The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-23
AGEDwOMAN SHOwSF FIGHT
WITH A CHAIR MRS. MILLER TRIED
TO BEAT OFF TWO BURGLARS.

she .. ~ Years ola AND Lived A~ione-Arer =
struEEie the Robbers Ovcrcnmo Her and
neat pier Inte nscnsIbnty-Her Condition
Is sorious - The Two BurEiara Escape.
E%LizApETn. n. j., Nov. ga murderous as.
sault was last night by two young
men upon Mrs. Pauline Miller. an old woman
who lived alone ut 15s Washington avenue.
After beating the old woman into insensibfity
her assailnnts ransackcd her rooms in search
of booty. As they were leaving tho house they
were accosted by n noighbor, John Carroll.
They shot at him with n revolver and ran down
Grier avenue and escaped. Mrs. Miller 10 q
widow and for years she has kept a mall store
in the old house whore she lived. She sold
tobacco. cigarettes and some groceries. Her
store 10 in the shadow of ~. Mary's Roman
Catholic Church. and tho children of st. Mary's
school were her regular customers.
Although her home was old and weather
beaten, and though she often denied tho report,
Mrs. Miller was reputed to have n good deal Of
money, which. II was allegod. che kept some
where in her sleeping room. Once or twice
several years ago her store was broken into,
but Mrs. Miller. who is ~ years old, drove out
the intruders after giving them q beating with
q billy, and mono Of her neighbors thought any
ono would try again to rob her.
Last night at 1o:i5, while walking through
his yard, which joins Mrs. Miller's, John Car.
roll Of BIT South street saw two mon leave the
rear door OF Mrs. Millers house. He asked
Thorn who they were, whereat ono drew a 70.
S SGlye s,S ana %.f fired s a. Sssr3 bai,n Lh ,h bullet fsm,n missed Ixsf,d
avenue. Carroll, with his wife aud Charles.
Mahon, ran into Mrs. Miller's house to SEQ IL
any harm had been done the old woman. When
they entered. .Mahon says, they. found Mrs. Mil
Ter lying on the floor of hel bedroom. She wns
covered with blood and a pool OF blood had
formed about her head. She was moaning and
order and there, were many, evidences that q
severe struggle had taken place. The injured
woman was carried into tho store and placed OH
q chair. There she partly regained her senses
and told those about her that two men had
beaten her: She swooned then and was re-
four long cuts on her head. made by some blunt
instrument, such as n blackjack or a club. and
tho blows had not. killed the woman. To-day
she had recovered somewhat and was per-
mitted to talk with the detectives for a few
From her disconnected story 1t was gathered
that she had retired early, and some time in the
entering her room. The intruder struck a
match, and then she saw two men. The one
lighted q lamp. BY this time the second man
had reached her bedside. Grabbing her about
kept her money. The old woman gasped and
said abe had no money. Tightening his clutch
on her throat, tho fee q BEGAN to choke her
but managed to shake her head. At this re.
find the money without her aid, and warned
her TO- remain in bed Il she valued her life.
Both the ruffians started to ransack the bureau
drawers and Mrs. Miller waited until they
spite her advanced age, the woman is strong
and brave. having had a number of successful
struggles with drunken men In her store. So
she leaped from the bed and advanced boldly
on the thieves. They heard her and rushed at
her. The woman grabbed a chair. but before
she could raise it the thieves had seized her.
She struggled hard, and it took tho two men
pulled a club or blackjack from his pocket
and pounded the woman on the head with it.
She was knocked unconscious. and believing
they had killed her, the thieves must have re-
Bumed their search for booty, for when the
room was m every bureau drawer and
other place where money or valuables could
completing their search, tho men calmly
walked out of the house and made their escape.
1t is not yet known whether they got any booty.
was was it'll iitfie eS to be ma had ha Mrs. seS MilIer m tnId the rer p1 5hefe
Although Mrs. Miller said she recognized her
assailants and gave a description Of them to
the police, she seems, to have. been mistaken.
alibf and was released. The police have a
theory that members Of a notorious gang of
s ssnsA we're snSw1 Mr as M Nj rs a assniiaais. "T GRisf
George c. Tenney said this afternoon that he
felt certain he had the men located. and ex-
tomorrow night, Two e Of they the washinFto ne a .. .,
nue. gang disappeared from their usual haunts
this morning, Some Of the people who live
that the fellows disappeared suddenly. They
think these the assault. Tonight
Mrs. Miller had not recovered sufficiently to
ton, but the surgeons at the hospital have hopes
OF her recovery.