New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-13
4 BURGLAR ATTACKS A GIRL.
TRIES TO MAKE HER TELL WHERE HER
EMPLOYERS JEWELS ARE.
THE SERVANT REFUSES AND rs ROUGHLY
TREATED-THE BURGLAR ESCAPES.
rAKINa AWAY ONLY 44n

THE SERVANT REFUSES AND IS ROUGHLY
rREArED-rHE BURGLAR ESCAPES.
TAKING AWAY ONLY $40
Mabel Weichman. twenty-eght years DID, a
servant employed by j. w. Marks. Of No. 244
East Sixteth-st.. who was found unconscious In
hall Of the house at 2 o'clock yesterday MORN
Ing. told story to the effect that a burglar had
knocked her down upon her refusal to disclose
the hiding-place Of 81 900 worth OF Jewels, which
were in her charge. The Jewels were in two
boxes and consisted OF three gold watches six
diamond rings. two pairs Of diamond earrings
and other articles.
The thief. who escaped got only $40. which
was the servants own savings.
Mr. Marks who Is a glass tile manufacturer.
left home Saturday night. about II o'clock. with
his wife to attend reception. When they re-
turned at o'clock In the morning the whole
house was In an uproar. Half q dozen police
men were searching the house questioning
the servant. son and daughter were trying
to revive the GIRL while another servant and
several neighbors were explaining or listening
to explanations Of wha. had occurred.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marks took the girl to their room,
and after she had partially recovered from her
nervousness, she told the following story:
She was sitting the rear room OF the second
floor Mr.. Marks had left her there. 1t being his
and his wife's apartment. The girl was to take
care OF their four-months' old baby. Early that
day Mr. Marks had cautioned the girl about the
jcwel boxes and before going out had placed the
boxes In his room under the sofa. About /
o'clock. the girl. who had fallen into light
sleep was awakened by somebody in the room.
She says she man who espied her about
the same time. He made menacing gestures and
looked so fierce that she was afraid to make any
outcry. He was about forty years old. wore a
full sandy beard, was bald, and about five feet
eight inches in height.
When the burglar had closed the door leading
10 the hall, he walked softly TO ner and demanded
the boxes OF jewelry The servant says that he
seemed to know what they contained and that
they were in the room at the time. At any rate
he said he knew and that he had been In the
house all day and had heard Mr. Marks tell her
to be careful OF the property.
The girl told the thief that the jewels were
not In that room. but were upstairs. He then
walked to the babys bed. and standing over
the infant. threatened to kill II II she did not
make known to him the hding-place OF the
Jewels. Thereupon the servant told him they
upstairs. The thief then went through
the upper part Of the house. While he was gone
the girl took the two boxes from beneath the
sofa where Mr.. Marks had placed them. and
transferred them to large box In closet.
throwing some loose clothing over the box.
The burglar did not remain long upstairs when
he reached her again he angrily told her that
ne could not find the jewels She became alarmed
at his manner and shrank into corner. He
pulled her out, and graspng her by the hair.
again demanded to know the hiding-place OF the
jewery. This time the servant screamed. and
with oath the thief dragged her into the hall
way, when ne deliberately pushed her down
the hall against a door When she struck the
door she tainted and the man escaped, probably
by the rear entrance and then over the fence.
The son and daughter. and another female
servant who slept on the top floor. ran down
stairs upon hearing the screams. and found the
Weichman girl unconscious In the hallway.
Markss son called a policeman. who sent for an
ambulance and informed the sergeant at the
East Sixty-seventh-st. station OF what had hap
pened.
Various runors attracted policemen from sew
eral posts while several detectives came from
the station They could find trace Of the
burglar A search OF the house showed the loss
OF the servants savings. The girl is in highly
nervous state.