The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-09-29

avenue and various members Of the gang took q
hand TX the moving in the hope OF getting n few
GROWERS of mixed ale for their trouble. They
broke Mrs. Lenahan's stove, smashed her
crockery, inflicted internal injuries on her pet
cat, spoiled n good mattress, and made them
selves generally useful In moving. Some of
them even went with the load of furniture to
the new home and took a look at ii. A week
after the moving Mr.. Lenahan died Of the eff
fects of a cold. His widow was entitled to g.. 900
from a beneficiary organization to which he had
belonged. a fact which was generally known In
the neighborhood in which she formerly lived:
Having enough money to live on the widow did
not apply for the $4,000. .
she 70 one SUe OF mq her new mS"r neighbour. "@Ro knows
but that l might be robbed. There are those
that know about the money and I'll take no
This proved to be a wise precaution. for had
she drawn out the money II would undoubtedly
on the top floor Of the house. On Wednesday
evening, not, feeling, well, she threw herself
sSMn s al She had slept about two hours
when she was awakened by u sound in the front
room, which opens into her bedroom, and a
WHO Is out theref' she called. raising her
"shi" whispered a voice In the front room.
The old woman's awake"
low wT ,npa FIX ! hsr;T b 5espS and sa snSther voice in a
Mrs. Lenahan. too terrified to move, heard
footsteps approaching her. by the light in the
enter her door. The man. without saying q
word. pulled the pillow out from under her
to find money there. The woman attempted 10
speak, but at the first word the robber held q re-
volyer in front Of her face,
Mrs. Lenahan looked, not because. she ad-
mlred the view, but because she couldn't. help
weapon against her forehead.
TT goes OH easy" he said. Don't get gay
with me or it'll go off now. Where's your gold
ISL sR:- neSspo:tulstsd the the man in the outer
let her know and be damned retorted the
the bed. III You ever blow about this h
s %osss ',i saai safis the S I'''%' % Il ret; t uhsSa ~.s e.
~ A ass mGa sSt f fss w sai i in % %S Gres sss woman
As she spoke she rose to her knees { s;,, The
'*sSS shf fls sr'ai he sn %aH ffN SYo %fs Is got s@e i thc
money; in going % SET It, too. II you move
But the widow was beyond moving, for she
lost. consciousness. The man searched her
slSSt ansn . HP% ras .pSSas and nfr a is%nhi 81 SeIf IT %oh hsyt
Just as no and his companions were leaving,
Mrs. Lenahan, came 70 herself. and she thinks
stained with blood which had burst from her
nose AS L0t TtSulIO OF Inb DlOWhh nu hltk5 vi Iub
man on other parts OF her body. II. was some
time before she got strength enough 70 20 TO
the Second precinct station In Seventh street
could judge. took place at about ! o'clock. As
the robber owing to his having worn a
mask the RsGiIee cS WsTs a. J.lls a anS he-
tective Clark. who have had long .ex-
perience In the precinct, suspected that the Red
Tigers were concerned in the robbery, and be-
OF the gang. Morris O'DOnnell. 90 years old, OF
4Sl Henderson street, and Rex" Connors, 81
years old. OF 2l0 Provost street. When Mrs.
Lenahan went to the station In response To the
Captains summons she was confronted. with
nine men, among whom were ODOnnell and
COnnors. She was unable to identify either OF
them. She had not seen the face OF either OF the
robbers. Then Capt. .Jelley walked along the
line. speaking 10 each prisoner. As O'DOnnell
spoke = few words In reply the woman cried;
That's the man; could tell his voice any
Connors WAS not identified. hut Mrs. Lenahan
thinks that both OF the men were In the crowd
that assisted at the moving. O'DOnnell has a
record. He has been arrested "a number OF times
for various offences. and four years ago while
trying to escape from a policeman. after. having
broken INTO a barber shop, he was shot IN the
served a term In the penitentiary. He and Con-
nors are said TO be leaders among the Red
Tigers. They were held for examination to-day
man who Is supposed TO have kept watch In the
hall outside OF Mrs. Ienahan's door.
This 10 not the only attempt that has been
made in the house where Mrs. Lenahan lives.
On Tuesday night the rooms OF Fritz Holz, di-
rectly across the hallway from Mrs. Lenahan's
rooms, were broken into, both, the front and the
rear doors being forced. Hoiz Jumped up and
shouted:
1--WE go. a pistol here and I'll shoot the first
mar i see
opinion of the police these were Mrs. Lenahan's
robbers, who had make a mistake In the rooms.