The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-22
A WOMAN BOUND BY THIEVES
MRS. COSTELLO ROBBED IN THE DAY
1ywE At HER FREMONT HOME

| Three Bur .isrs Put Reviewers nv fte,
Head. Bound Her Hands aud Feet
Her, and stole Her Dinmonas-schres
Away bya yts,i.nt Noishbor-One CsuEh'
The police OF two precincts are SECURING
fremont and Morrisania 10 search OF Two Vi
party OF three burglars. who bound. saeseu
and robbed woman in broad daylight yes
| terday.
The victim 10 Marie Costello. the wife o.
Thomas Costello. an insurance inspector. ehe
ia n determined WON IN. about ID years oiu'
bu. was weak yesterday from recent iIinesa
She lives in n two story frame cottage on tne
Southern Boulevard. near Home street. Botn
streets are typical country roads at TINS point
with houses few and far between.
Att O'Clock Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Cos
tello was alone in the house with small POT
dog. There was n knock Mt the back door. ana
Mrs Costello. opening 1t. found three men
standing there. Two were rouRh-looEinR Iei-
lows whose appearance frightened her. inc
third was q German who looked likea me-
chanio.
one OF the men stepped forward without
speaking. Mrs Costello. thoroughly alarmed.
tried to close and lock tho door Two OF the
men threw themselves against It, and forced
their way in with little difficulty. Mrs. Costello
turned to run. One Of the men seized her ana
whirled her roughly around. When she re-
covered she found herself standing between
the tive toughest men. each with revolver
leyelled at her head
and desperate" one OF the men said. .,.
Disregar,ling the warming. Mrs. Costello
tor choke her till She could cry no more. Her
pet dog had been Sspng ana sba1 sen 9ns
VI INF men Of he eeo% ThSn he
dagger into the hunds OF the German. and said:
Watch 9u,sdi ard 4 any ono comes
order He Kept S0 watch. But ew at the rss
Meantime the leader of the thieves had
%an n help bound her E" Rands and eet
valued at 800. and on her hand was her, wed.
again. and the thieves hound 2 towsl about
CRIES eric "' Then they took the jewel from her
ears and fingers. and $40 In cash aud gold
the nef went stas and
ransack ing the upper rooms. They found an
other diamond ring valued at about $50 in a
The whole affair had not taken more than
some fifteen or twenty minutes: A neiGhbor.
men enter tie garden Of Mrs Costello's house
and not seeing them como out suspected that
some,hns miEh. Re wrong AcS2rd, Ing she
Trietsch rang the bell. At the first alarm the
German left on guard dropped the knife and
took to his heels. shouting a warning to the
men M stairs They fled by the rear door and
escaped.
Mrs. Trietsch raised an cutlery as the men
scnmpered out. Policeman Bishop Of the Ire
running down the boulevard and halted him.
were burglars in Miss Costelos house and
that he had started to give the alarm Then
he was going to make of. but the policeman
detained him.
Mrs. Trietsch had meantime found her way
into the house and released Mrs. Costello who
was hysterical with fright The policeman
Gained her and heard her story. Then he took
the German to the fremont station. The man
broke down and confessed. He described
himself as Ernest Vetter. aged IL years. Of 133
Suffolk street. He said he was an unhosterer
out OF work. and that the men who ESCAPED
tempted him into the scheme. He declared
that he had done nothing hut keep watch for
them. ]! o probably told the truth about that,
and made n very poor guard.
The robbery occurred near the dividing line
OF the fremont and Morrisana pr ecincts. and
the police and detectives OF both are searching
for the burglars.