Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-19

horrible stories we have heard to-day
have alarmed you; but it's all nonsense.
dear, and have no doubt very much
exaggerated. Having now fortified our
citadel, come to bed" We always left
the gas burning a little all night, so
after attending to that 1 got into bed,
and fell asleep. l forgot to say the
doors in the reception-room were of
course secured, and also the one out
of the little lobby leading to the hall,
but the one from our room into the
lobby we always left open.
I was awakened by most terrible
crash, the tongs had fallen down on
little marble table, on which were the
debris of our evening meal, and the
shutters were open. "Anette," said
Bertha, "get up. child; they are getting
the door into the hall and opened it. As
for me, was paralyzed with fright,
expecting each moment to see white
mask enter the room; whether the noise
alarmed them, know not; however,
they did not do SO; and Bertha, whose
her, turned up the gas to its full ex-
tent, and refastened the shutters. can
ette," she said, dress as quickly as you
can," herself setting me the example
More dead than alive, 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 doorp'
| said. Bertha understood me, and few
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
just 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 as 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.
ALI the servants were discharged the
next day, and two weeks after thu
whole of New York rang with the story
of one Of the most horrible murder.
that had ever been committed. On,
of the victims was not quite dead whel
the crime was discovered, although
she expired few hours after the fear
full injuries she had received. But sh,
lived long enough to be the means O
bringing the dread band to justice. 4
widow lady. with her two grown-ul
daughters, three younger children ant
their governess, resided in one of tn,
new streets uptown; they were com
fortably off. and the lady, whose nam
was Maynard, was in the habit of keep
ing rather large sum of money in he
desk.
Her house was broken into by mel