Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-07-23

shutters were open. Annette" said
Bertha, get up, child; they are getting
into the ROOM" and she bounded to
the door into the hall and opened it. AS
for me, l was paralyzed with fright,
expecting each moment to see white
mask ent ar the room; whether the noise
alarmed them. l know not; however.
they did not do so; and Bertha, whose
courage and possession never left
her, turned up the gas to its full ex
tent, and refastened TIE shutters. AN
ette," she said, dress as quickly as you
can" herself setting me the example.
More dead than alive, l did as she de-
sired All was silent for a little time,
perhaps for ten minutes, although to us
it seemed hours, when we heard the
servants window open, and a whis-
pered conversation carried on in mems
voices. Another danger menaced us;
they were in the house. AS | sat watch
ing the door from the lobby into the
hall, which Bertha had unlocked, the
idea flashed across my mind that they
would enter from there. The door!'
1 said. Bertha understood me, and flew
to it and fastened it, Not one moment
too soon. for, as she did so, the handle
was turned, and muttered curse greet
ed her ear. However, they were not to
be baffied so easily, and thinking, no
doubt, they were all safe, began picking
the lock.
OF course, our only chance lay in
alarming the house. Scream, Nettie
as loud as you can" said Bertha, and
she seized the bellrope, pulling it fran
tically. Fright lent me power, and GER
tainly the horrible yells in which | in
dulged were enough to awaken the
dead The servants ran up after a
time, but we would not open the door
to them. At last the landlady and the
other boarders were aroused, and
knocked at our door, and we let them
in. When Bertha opened the shutters
there was the window up, the pane
lust above the fastening cut away. We
told what had happened, and our be-
lief that there were robbers at that mo-
ment in the servants room. Margaret
and the cook turned as pale rs death
at the remark; and when the two gen
tlemen went to search the house. they
stood with their back to their chamber
doors, daring them to enter, and they
did not.
All the servants were discharged the
next day, and two weeks after the
whole of New York rang with the story
of one of the most horrible murders
that had ever been committed. One
of the victims was not quite dead when
the crime was discovered, although
she expired Il few hours after the fear
full injuries she had received. But she
lived long enough to be the means of
bringing the dread band to justice. y
widow lady. with her two grown-up
daughters, three younger children and
their gOvernesS, resided in one of the
new streets uptown; they We're com
fortably off, and the lady, whose name
was Maynard, was in the habit of keep
ing rather large sum of money in her
desk.
Her house was broken into by men
with white masks. and the whole of
the family slaughtered with the eX-
ccption of the gOverneSs. who lived
long enough to tell the story. She had
been left for dead by the monsters
who decamped after their deed of
blood WIN all the valuable they could
find. And it appeared that two new
servants Mrs. Maynard had engaged
a few days before were in league with
the robbers. and had assisted them in
the commission of their crimes. The
servants were arrested, and, finding it
was all up with them. the youngest,
who turned out 10 he no other than our
/ Margaret, confessed 10 having been
engaged in no less than fourteen bur
glarieS The band had several women
in their employ; their part was to get
( places and by that means let the men
/ into the houses. Moreover. she ac-
I knowledged that their motto was
( Dead men tell no tales" so they gen
orally added murder to robberv. The
( whole band was broken up q r that;
( but we never forgot the escal We had
/ had and were most particular after.
I while in New York, to have our rooms
/ upStairS.-New York News.