The herald., 1898-05-24
(0kfD ANO ROBBED
lEnA lE1ss1avz AND DAUGHTER
vu1TED ~ A BURGLAR
Ne CAME LATE At NIGHT



robbery occurred nj F5irhland park last
week. The victims were Mrs. John Mes
sarve ana her 1a-vear-o,d daughter. Mary
rhe former was cboked bv the burglar.
ana her throat ba,lv bruised nv his fingers.
The AFFAIR took Mace "Wednesday night
Mr.. Messerve ana her daughter reside
- . srnnII house on Fiftv-third avenue.
,rhich e at Highland mark. and probably
ia var6a east ~ the p. .adena electric ca >
ltre rhs ho,.a has NOT been fully COM
Melted. onlv a rear room and n porch be-
,rv corstr,ct.d This norch Ia encyosed
v,sth cervas and "a ,,til,zed for a Kitchen.
The family sleepinc In the only room in the
house IN the nicht IN question entrance
-. -.,,,r.l, ~, crtt,rv . ho,a IN tho can.
vas ana then unlock,np the door of the
,r,to,,er The door laad,ny into the bousa
rrcrar was UNLOCKED 40 the burglar hail
Il d,o,cultv IN entering the room where
Ms Meserve a nd her daughter were sleen-
~, =, tha soms nod Rnt ono man went
~, ~. ho,,s. ard \. .+ruck a match for
49, ,,,rroee ~ d,scovaring exactlv where
40 occ,,nant. u,ere a. the room IVA bnt
a,,,,,v u.h+ad hv +ha raf,ect,on from, AZ,
.,ectr,c 1,cbt mounted an a tall MOLE about
IA v.ras avav
'srsa co,,s ~ Tho match .tr,,r,rv and tho
~adaAn hIeze rroha b,v u,ote both the NJ.
c,,cocts ~ tha room for Mrs Messarve
.tartad I'm and aa she "a w the visitor ,,t.
t.-.a ~ sxc,amet,on ~ surnr,se Her
a.vgh+ar rot,cod the mar at the Same time
.,d .o-eevnsd rhsra a. a bousa on tia
w..t .,aa ora oho,,t eftoor foot from, Mrs
axesssrvs's. ,,,.ca occ,,r,ea hv n 20 rn,,v hu.
. . = was ofter n o,cloc, tho ch,ld,s crv aid
-. .rn,,.a tba ne,ghhors Tn anv event
the burglar did not propose to take anv
havoc. for ths ,nstan NJ after the little or,
800. ,,o7 10 ,eo,,oa onto tho bod he+wean
49, 81. ..,,,,,..
..shr+ IN or IN iii, vou"
A. &c sorna time ha Grabbed Nsrs Mes-
.erve ~ the throat ana began choking her
-h,,. ~ oh,1a oro,,ohea ,,,th foar h,,a'
A,ad n the hadc,otbes
.sr 80. com ;, ds,,, ,,aoa Tho voh,er
az hovsr,+ go+ th.+ much ;, oo snsd Nfrs
~r....r,,s -,,,e,, he ra,eosod t,,s hold m hor
sh-oat
mvo, ,,,, havan 10 ,rs,s+.a ora +n.r
=. ,o-,rsa ,de5 49, x,o,,or to ,et IN 90 to
80 closet ard hand hin, bar nurse
~ ,r.-..,.,. a., -. 10 oraaraa erst
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~. -sa,,. ,o-,.- Tha rohhar hod on
-. ,o.,-,.r hn,fo q, h,s h.,a hut ,vos nm.
.s.s,,sS an5 &C. Mrs Messorva wo ~ ~,
1870 49, - ,,,o,,,a o.rr,, ,r+o oxoo,,.,o,
-. ttraa. 80 ,,,,,;r,r : az ,,r,a.. sho oho,e,;
~, - =, 49, closet Nd hsgo sne 49,
80 -. -. $1,000. Sho boraaa III,
-. -, -, 80 o,,.,v, go ,,oo,ra+hor,,
.e..s .S.,,t * MI. rohh.. ~. ~,
s..-aas ,..a 800 ,,,ora,, .ra
.-,-.s n. M..s.r,,. ,,,,,ora sha ,ra,,t tar
-. = -
ar ~. h.r,,n .h. -.r,,.a ava ~ har
.,,.,.,sa =. Ala ~ ..r the o,,o ~ tho In
-s.....,s s..a. - ,.a,,+a ~ h,,r,,o-
$50. - ro,.o ~, ~, o.,,ar nc =,
- ~. roor, hut oftor sscur,rv tho n,,rse
"a ,v.+cr tr,od IN cot tho rings ofy of Mre
rxs.ss-vs,s argors TIC nu,,ed nd tugge.,
- 49,, h.. a. orrornarts ,varo ~ 70,
s,~st Mrs N6asserva NOS h,rt hv N.
III. ara raggo,, 40 fe,,ov IN 1yoi+ on,
a,,o,, ~ 70 ro,,ove thor, h,+ he av,dert,y
tho,,yrt che would NOT and continued trv.
,ng h,r,seIf He was unable to get tha
r,nos ~ however ona finally lot % Of
Mrs Mes.arve,s hand and said prufr,v.
..rsat hoc,r into that he'd ana don,t va,
Ar. stir or scream for an hour or IN
IN, ho+h of ,,ou,,
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