The sun., 1902-06-28

siuaaiss ues IN Ceslss. Pound H~s
and niaa mes-rhey Get Nsshsss.
Two msn pre,ending To 10 insp-ctor-
of the Bard % Health muryi.roasly as
,aui,sd Mrs Anna NJ ThormAnn at her
u,l-" IN Ffty-fourth street.. near Ninth
svenu. BrOoklyu. yesterday morning
Thev first defnand-d her motley and j-wrlry.
thrcaienins her With revolvrr. then hit her
With hammer. and After . bloody strug-
Ga. IN which abe vas pounded into un-
cunsciousnees tied her hand and foot piled
TIE household furniture on her body and
vent away without having secured any
luOty
Mv Thormann. Who 10 about - years
cd. IL the wife Of Henry n. 4. Thormann.
~ho works In the Armour provision houss
IN Williamsburg. Her son George has .
tea and coGe~ route and somctimes has
coLsidersbls money At the house. a fact
which apparently was known to the rob
b~rs That part Of Ray Ridge where the
7hormanns live 10 sparsely settled. The
1hormAnn houss. . vine-covercd, two
story cottage. Is 20 far from the nearest
louses that the sounds Of the battle be-
tween Mrs ThormAnn and tbs men did not
reach her neighbors
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yard ai 10 o'clock yesterday mornir z
when Two m.n came up. They asked for
M Thormann. She said he would not
L. homo until night.
We are inspectors Of the Board Of Health.
sad one Of the men. We have received
q complaint about your chickens The
chief inspector IL down the street We
want TO make an inspection Of your prem
i~es bsfore he gets here
Mrs Thorrnann took them TO the cool,
IN the yard but the men showed lit.le inter.
est in IL. Then one Of them said: Il hear
that you keep chickcns In your cellar
Mrs. Thormann said that was not true
and offered to show him the cellar. There
IL door into the cellar from the rear Of tho
louse. She led tbs way. and the larger Of
the nsn followed. The other went TO the
front OF the house. where he remained.
evidently on watch.
You see, there are no chickens here
said Mrs. Thormann.
'Ill make n report to the chief that it'1
all night said the man. But where do
you keep your money and your jewelryp'
Mrs fhornann edged toward the cellar
stairs, but the man drew a revolver.
Tell me where your money is or I'll
shoot you. he said. pointing IL at her.
Il haven't any money, said Mrs. Thor
mann. who had thrown up her hands. be-
heylng that was the customary thing TO do.
Well, your son George has. Where
docs he keep t7- asked the robber.
i don't know said Mrs. Thormann.
Where's IN. diamond ring you wore
last time saw your asked the robber.
Mrs Thormann said she didn't know.
on a table Ia the cellar and struck Mrs
Thornann on TN. back Of the head. She
frll to the foor. stunned and bleeding
The roht-r dashed up the CELLAR stairs
elf together and followed him. She was
half way UP the stairs when he discovered
her. lie went back and helped her up
into tho hack parlor. Here he renewed
his demand for money
Ms. ThorInann brgan "a SCREAM and he
struck her again with the hammer. She
grsppled with him The room anerward
showed what struggle sh- made. All
.asned @ vas:.' % pi,,ces u Of % ornamental glass
and bric-A-bruc we're broken. The robb~r
continued to brat her on the hsad With his
h-ts and with the handle of the hammer.
When, weak from lns- Of blood and worn
out, Mrs. Thorinann lay helple-. on the
floor, the man drew stout cords from his
pockct and bound her hands and feet.
drawing the cords so that they cut into
the flesh. That l. the last Mr. Thormann
recalls While h. was tying her feet she
tainted
Probably half an hour later. Mrs. Thor
mann became conscious The robher
had y led the furntur" on her body. in
cludng handicapped table and two
large chairs. Although her hands and
feet were bound Mr.. Thormann managed
To- work herself out from the hesp and
dragged herself into the parlor and through
the hall TO the front door She got IN"
door pm and crawled out on the veranda.
A widr trail Of blood showed the course
che took
There she Law whom Bridge Policeman
John Murphy, who lives across the way.
Of hnNiga %
one family calling his name and discovered
Mrs Thormann Just passing into another
faint. Murphy called the ambulance from
the Norwegian Hospital while Mr- Murphy
cut the cords which bound Mrs Thormann.
The ambulance surgeon found that Mrs.
Thormann had escaped a fracture of the
skull In spite Of her terrible heating Her
tcalp was ripped open and there were Two
hong deep cuts in her face which was
swoilen and black from the blows of the
hammer handle
Mrs. Thormann told her story 10 Police
Captain Cullen of the Forty-third street
station and described the men. The one
who committed the assault. she said was
about Is years old s feet inches tall and
weighed about 2oo pounds His complexion
and hair were dark, his face smooth. lie
wore ouhle-brcaSted suit 81 dark material
and a black soft hat His companion was
between Is and 30 wears old. dark com
plesion and curly hair. He was dressed
thabhily in a dark check suit, wore tan
shoes badly worn at the heels and was
stoops.d at the shoulders.
when the robl,er had tied Mr.. Thormann
up he went into the kitchen and washed
the blood on his hands. He left bloody
footprints across the kitchen floor. \
purs. containing s. 81. which lay on the
parlor table, and the siverware were not
touched.
A woman who lives in Fifty-seNond street
says .he saw the men Mrs. ThorIntnn
describes sitting under tree near by at
10 O'Clock Apparcntly they we're waiting
to 49,. G-orge Thormann leave the hol-e
Mn Thorrnann thinks the same men calsd
there three werks ago, representing them
selves as inspectors q the Board of Health.
That time they went away because she was
not alone. Capt. Titus sent two Central
once men TO clean up the case. Capt
Cullen had his whole force locking for the
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