The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-23

Iogsed e my mother: don't care for it for the
"Oh, damn sentiment" said the robber;
swhere In I'll We want It."
And sho told him where that was. He got II,
4 Now" he said. where's the rest Of the
money! ,,
.EW 6Sy' y nSn.'S Sr ssS sPid; e oyS soh have Now I Hll show
me where he keeps 4: Come. now. show me
where hs Keeps It or RI RI you" 49,, ,,,,.
The foSber won't into that. room. and he got
EEffaaHi na money 70 Sf from me mel sH'q Now p tsiI me y Where sod this is
iife%Y want that money. You needn't try to
fool me; One OF you, neighbors told me you had
Who told you r. she asked.
1t nope Of yonr business who told me- ne:
pi.sci In 4 her M face FG shs tod AZ Si T3G there D %sa a iit RIS
IN q bureau in another room. and he got another
hundred d. there ., and md was wss, back .Is n a = mEmsns, m sn%r.
kill you" he said IF you don't tell me
""Tf You kill me-" sho said, II can tell you
nothing. There is no more money"
The robber sat on the bed a moment or two
ned that the woman, had told him tho truth. He
returned down the back stairway to the dining
dying Nichols, What they were talking about
nobody. but the robbers know. Nichols died
downstairs perhaps fifteen minutes when Miss
Nichols again pulled herself up beside the bed
and. by holding on TO tho wall, MADE her way to
the .etairway and down to tho front door. She
could hear her brother moaning and, calling for
her to CONT, to him, and she could hear the
robbers talking. but what they were saying she
ciineing to tho banlsters for a moment, Miss
Nichols wavered, undecided whether to 60 TO
alarm. At last she reached out and got hold OF
r rob heard the rattle uilc' before sSs had tho door
open. One Of them jumped up and rushed into
Without a word he pulled his pistol again and
fred two shots at her. Both went through her
, JmpsSSBifr f Il. ea aeT nslsher hi ht s si%.' she In . sas sGG at
the door Desperately. 1t came open an instant
out; but the robber was on her in a moment and
yanked her back in the house.
Where In hell are you goinEf he said;
sickf DO you want 10 go to bedl'
Her courage was all gone. She told him she
well" he said, " do you want to go to bed I"
She said she did, and. half carrying her. he
s to- ih her S,% upstairs to her room and put her down
r rws ter, Giys mo water" she said.
"Why. certainly" and returned in moment
With a glass OF water and a bottle Of brandy.
He gave her q drink Of brandy and water.
and got that for her. and then he returned to
the owe floor. where the other robber still sat
Leaving Nichols for a moment, the robbers
went downstairs into The cellar and came up
pies and cakes, which they spread out on the
table. II took them ten or fifteen minutes to
E ShisRSSfis heard Ssis tea again ah the a eroans 'a and G thS ie MhSs
cries OF her brother to come to his assistance.
The brand, and water revived her, sho got up
way downstairs. Blood was still streaming
f fsee w her s wSnnaii R With hands It. She and ief. her a
trail Of blood as she walked. As she staggered
from side TO side Of tho hallway and Of the sit:
pieces OF furnisure there. she left marks o ON
everything. When ,she appeared this second
prepared their feast and they didn't propose to
let her disturb them. They paid no attention to
who had had gwen CIV sG the brandy r S1d water tTG 10 her sne ss one
why, you amt hurt as badly as you think
Just then Nichols begged. for water. He
looked. pale and CHASTITY In the dim light. and
the robbers evidently thought he was going to
bucket Of water. while the other poured out a
drink of brandy and put it to the mans lips.
Here, .thisll iven him up"
face. Miss Nichols had sunk to the floor again.
She was very weak from the loss OF blood.
men, s'! Sc t fls' r aSs 9 s0i got 'G another sera S Sae 4l 'e oi
water and doused It on her, after WHICH they
I s ssss sew AND e at ih Of the sspa pis.. Te oaca sfS al Of th tss
would turn to Nichols and tell him to shut up,
ssESNying hat he only thought he was hurt.
was nervous. and that she only imagined inei she she
felt bad, They got away With ebout half a
10y oSsSiSo VI lht hhil NluoE. lHUy CdI
sister. and ali the time NSichols's' life was ebbins
h the house below. She told them Waicott
Beach did. Then one of them said:
well, do you think he's got any dough
She didn't answer.
around the house, he asked again aan s shss % said:
aSEin sns sni nfs S1 sSe Ro %. sfie e last, the rona.,,
began the work OF ransacking the house. They
searched the frspisess and pailled up the car.
pot They moved all the furniture ana tumb!ed
tornssdo ei had %r% XII I. N tds R'S had 'a sSoSt SIS " . q 9
notes. They y" were SI in f his roo Sno VW9hbt en tSs e aGe
bers came to that room Miss Nichols called TO
Don take the papers; don't take the papers"
And the robbers yelled back at her:
T MSn onan want your Pspers' we want money.
them they tore; Some Of them they crumpled in
the s,f hands. tb rhsS siS%bor 9vor rR pile n after Pile
mattresses Off the beds; they dumped wash
etandsi they sounded the wall; they pulled out
{. foot Of space in the whole house that they
didn't examine. They did 1t all systematically.
bonds and stocks. But they evidently Told the
them, and they took none Evil With them. An' Oh
Finally, when the search OF the house was
ing room, where the victims were. They looked
each over. and remarked they guessed n little
pSase SSr ont 2 iiPtIs w "a ssc Soa ana s5 hurt, snd thy p;
Miss Nichols said:
mothersf'
One OF the robbers. the one who had treated
her kindly. said:
"No, I amt got any wife; but Two got a
mother and three sisters down in Bridgeport"
nFor their sakes have mercy on u.s." pleaded
"oh. dry up; We amt going to hurt you" re-
tofted the robbers.
Then they we I around the lower part of the
house collecting the lights and the kerosene oil.
There were three or four lamps, a lantern, and
ebout o gallon Of kerosene. The lamps were all
glass. They smashed them all on the hearth
gtone In the room, poured the kerosene out, and
finally. when Miss Nichols pleaded that a light
carrying on their work and smashed that lamp,
too. Miss Nichols thought they were going To
burn tho house and she begged them not to
do
The robber who had been kind to her, said
with q laugh:
",oh, you needn't be afraid; wore not quite as
bad as that"
my brother 10 dying" groaned Miss Nichols;
he ought TO have n doctor"
~~Oh. he isn't badly hurt, said the robbers.