The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-26
HEWASBOUNDA AND ROBBED.
PfTJaBLE PLIGHT OF WOMAN
EIGHTY YEARS OLD.

sin Thousand Dollars. All that Wa. Left
or an 1nherited Estate. Taken from the
Bosom OF Her Drcss--Iscr Lonely Lie.
At TAO Grand street williamsburgh. stands
an old fashioned. weather beaten. white frame
house with green shutters. A widow. named
Mary Larsen. lives In II. and it is said that for
several years no one has crossed hor thresh-
old except herself
At II 30 o'clock Yesterday morning a boy
named Tommy Pecan was passing this house
and hoard a crash Of glass. followed by the fall
OF n few srlintcrs OF glass through tho lattice
of the closed shutters ~ tho parlur window
nearest the doorway. lie stopped and looked
closer. and saw the hcol OF n bare foot resting
against tho shutter through the hole in the
window PIANO which It seemed 10 have
Just made. He ran into Eiscmin's store and
said that the old woman next door was having
a fit. Eisemun told him TO get Il policeman.
and ho got Policeman Breen.
The policeman found TINT tho door was not
locked. He hurried into tho parlor. and there
he saw the old woman lying unon tho floor
near the window motionicss. Her head
was wrapped aud smothcrcd in u brown
woollcn nubia. her hands wcro under
her body. which lay face UPWARD. 1Icr old
cloth gown was torn nearly from tho upper
part OF her body. Hor foot wero bare. and one
Of them was cut and bleeding. and from tho
other ankle hung u knottsd piece Of clothes
line.
When the policeman lifted up tho old wo
man no found that her hnnds were tied tightly
with clothes line. He took the niufllcr from
her faco. An ambulance surgeon brought
her TO.
Then she told this story She was the wild
ow OF Christian Larsen. an iron merchant Of
some note. who died twenty years ago. Since
kt,,,, Ola 1,n- al, To-,
and since her sister died. several wears ago.
leaving her without relatives. she has htd no
this mode of lifn because sho was very deaf
and almost blind. and had 10, confidence in
servants 'T Or any risn1 shs might make in her
She, got from her sisters. estate. $1,000 in
500 bills. and. n~tcal of ruttin. II in n hank.
her gown. ,shc said she felt that as she wore
certain OF her money than il it was in bank.
a, Mhenever shn needed any money she oreacd
enr stS o %5 s sh hG r #
money. and when she took out a bill several
days ago. she did it late at night in her sleep
Scsterday mornins about bout e. & o'clock. she
woke up, and. putting on her gown, she took
heard no. noise. which is not strange. as she is
her. AS there was only a lin light and ~ she
Is nearly blind. she could not make out the
men, hut thought they were young. One OF
them said some.tthins to her and she said: Il
.,Giye US, your money!, yelled the man:
While the other who was with him laid hold Of
I've got no money! Go away" she said
ana putting her hands to Ter Ireast. ''"''''
The men talked to each other and then both
nn" nHS S ns 5 e she moS he %s
hair came, uncoed and s;he sluirmed and
struggled. butthey carried her up stnirs to the
r I'm at haA t,r,Si ,yf h..r, ,lS
woollcn nuhia and wrapped it around her head.
seovering h.r faco and her mouth SO
brought n "lothcslina and cut it IN. anil |
the the two men tied her hands and her feet. sho
f knew ha ftns ' Sad "H "H So
that was left OF her sisters estate she inted.
and when she caWe to she was alone, hut very |
th!:pc or di. ihcr; OF suTosation.,
she tugged Mt thu, cord about her wrist I'M ,
md after several hours shn Ind ioosed that
So Short aed ed hnd s Ss liz s Ms sS BODY
tho Her shd snd
thought OF reaching the front window and |
breaking tho glass with her foot This. after
shs could give no description OF the two
she saw them u again gal The police i found s That
dner had en- by The
they do not andsrstand how they knew tR at
bosom Of her gown, 1t seems that this old
Q, her kpd She has Always baug
herself a plenty OF food. and her appearance
was evidently we'll furnished after the style Of
. half q century ago.
with her last night. as she showed good
many signs OF nervousness. although she pro-