The sun., 1896-10-28
TIED UP BY BURGLARS.
TERRTBLE EXPERIENCE OF MRS.
BRADY IN LONG ISLAND CITY.
Her Husband Went to n Drug store for
Medicine, and Returned to Find His
Wife Lying Round and Gagged ON tho
Floop-Mra. brady SIN Unable 20 Talk.

Lockwood street, Long Island City. left his
wife and two children alone in the house shortly
after Z o'clock last night while he went to
drug store for medicine. He returned In little
over half an hour and found his wifo lying on
the dining room floor. Her hands were tied be-
hind her back with her apron strings, and her
handkerchief was rolled up in ball and
jammed into her mouth, acting as gag. Brady
united her hands and tried to get her to talk,
but all she would say was:
spare my childrenl Spare my chidron"
II occurred 20 Brady that his sudden entrance
had probably forced her assullants to rush up
stairs lie was without arms and hurried into
the kitchen for something to defend himself
with. The first thing that met his gaze was q
stick Of kindlng wood and seiang that ho ran
from floor to floor and room to room in search OF
burglars. but did not find any one. Then he
summoned the neigh bors. and they sent for the
police and n physician.
The Bradys live in a neat two.story and base-
ment frame COTTAGE standing at tho end OF
row OF similar houses. South OF the house is q
large vacant lot. Next to the house Is n deep
excavation that would shelter a dozen men
| from view after ntghtfall. Tint section OF
| Long Island City is sparscly settled, ard an
| army Of burglars could fad safe hiding places
| at short notice.
| few days ago Walter, the baby OF the family,
| fell down and injured his head. sono remedy
| was needed last night, and Mr.. Biady. after
| getting his dinner. decided he would SO to tho
| Red Cross pharmacy several blocks away, for
1t. lie left his wife in the dining rootn. and MS
| he started to go out she said she would put the
| children to bed while he was away.
| On HIS way back from the drug store Brady
| stopped at Doscher's Hotel. corner Of Broadway
| and Second avenue, and only Il block and a half
| from his home. He was In the place few min
| NJ aul hpn SIS rtedf fprb his hpuse 10 lil an
meet any one the way and did not see any
| one leave the house as he approached It. The
fact that the door leading into the basement
hall was unlocked did not occur to him as being
| anything unusual.
There was nothing about tho house that sug-
Rested the presence of burglars until he entered
the hall sufficiently to look Into the dining
room. Then he saw his wife lying on the floor
Her head resting near the threshold OF the
door and her feet were toward the door leading
into the kitchen.
She lay there as II dead. and her condition gave
Mr.. Brady such n start that even after the po-
lice had arrived he had not recovered sufficient
ly to give clear account Of what had hap
pened.
When n messenger reached the First precinct
police station. which is on Grand avenue, and
only a little over a block from the drug store
visited by Brady. Acting Captain Darcy was
hLleuulnE hcpCULNhu Injecting ~ pLOCk away,
In charge Of n detail OF police. Upon learning
OF the assault upon Mrs. Brady. Acting Captain
Darcy summoned all the police he could spare
and hurried to the Brady residence. He found
1t filled with excited neighbors.
1t was with difficulty that the police obtained
even an outline of the incidents preceding and
Immediately following tho assault. While
Acting Captain Darcy was securing the details
his men were securing the country in search OF
suspicious characters, but failed to come upon
any strangers or others who could not give o
clear account OF their movements.
When Doctor Neil .. Fitch reached the house
Mrs. Brady was In bed. but she was still in
highly hysterical condition. 1t was impossible
to get anything from her that would clear up
the mystery. All she would say was:
"Oh. that man! Oh, that man."
Then she would mumoe something about he
children. The children were found safely
tucked in bed and evidently had not been dis
turbed.
MIR. Brady told reporter that he had not
searched the house to learn whether anything
was missing or not. His desk. which stands In
the dining room, he said. had been hurriedly
searched through. and r bureau drawer In his
wifes room had been rummaged by some one in
a hurry. for his wife's watch was lying undis-
turbed upon the bureau. His wife's pock etbook
was missing.
lie could not describe the manner his wtte's
hands were tied by the apron strings. He satdi
was so startled upon entering the house
and hnding my wife lying on the floor bound
that do not clearly remember Just what did.
released her hnnos hrst' think, and then re-
moved tho handkerchief gag from her mouth.
ehe oid not say WORD Tor a moment and then
excla!mea; spare my children; spare my
children
You can readily understand" he continued
tbatI viii nrnhahlv rev.r ha NH. 80 ,oII 49,,
what did. | know that after releasing nv
wife l ran into the kitchen, and grabbing n
stick of wood dashed around the house looking
for her assailauts. Had caught them beIieye
could have eaten them. so great was my ex.
citenort-
T~n, ,,o,,. ,
Up TO late hour Mrs. Brady had not calmed
down to any extent and Or. Fitch left instruc.