wall. Mrs larsen herself s;ll shows
pns ~ former refinement both In her conversation ana
,riions The police entirely In the dark a. To
Lew that would aid them In nrrcsting the thieves.
They ind entered the house by forcing open the front
d,or How they knew the woman had the money
about her person i mystery.