The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-07
New York Thieves Invaded the
Fashionable Albemarie Twice
in One Week.
BRIDE AND WIDOW ROBBED.
Burglar Used ChlOroform on the
Widow. While the Bride Awoke
TO See Her Husbands Pock-
cts Being Rifed.


REPUBLIC STFCIAI.
New York. Oct. 6-For the second time
within n week Il robbery has been commit =
ted at the Allcmarie Hotel, which sdjoins
the Hoffman House on Broadway opposite
Madison Square. In each instance the person
robbed was a Southern woman. and more
than S,oJ worth Of iewelry was obtaine. /.
each time
Irs. Alice Price. a widow who is a mem
her of the weli-known family of Macon Ga
was robbed ia her room at the AlbemarIe
last Tuesday night Gl all h.r icwc!ry, wort h
something more than $3.50. She was chic
reformed by the burglar, whom she saw, hut
she WAS too much overcome by the drug to
cry out or resist.
Mrs. Yeatrlan Warllow. who IS from
Ashevile. y. G. was robbed AZ the ABB
marie just a week earlier while there on
her bridal trip.
Ever since the Windsor Hotel fire Mrs
rric" has insisted on having r"oin mex;
I" tie liz, escape. In that cuni.l grafton She
narrowly escaped with her Ni,. having Z"
descend on Il rope for six stories to the
street. In the rapid descent her hands Were
badly iacerated. and she received other in
jGries by falling upon the paw m"nt- She
has =" dreaded similar experience that
she selects her rooms nearer the pavement
that the hotels provide.
When s4ie went to the Alhemarle there
fore. she Insisted upon having a room open
ing upon III. fire escape. Sne thus tell a
victim To- her own timldity. As the burglar
entered the room Ly means OF this life
saving device.
..I~. i.rIce II In the habit of having her
breakfast brought IL her room. To hall
hoy came as usual last Wednesday,. but
mad some difficulty in ar"uSilS her. II"
I rtPpcG N.EOfClSly Oh III, door. After aN hi"
Mrs. priC. sstii. sh" aroused h"fS self enough
To know that some onr was rarping at tH.
coor. She go, up. and was dsJunIshed I"
feel h'I knees weak ana her Ecad whlrl-
ing around She did not then appreciate IN"
situation, ana did not imagine that she
After the buy left. Mrs. Price noticed
that the winGow leading To the ire escap'
was open. ana she saw a bunch OF howef5
lying or the lanuins-
Saw the Rubi'er work.
II had evidently been knocked down b.
the burglar IN making his escape. Then sh'
: h. san To think and as sne recalled the
scenes Of tn night, sEc b,cam. terrified
She realized for the first TIM" In" 'cfrihi'
/ experiences she had PASSED through "hli
| t." much stupeiied 10 cry out II al came
! back To her. She smciled the sickeniuS 900
/ oi cnlJroiOrm. she felt 3bsin the terri"i'
| presence of the burglar IN hSr room anu a.
her bedside. she remembered that she saw
tlc robbpr standing At her bed and taking
| the Jewels and that she was under s'iiit
! spell and could not resist or scream -,
| out of the window. II was all clear no"
and she could tell everything th;tt hdd nap
I pen.d i'm that moment of horror
| When MIS-. Prize looked fer ner Naiuao4''
] ste found that every article oi JsweirN s-''
/ possessed had been stolen she h-d l"'
, more tnsn S.,9c worth OF gems
| The former burglary In the same h1te
: occurred Thursday night OF the nteh p'
for. Airs. Neatman Wardlow. VINO wa
/ married In Ashevile. y. g.. a Few DAYS bs
A., fore. awoke III her room at the Aibemari'
| TO find n burglar walking about, fumhiln;
| at her husbands waistccat and searchi;l.
! for valuable. Sne was TOO terrified TO cr1
out.
/ When the robber had taken everything
| he could find and had left the room an,
| was standing on the narrow ledge outsid
! th.. window. she received her courage ans
| awoke her husband.
| He rose and looked TO see II anything has
! been stolen. \ chamois bag OF Jewels
! mainly wedding presents. his roll or bills
| his watch and draft for sSs'-aoout SlSf
| worth in all-were missing.
Doctor Wardlow Immediately notified tn
police. who are working OH the double rob
berry on the theory that Southern thieves
J are responsible.