The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-17
CAPTURED BY A BRIDE.
Mrs. Sadie Gribbons Rolled Down
Stairs With Burglar.

| New York March 17.--Mrs. Sadie Crib
bons, who was married three weeks ago,
| has proved by capturing "a burglar, ward
/! ing off his blows and pummelling him
| until he submitted and ceased 10 strug
| gle, that she Is competent 20 care for her
husbands home during his absence.
The story of her heroism was made pub.
| lie in the Yorkville police court yester-
day, when George Carroll, - years old, of
20i East Seventy third street was arraign-
ed on charge of burglary. He pleaded
not guilty and was held in $1,000 bonds for
examination.
Mrs. Gribbons occupies apartments on
the fourth floor OF the house 800 West
Fifty-third street. Her husband is a
cable car gripman, and is away during
the day. She was busy in her newly
furnished kitchen Monday afternoon
when she heard noise In an adjoining
room. She looked in and saw Carroll
ruinmaging bureau drawer. When he
saw Mrs. Gribbons he said he was looking
for a friend and started 10 leave the room.
The bride, who is pretty little wo-
man, with a girlish figure, did not ap-
pear TO be one who would attempt To cap
ture man. When she planted herself in
the doorway the burglar coached out TO
push her aside and she knocked him
down. He was up In an instant and rushed
at her. She caught his coat and chung
20 him. He ran down flight OF stairs,
dragging her behind. She screamed for
help, but there was no man in the house,
and the women who responded did not
dare TO go near the thief. In their battle
Mrs. Gribbons tore every button from
Carroll's coat.
AT the foot Of the first flight OF stairs
he slipped his arms from his coat, and
ran, leaving IL in the brides hands She
dropped 10 and followed. She caught his
foot as he was about TO run down the
second flight, and the two rolled half the
way down the stairs together Then, as
they got To their feet, Mrs. Gribbons threw
her arms around the fellows neck, and
was dragged TO the bottom Of the second
light, where the man struck at her
No sooner had the fellow raised his fist
than Mrs. Grlbbons clenchel one little
hand and commenced to used il with good
effect. She hit the burglar in the face
several times, and caused his nose TO
bleed. Carroll saw that he was bested by
the bride, and ceased To struggle. Then
he begged TO- be released. He said he
lived with his mother and that her heart
would be broken If he was arrested.
Mrs. Gribbons placed him in corner
and stood guard over him. She doubled
both fists and painted as she asked two
women TO summon policeman. They
soon returned with patrolman McIaugh-
lin, who took the prisoner To the West
saw him throw key into an ash barrel
and picked it out. 1t was skeleton key
that turned TIE lock of each door in the
tenement house.
The prisoner cried when he was ar
raigned i'm the station house, and then the
woman who had captured him showed
her womanly instinct by weeping with
him, and by begging the sergeant to re.
lease him.
Il was not at all afraid when fighting
with the man" said Mrs. Gribbons to
me yesterday.
Where did you learn to boxY' / asked
II never learned and never struck any
one before, but when the man struck a6
me hit him. My arms and hands are
very sore today.