New-York tribune., 1896-09-01
ROBBED WHILE DRUGGED.
MRS ASHCROFT SAYS HER FoRTUNE-TELLlNG
VISITOR GAVE HER A NARCOTIC AND RAN
SACKED HER HOUSE.

VISITOR GAVE HER NARCOTIC AND RAN
SACKED HER HOUSE
Mrs Maria Snyder thirty years old who lives
in a fiat at No 225 East Seventiethst. and gives
her occupation dressmaker. but Is said by the
police be peripatetic fortune-teller. was ar
raigncd before Magistrate Slmms at the Harlem
Court Yesterday afternoon on charge OF rob-
berry by the use Of drugs. She was remanded until
this morning The complainant in the case was
Mrs Mary Ashcroft. OF No 2lCl Third-ave., ana.
according to her story. Mrs Snyder has called
on her frequently and told her fortune and that OF
her nephew Peter Wolf, tweny-four years old.
who lives with her On Sunday. according to the
story Mrs Snyder called at Mrs. Ashcroft's fiat
and spent the evening. About II o'clock the con-
versaion turned tonics. and Mrs Snyder SAID
she had one, few drops OF which would at once
restore a tired sick person TO vigor and APP
parent health. She had with her bottle OF the
tonic Mrs Ashcroft and Wolff agreed to test the
wonderful remedy. and Mrs. Snyder administered
a few drops to each in glass of water.
No sooner had Mrs. Ashcroft taken the medicine
than she felt her head reel. and she started Tor
the kitchen She reached the kitchen. but re-
membered no moro until she awoke at O'CLOCK
Yesterday morning and found herself lying In the
middle OF the floor with severe pains In the head
and her mouth and throat terribly parched She
arose. and reeling II drunk, managed to reach
the water faucet She took several copious
draughts which revived her Then passing into
the sofa fully dressed and apparently asleep. She
tried to arouse him. and found that he was un,
conscious The windows OF the room. which had
been open the previous evening. were tghtiy
closed.
A neighboring physician. who was summoned. de-
clared that both Mrs Ashcroft and Woln were sur
fering from the effects OF some drug Woln was
not restored to consciousness until late In the after
moor He is still H. but is not In dangerous con-
dition . , -,
AS soon as Mrs. Ashcroft could collect her
thoughts she remembered the drops administered
by Mrs Snyder, and then she made the astonishing
discovery that everything portable OF any value
that she possessed had been carried on Trunks,
closets and bureaus had been rlhed, and gold
watch and chain articles OF jewery silk dresses and
silverware had been carried away. and her life.n-
surance policy and a bank book representing SlS
had also been stolen. The value OF the stolen goods
Is over 800, II Is said
Mrs Ashcroft once decided that Mrs. Snyder
had administered a narcotic to herself and her
nephew and that she was the thief who had stolen
the property. Her mind being made up. Mrs. Ash
croft went at once to the East e-hundred-and-
fourth-st station to make complaint. Detective
Perkins was sent to Mrs. Snyders house and ar
rested her. She much surprised at her arrest
but she acknowledged having administered the
drops to Mrs. Ashcroft and Woln. and gave the de-
This lIauid she said. was the same as that she had
administered to Mrs. Ashcroft and Wolff
The detective inquired In the neighborhood con-
cerning Mrs Snyder. and found that she bore good
character and was understood to be a dressmaker
No one knew her fortune-teler.
When Mrs. Ashcroft saw the bottle OF brown
LIQUID she declared that It not the same stun
not nnd any of the stolen property In Mrs Snyder's
Aof