New-York tribune., 1902-12-07

THINKS HE WANTED CHILD
MRS MOROSINI TELLS STORY OF THE
BURGLARY.

DESCRIBES INTRUDER, WHO, SHE DECLARES,
LEFT vALUABLEs UNToUcHED-wHY
SHE SLEPT WITH MOTHER
Since the story Of the appearance of burglar
On Thursday night in the bedroom of Mrs Attlllo
P Morosini on Chester HILL Mount Vernon, came
out the family has persistenty refused 10 TAX.
They broke their silence for the first time last
night, when their attention called TO state
ments of the Mount Vernon police. throwing
doubt on the story as originally told by them
and the neighbors. intinating that the whoie
scare must have been caused by a prowling
servant or the result of Imagination Mrs
i Morosini last night gave the entire details OF
her experience to Tribune reporter. She said;
On Thursday afternoon I visited a place In
New-York and had my hair dressed The ar,
ranging of my hair gave me headacne, me- anu 1o
bed rather early. 1 think it was about $40
D. M when retired. Mr.. Morosini usually oc-
cupied the room with me, but that night ne slept
in a room across the hall, my mother was
with me- and. knowing that was i'll. thousht
that she could wait on me during the night and
save this annoyance to my husband Our Iour-
teen-months-o baby. Mary Washington, was
in another room, where 1 had put her IN peu
after the nurse had rocked her to sleep.
I usually sleep with the gas lighted, but owing
to the condition of my head. which was thTob.
@ ping ,t as ot srd instead lighted small red oil
! lantern, which placed on rug near the door
! l was very nervous. and had not oeen asleep
| long when | heard a noise Wnlch WOKE nie up,
| I said Mamma do you hear that? 1t seemed
| to like some one was turning the KNOB Oh
| NV mother said: TT must be Attilio- He
| must be moving about. 80,
| 1T is very queer. L sald Dut altel "hllo
| T can't saw how long I slept but the next time
| I woke up 1 heard knock like some one was
| RAINING at the foot of the bed l thought that
| on account of my being sick my husband had
| come into the room TO see how was teeLhs;
and sad. "Attlio, is that you: W men lt.! ne oi@
not answer I called again, Attiho- ht'iiio
There no response
Then looked around the room. and my eyes
fell upon scene which chilled my blood
Standing at the foot of the bed. looking lntently
at my Jewels, which were lying on the dresser
! where I had left them upon retiring. was the
figure of a man. When the man saw that ne
was discovered he approached the side OF the
| bed and then suddenly crouched down l
screamed with fright and my mother also
| awolxe-
| She said ITS man. and then she sat up
| and threw her arms in the air. The man was
! short and thickset; he bareheaded, and L
could see that his hair was dark and smooth
! As he dashed into the hall he met Mr. Morosinl
and hit him. he ran, under the eye tnlnK
he must have had heavy ring on his finger or
something in his hand, as he left marx on my
| husbands cheek He ran downstairs ana out
| of the front door 1 think he must have had
the door open before he went upstairs, because
| when we afterward went down the hall was
very cold.
| As soon as we could get window up and put
on some bath robes we began calling for the po-
lice and neighbors- Some of the nei5hbofs say
that they did not see the burglar run CO. @ ot h te
| because it was fully five minutes after the man
| had fed before any of them came around. +heh
| my husband threw the keys out or the WINDOW
| to them and they opened the lower door and
| T think the burglar was in the house all the
| eyening TN tell you why. Our cook thinks
| nothing of leaving the kitchen and cellar doors
| Open She's always complaining that the mousse
| is too warm
Yesterday the Morosinis sent for locksmith
and had him put new locks on the doors Mrs
| Morosni fears that the burglar was atter 1eNeiS'
or nossiblv. that some one intended to kidnap
| her babv The little girl is the only grandcnho
of Giovanni P Morosini. the banker. and VIII
probably inherit a large part of his fortune aS
| he Is greatly attached to her. Continuing Nfs-
MorosinI said:
don't want to say that believe that hat, the !s
| burglar intended TO steal the eIlu- @ -, 'lli -
JT,a mr. hrica -brac he could have found plenty
| AZ n on the lower floors, and II ne WantGo 1e 1|L
| af-., thnrn were several thousand Qolldro "'It''
etI s SI,;+,anas living on my dresser My engage
rnent ring is very large stone II Mo1la it NAT
| NV little girl has not been any too strong, 1
| had a wet nurse for her until a ie" Weeho So, so,
and then discharged her. Ihe woman ~ , cdlIIV
,'' 90 me recommended by the Sisters OF Charity'
| and she seemed deeply attached 70 tRe ne paoy, @
She fairly idolized the child ana was tel !t is ~
| devoted than nurses usually are. nouceo ,5 tie5
,,nneual attachment for the baby. ana reriarheo
| ahont n to nv mother. The nurse useo 10 say
| "HJorv washington, / don't know now couiu
live without you" The woman ~ sgeliieI 9t bar
| downhearted few weeks ago "heh l ie' He-
For n long time after my baby was born L
had il watched. l kept this up untii [eceiliS.
| and then gave it up. Wouu dieau ~ ~ hi,S
| +bot any one could have designs upon the cniu i
nnI,- She was not sleeping in my room on lne
night saw the burglar but her crlo was lLIi .Ii
quite close bed The ehllS was IN ,aii aosiir
| oao and the door was locked MI Moroslnl
| 10 bsa bis door locked and he told me 10 loch
| nine hut | neglected to DO II Ihlhh HuM
| tbat the noise which woke me up was made py
| NC nc rnbbar as he tried to turn the knobs OF
| these doors
Notbtne that the police of Mount Vernon have
| been able to discover sheds much ilSht Oh INC
notorious visitor to the Morosini mansion
.,5 tbav are inclined to doubt that there
| a,v one, In the house Chief Foley is of the
| inio,, that Mrs NorOsn saw of the
/ eo~nar servants prowling about. and imagined
| 4Lot sba was a burglar. The police have learned
+ho. +ba family has Il servant who acts queerly
t times and they are inclined to attribute the
BURGLAR scare to the woman The affair has so
| oronsed the people of the fashionable neighbor-
| L,od of Chester Hill that the police have de-
| tormined tn make fun investigation. and to-
dav they will go into the details of the case
| deeper than ever
TWO SHAMROCKS NAY BE HERE.