The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-23
DRUCCED BY BURGLARS.
Bold Attempt 70 Rob Mr.. Charles P.
COnlery'S House.

Miss Connery Aroused by a Burglar
at Her Bedside Just as She Sue
curnbed to the Effects of DruR-The
Robber a Negro-He Threw a Rag
Saturated with Chloroform or Ether
on the Young Lady's Pillow and
Then Started to Go Through the
Room.
The burglars continue their work in the
southern section of the city without mo-
lestation. A bold attempt to rob the
house of Mr.. c. p Connery was made
early yesterday morning.
Mr.. Connery lives at No. 1921 New
Houston street, the second house from
the corner of jefferson street, on the
north side, and one of a row of five
houses, all Of similar construction and all
connected by balcony running along the
whole row at the second story. The bal
cony is divided by Dickets at the junction
of each house. The halk room on the sec
ond floor, opening out on the balcony, is
occupied by Mr.. Connerys youngest
daughter, Miss Bessie, as bedroom.
Between and 8 clock Miss Connery
was awakened by the moonlight stream
ing in her room. She knew that she had
closed the blinds when retiring and did
not understand the moonlight Being
only half aroused she thought at first
that she was dreaming. The head of the
bed being at the window she reached out
her hand to assure herself that the blind
was really open. At the same time the
young lady says she detected the odor Of
chloroform.
SAW THE ROBBER.
AS she reached out her hand she felt
the'blind slowly pushed to against it,
This reused her up and slightly rising in
bed, she glanced at the window. AS she
did so she saw man at the window with
his cap pulled down over his face, and
his hand up to his eyes gazing into the
room. She was so frightened that she
hardly knew what to do, and while she
was gazing at the man the blind was
pushed TO- The man had his back to the
moon. which was shining very brightly,
and his face could not be seen distinctly,
h-t the arm which he held against the
blind was bare, the sleeve having fallen
back to the elbow, and she saw that the
arm was black. As the blind was closed
she heard the man moving away across
the balcony.
Miss COnnery was too frightened to
scream, but she remem bered that her
father was sleeping in the adjoining room,
and started to go to his room to arouse
him. As she did so, however, she was so
overcome by nausea from the effects of
the chlorOform, together with the fright
she had received, and fell in stupor
across the bed.
sTUPIFJED WITH CHLOROFoRM.
a. l.,
he got up at 80 o'clock he called to his
daughter, and as she did not respond he
entered the room. She reused up as he
entered. Her first impression was that
she had been dreaming but an examina-
tion of the window confirmed her
remembrance OF the burglars visit
She had several pots Of plants on the
window sill, and these we're found to
have been moved one side. One of the
stats of the blind had been cut to
enable the burglar to reach his hand in
and lift the catch. A ragwas found upon
the floor which smelt as if it had been
saturated with chloroform or ether. This
rag, Miss Connery thinks, was thrown
upon her pillow by the burglar. She
recognized the odor as chloroform at once,
she says, as she had been present at an
operation not long before at which the
drug was used.
This is the second time that Mr.. Con-
nery's house has been visited by burglars
in the last few months, the house having
been ransacked once before and $15 Sc
cured by the burglar, who went through
his clothes. Two other houses in the
same row have been robbed recently. The
house in the west end of the row is vacant
and 1t is believed that the burglar made
his way to the balcony through this
house.
Miss Connery was seen at her home yes
terday by MORNING News reporter.
She was positive that the man she saw
was negro. He was in his shirt sleeves,
she said, the shirt being apparently a
black sateen such as is commonly worn
by negro workmen. She was positive
that she would know the man if she ever
saw him again.