The morning call., 1895-02-08
Climbed Into Her Bedroom and Used
the Scissors.
no ATTEMPT TO STEAL VlLUIBLES.
Lou Herne, a Beautiful Girl Of Nineteen,
MOurns Her RiDglets-Slept by
Her Sister.

Aiau ueI Uedutuu1 duDuIu Hdlr SNOrH from
her head, while asleep in her bed on
Wednesday night, by some one who en-
tered the room through window from the
street and escaped without disturbing the
sleeper.
All the circumstances of the daring visi-
tation are most unusual and remarkable.
Miss Lou Herne is notably beautiful
young lady of about 10 years of age. She
Is unconscious of the existence of any per-
son, man or woman, who bears her such
i'll will as to wish or to do her harm.
She is employed as saleslady in the dry
goods house of Newman & Levison, Kearny
street.
For three days past she has been con-
fined to her home by slight indisposition,
and on Wednesday evening retired to bed
at o'clock. With an unmarried sister,
she occupies the front room of the pretty
little cottage on the north side of Clay
street, numbered 1886.
The windows are low and within easy
reach OF person standing upon the side
walk outside. They are protected by in
side shutters, but on Wednesday night
the lower shutter was fastened.
Miss LOUIS sister Annie retired shortly
after IL o'clock, and at that time, the upper
shutters being open, the room was flooded
with moonlight.
Miss Lou was sleeping soundly. She
lay on the further side of the bed, which
stood close to the wall. The next morning
Miss Annie arose early to go to her en-
ployment, kissed her sister, who was still
sleeping, and without noticing ANYTHING
unusual departed.
Miss Lou arose somewhat later and NAV
be allowed to tell her story as she did to
The CALL last night. az noticed that my
head felt odd and light, but did not learn
my loss until I had risen and was partly
dressed and going toward the window, and
| saw braid of hair lying upon the floor
under it. picked it up, astonished to see
how much it resembled my own. shook
my head, put my hand back and found
that my braid was gone from its place.
I" cannot tell you how astonished and
puzzled | was. went to my mirror and
gazed into it to see if was going crazy or
was asleep. Had been wandering in my
mind during the night and cut off nv own
hair? No, said to myself, some one has
been in this room and done this thing
while slept
~ began to look about now for
some signs of an intruder. I discovered
that the window was halfway down from
the top, the shutters were unfastened, and
what was most surprising was that the bed
had been pulled out from the wall dis
lance sufficient to admit of man getting
between them.
"You, see, was lying, as my sister has
ON ho do 0f tIo6 a1 L.
toward the wall, my braid lying upon the
pillow toward it, Whoever did this thing
must have gone back of the bed. 1t was
cut so unevenly that think knife must
have been used.
There is the mark of bootheel on the
window-sill which is the only clew that the
intruder left. 1t indicates that it was a
man. cannot imagine a woman doing
this-nor, indeed, could / imagine a man
doing il if the proof of its having been
done was not here. It is most mysterious,
and / shall not rest until the contemplate
villain is discovered and punished.
81 have always disliked short hair for
women, and have frequently remarked in
company that nothing could induce me to
wear mine that way.
Have given any one reason for feel
ing spite toward me that might lead to
thisP No; cannot imagine how. Jealousy!
[ do not know any one who might be
jealous of me. But that would in any case
be woman, you see, and don't think
that woman did it. / have mere sus-
picion, but so slight are the grounds that
would not speak the name.
"The motive could not have been rob-
berry, for there was money on my dressing
case. Nothing was taken. Evidently who.
ever did it knew what he was about and
went straight to his purpose. 1t was prob
ably done late at night after the cars had
stopped running, while the moon was SUD-
plying plenty of light and while we were
sleeping soundest.
"I think chloroform must have been
used, for both of us felt very queer in the
morning. The window was probably
pulled down from the top, the fastening on
the lower shutter released and then the
window lifted, when the entrance and the
rest of it would be easy.
at makes me shudder to think of it and
the fright has given me quite setback.
Suppose had awakened to discover a man
leaning over me with a knife? And then
W tcCl tudt co4AC Ouc WHO KNOWS me has
done this thing and not know who it is.
and probably will be meeting him every
day.
at may be crank having a fancied
grudge against me. Imay be in danger of
vitriol or something of the kind at his
hands. But shall not be frightened ont
of my search for the guilty one.n
Mr.. Harper, Miss Herne's brother-in-
law, is gripman on the Clay-street line.
He as well as the others of the family are
equally in the dark concerning the stranger
visitor. 1t is supposed that he intended
to carry the braid away with him as it Law
almost directly under the window. but
that he was probably frightened and
dropped his prize-provided always it was
a he.
Miss Herne says that is the only bit of
satisfaction in it--that he hasn't got her
hair. The police have been informed and
are trying to solve the mystery.
SUIT TO FORECLOSE.