The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-22
HELbA PISTOL TO HER HEAD.
A THIEF ENTERS MRS. rLLKNTISE
HALLS BEDROOM M TIE WISDoW.

II Was at u O'CLOCK In the Morning In tn q
Cyclone OF Aug. aA-He Made Mrs.. Hall
SIT Up and Unserew Her Diamond Ear
inEs for Him-Had Spotted Her Wearing
Them In the Street.-The Thieves Are
Caught and the Diamond, Recovered.
The story Of o thief who orawled In at the
window OF seeond-story bedroom in East
Twenty fourth street woke up Mrs. Valentine
G.. Hall and. with pistol at her head, made
her sit UP and unsorew the iamonds from her
ears for him. was told by Inspector McLauGh-
lin ut Police Headquartera yesterday. The
police had kept 1t quiet until they got the thief
and his accom- plices and one OF the diamonds.
The other diamond the thief dropped in tho
house in his flight
It was after midnight on the morning OF
Aug. "a. one Of the great storm nights In Au-
gust Tho house entered 10 the residence OF
Mrs. Elizabeth H. Ludlow 81 East Twenty
fourth street Mrs. Valentine @. Hall is Mrs.
Ludlow's daughter. and is the mother Of VAL
entine G. Hall. Jr- the champi tennis player.
Mrs Hall. who 10 widow. lives at Tivoli. Mrs.
Ludlow 10 we'll stricken in years. and for some
time before the robbery had been ill., Mrs. Hall
was on visit to her and occupied the front
room on the second floor. The house is an old
fashioned three-story and basement structure
with high stoon II Is narrow. and there is
only one window in front on each floor. Each
window 10 divided vertically into three sec
tions tho middle one very wide and the others
narrow. An ornamental window ledge pro-
jects out about two foet under each window.
The window sill Of the second floor 10 about
fifteen feet above the stoop.
On the night OF the robbery the family re-
tired about Oh o'clock. Besides Mra. Ludlow
and her daughter. there were in tho house
Me- MI nd cf
maid servants Mrs. Hall left the windows Of
her room open.
About B o'clock she awoke with a start. and.
although she heard not sound. she felt that
something unusual had awakened her. She
lay still and listened. and then saw a shadow
near the window. As she half raised herself
for better look the shadow disappeared. A
second later she made out the form OF a man
creeping toward the back Of the room on his
hands and knees.
Mrs. Hall screamed and fell back in bed.
The intruder, instantly got on his feet and.
III YOU make another sound ri XIII YOU"
Ms s Won't baeE 70 Ss MadoS to
and leaned out. She heard him talk to some
one outside. and then he came back to the
bed poidptng Pistol t her head he again
handed her to sit up and take of her diamond
They mere Srsw 55ngS
unscrewing the earrings the man hastily went
to a dressing table and fun led about until
he iSInd geld ring set with and
a gold chain and bali attached. These rs
pooketed. and then he returned to the bed
manded Ter other jewelry. A black enamelled
brooch. shaped like o bow knot and set with
p p.. T aaS fastened her nEhtdress was ali
As she took this of. Mrs. McLaren. who bad
heard the scream. came into the room. The
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bfooeh from NJ Mrs 70 Hail Ia and telling the womes
he would return and kill them II they gave an
alarm, he got out Of the window and disap-
>, Then Mrs Hall faint ed and the nurse aroused
Of the women dared to go out until the morn
Ing: Then one Of the earrings was found in
rpsted pistol was found in the area. =,
4 Mrs T.. Hall went to Police Headausrteers and
On
the west slde had been robbed under similar
and
done both JOBS, t Detectives porqn and GRADY
sed t. The, The ease and after neatly
dence WHICH warranted them in making some
arrssts on THURSDAY ;s hsy or ar
Wilson. alias HoWsrd Hawk. At fo t Heas:
'a HaR esi Rss al
penter OF $40 West Twenty eighth street. He
ksass dss1 fRa MS her su
they have made confession imp icatine vii
liam Hickey. crook wei! known to the police.
Bianche,t. alias Wheeler who shot Detective
hai heard WSsses xii ns s dee
t tss;ctye About the middle Of septsmber.
k Wills Ts' IN aS Ss pen at Ms4s
Court robbed Dob an Italian who was also a pris.
o9ner., For that crime Hickey is now in the
Cross said that on the night of Aug; % he
and Hawk met Hickey II SAIGON mar .. Ligh;h
Closed between drinks plan S he had i Tor max:
ing a lot of money He said no had followed
home tive women who were loaded with dia-
for several days and had decided that the job
would be easy, Alter some persuasion; Cross
Hickey did not want to begin work before
the cyclone Of that night until that hour Then
obeyinE Hlckey,s directions, Gross got on the
M his back and stood on his shoulders; Draw
p the son nf do9 he
tered TIP sreo rety SOON HscEey came
the window and whispered:
1.-THE The womans nslssg shall hold her up'"
In short while Hickey came out Of, the
h f;od by tie Tind0w and then the three hu1
IieuIy ieIt tbe uelRhDOTnOOu IN inherent
directions. Several hours later they met in
Iiickeys house. he told his companions no
they met Hickey and no was wearing a large
diamond In his scarf He told them It was the
proceeds OF another lob. but they didn't be-
lieve him and took the diamond away from
him. The next day Hawk gave II to Chris
Cannon to sell; A ma man named Scott bought it
and Cannon divided the proceeds. ca n taking
Sti25.
Hawk, corroborated Crosss statement.
Through Cross's confession Inspector Nc
LAueh!n WAS able 10 recover the diamond
Hickey has been fully identified by Mrs. Nc.
Laren. the nurse. Mrs. Hall. who 10 III at
present. has been notified Of the arrests. She
Hictey: Her mother Is tho widow OF Edward
II. Ludlow, . wealthy real estate broker.