The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-27
BRAVE TICKET AGENT.
Mss Lillian shutter Protects Her Em-
ployers' Money and Is Rewarded.


NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-Arrests quickly
followed the brutal beating and robbery of
Miss Lillian Shutter the pretty ticket agent
at the Kosciusko-street station of the
Brooklyn l., just after midnight yesterday
morning. Her two assailants, after seizng
all the money they saw. fed. The two men
gave the names of Percy w. Smith and VIII
liam Taylor AT l.er home, No. 647 Monroe
street, yesterday afternoon, Miss Shutter
graphically but modestly told her story.
1T was few minutes to IL O'clock" she
said ''and a train had just come in, landed
two passengers and gone on. paid no at
tention TO the two men, 1 was busy
checking up my nights account. Near me
was a bag containing $67, left by the day
agent, and was going to deliver it to the
money train that was expected in a few
minutes. Suddenly noticed that one of the
s1nellsNas -rightsinsfront of me and pointing
pistol at my head. Give me the money
ne SAID and the other man rushed in at me
through the door of the little office.
II didn't have any time to think: and
don't suppose there was anything of bravery
IN what | did. / remember that / Jumped
then the second of the men hit me on the
mead with a club. 1t made me dizzy and
Rin66cked kit6, me down: | lay still when I fell,
that ii l moved the man would hit me
harder. But l watched them. One man
grabbed what money there was in the
Neither was masked. Then they started
on run down the stairway. They had not
noticed the bag of money, and L was thank
full threw ii under the desk and ran
down the stairs screaming. 1t is a long run
to the street from the ticket office for the
stairs make several long turns, and po-
liceman, who was not very far away heard
me ana came running up. Catch those
men; they've robbed me- / cried; and he
ran after them. Then hurried back to the
ticket office to see to things there
Miss Shutter is a very pretty woman
twenty-five years old, with regular features.
graylsh-blue eyes and a pleasant expression
Sne has been employed by the Elevated
Railroad Company for three years. She Is
their only woman employe who works at
night and she asked a few weeks ago to
be transferred to night work so that she
could complete some sewing and embroider-
ing at home that she could only do in day
light The superintendent then asked her If
sne was not afraid, but she replied that
she was not. After the robbery an am
Dulance was summoned from st. Johns
Hospital, but the plucky girl insisted that
the cut on her head be dressed in the ticket
ONCE, as 1t was not serious, and she could
not leave her station. Not till lis, which
was her usual time for leaving, would she
consent to go to the hospital to have the
wound more carefully examined In a few
hours she went home
The two prisoners were positively iden-
tilted by her when they were arraigned in
the GateS-avenue Police Court YESTERDAY
morning. Smith was formerly an employe
of the road. The men We're held in So 900
bail for examination on Tuesday. Superin-
tendent Barton yesterday sent the Young
woman $50 as gift from the railroad COM
pany lin acknowledgment of her bravery
and also told her to take a vacation for a
long enough time TO fully recover from the
wound and shock
Six months ago Miss Shutter had similar
experience but it was in daylight negro
porter seized the money and ran but she
although in her stocking feet-,having taken
off her shoes to dry them it being a rainy
day-darted after him and held him till helm
arrived. He is now serving a sentence for
the crime.