New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-08
ANOTHER DIR. DRURY CASE.
A BROOKLYN DRUG CLERK BouNp'
BEATEN. CHLORoFORMED AND ROBBED
TWO EARLY MORNING CALLERS AT J. F. "''
nor,prs ORIG STORE BEAT HERBERT
MCCONNELL. INTO INsENsIBIIITY TAME
ALL THE MONEY THEY CAN


MCCONNELL. INTO INsENsIBHITY TAME
ALL THE MONEY THEY CAN
FIND AND ESCAPE
Tho prooklvn nolice have another Drury case anu
~ the victim tells the truth the perpetra'o. -
the same men who lured the physician 10 and
Nevins-st two weeks ago. and bound gasse'
robbed him. ,er,av
The alleged robbery took place early yes'eru1.
u,orr,rg IN the drug store of j. Fred wndoiph' a.
| No sS4 state-st corner OF Flatbush-ave. heio ~.
| Mcconnell nineteen years old. Is the res"'"' ''
clerk and sleeps in the rear OF the store ,e
He saws that about o'clock yesterday morh'nh .e
| was awakened by the electric call DELL anu %
70 the door found tall man with dark mus'aS".
~ 49, sa,d he had been attacked with collie ana
wanted brandy and paregorc McCoh"e
the dose and handed 1t TO the caller. -.
"Can YOU change a fve-dolar Dill
man. handing him the money. o.. .hs
"I ouess 80" said Mcconnell and turned u VIC
| cosh-drawer Just then another man entereu '''
store. s .oic Vie
Jack" said he hurriedly to the a'eseN WV
tim that place is not open , &c q"
"Nsver mind" was the answer. this place 20
and then suddenly turning to the zen
"That was a twenty-dollar bill gave you .,.
Mcconnell was surprised at this ana s'eppu
| 20 look over the bills In the cash-dra"e'' " ~
| about TO expostulate with the tall man, 49,,
,raa nm and found the muzze Of revolver III nc
| face He ducked behind the counter ne say -.
pickng up an cepick used IN conhec''v" I'D
soia- water fountain. hurled II at the tan i""' -
sno the revolver That the last ne cou'u -
member The men jumped on him. ne Co. s
s.,,a-ed him into insensibty, the taier man "'
49,, IN. hut, Of his revolver When he regaiheu 'o"
| sc,ousness he was lying on the moor pae" ,,s
nrescrption counter, bound hand and ioo., al.
q cloth over his face that was io"' WV"
| form. . ,, ~ his feet
He rolled over and finally struggieu ~ ne
| Feeling a burning thirst he went 10 tne ',' ,h
. ,,ch.r usuauy catches the dr'ppings iroii Wv
| lancet and drank from the top OF the p'0"e
| this time he was trying TO wrench MS na,u' 49,
| hut could not. and Immediately ai'e'
| fell again into unconscioushesS . ,ou and
A, TAO o'clock the iceman rang the s'o'o "''
! waited for admittance az usual Thefe wa "o
ors. and he rang again and again. ne was
-, 70 turn away when ne heard rant can i
holm from Mcconnell The iceman Kho"i"e w." W.,
| Mr.. Windolph, the proprietor hVes' ran ,ha
| into Pacifc-st and told him that some'h'ns "a'
mater ,t Gould see the clerks feet from the our.
eide and Mcconnell must be ,rr pn III" to the
store and found it locked using ms asorlsred
he was soon inside and found things IN % ,be nre
condition dnfey he found uneOnscoHs
the door and bound ors hama nnd ' he was partially
| restored to consciousness , ST.. .rss and fore
head we're black and blue where he nad 9een ed n ~
With blunt instrument He was TOO muc sssf and
III connected story at once OF the assau 49,,
rohberv' but Mr. Windolph learned IL all III S"o'
| time. 49, 4, .ho e,ore tended TO corrob-
o a t Meonnes story The cepick was found on
&c eoor and there was place against ,he siei
inc noo, On hd struck and broken a bottle On the
cownter was an open chloroorm bottle ana me me
Sonnels handkerchief still had the odor "a .,e
| drug NcC'onnelrs front door key was io"hu Jul n
side the store under the window. where II iau az
parentiy been tossed by the robbers as '"e' "''e
nhhvsican and the police were sent for. ne
doctor said Mcconnell would be AL right IN tew
hours save for the painful bruises he Is st 81 ny
wel-built young fellow and says that say io h,
hoyy AZ the beginning OF the combat tnat aiu MN
ont he would made 1t interesting ior his
| assailants. ... -, rras also n cigar
| hoy which contained SOL the night pelore. "a
cirar-hox was always kept in the cash drawer anu
usually held small change Inspector Macxe1aI I i
put ali of his available men on the case It'll, tends
His story is believed by the police and MS re2u la
tion is good Mr. Wndolph says that ne en,ereu ms
aU, only a few weeks ego. coming well recon-
| nended from another drug store in the city.