New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-14
BEATEN IN BED BY BURGLARS
ALONE IN MOTHERS HOUSE, YOUNG
MAN IS SANDBAGGED INTO UNCON-
SERIOUSNESS BY THREE MEN.

Awakened by burglars and beaten until I'M
conscious and seriously injured the expert
ence at 40 a. n. yesterday of Harry G. Knapp
special agent of the New-York Casualty Com
pany, of No. 30 Nassau-st., who was spending
the night In his mothers house, at No. 514 west
Twenty nnth-st. All the rest of the FANNY
We're away, some of them, including Mrs
Knapp being in the country. The burglars
ransacked the house, but, so far as an invesu-
cation showed, they got nothing of value
Mr.. Knapp was sleeping in rear room on the
third floor when he aroused by some one
walking around III his room. He raised hinset
on an elbow and as he did he heard man $
voice say:
Look out boys, he's awake.
Knapp barely had time to observe three men
In the moonlit bedroom when one struck MIN
with some blunt instrument on the head, caus
ing him to fall back in bed partly stunheu
He again raised himself and again the weapon
landed his head. He WAS not knocked OUT
and struggled to get from the bed. Then TWO such
severe blows were dealt him that he lost con-
seriousness. He recovered in time to near tie
make a racket in the lower part or ehe
house He went to front window 10 give aN
alarm. On the opposite side of the street soii'e
were standing and to them he calico;
Burglars have been in here and I've Deeh
hurt. Get a policeman quick as you can
I'm officer of the men repiieN
Throw down your keys and Wen help you
Mr.. Knapp threw down the keys but the men
unable to unlock the front door ana "neh
he went down to ascertain the trouble ne iounu
that the door had been fastened by an lnsIde
lock so that it couldn't be opened from the out
side After the men who had profered ara mao
entered the one W.. said he was an off1-
Ger" admitted that he had not toid the tiu''i'
but thought that he might be OF use.
Mr. Knapp put on his clothes ana ven. 70 t III
home of his family physician. Dr- Eusat n
Farr of No. 321 West Forty-sixth-st., To NAV
his injuries dressed. DR.. Farr mad 10 take
large number of stitches in MI Knapp 3 nedu
az there was one cash two inches long. ana an
other three inches long Mr.. Knapp poaroed
streetcar and had got as far as Eighth-ave ana
Twenty nnth-st.. near his nome " ht - me -
a policeman for tie first time. He hailed the
patrolman. and the TWO, RETURN ~ "
made an investigation
They found that the intruders mao edlieH gu
trance by prying up coal hoie coNel III IN. IN
sidewalk and forcing open the door at Tue Loos
Of the cellar stairs. An iron Dar-Was louI
living on the cellar floor Upstairs, every room
had been visited. Drawers closets ana oIhel
racentacIes had been ransacked Apparently
the burglars had started at the pottofI OF tie
borss Visiting room after room until they
reached the one where Mr. Knapp was sieep
inc They had turned out the gas which was
burping IN the lower hall. and apparently
Thought themselves free 10 work at their leis-
,,re In the cellar was found plain gold brace
let which had been dropped by one OF 'ne
burglars and Mr.. Knapp could not recognize -
as one that belonged TO any member OF MS
family.