The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-11
The MASKED MAN
OF GERMANTOWN
Wakes Women by Drawing Dag
ger Blade Across Their
Faces.
PANIC AND MYSTERY.
During Midnight Visit Frightened
Girl Falls From Roof and Sus-
tains Probably Fatal Injuries
His Intent Not known.
REPUBLIC

Philadelphia April io.-Tacked cut in al
the paraphernalia OF the villain of melo-
drama. with siouched hat and a hand
kerchIef over his face. while b-a-dsh!ns
= bowie knife and muttering curses and
threats II an un1ertCDe. an unknown nan
ne!a three young women at his mercy for
Ls44y q quarter OF an hour IN Germantown
a. an early hour yesterday morning. As 3
result OF the strange intrudePs y4St one OF
his victims may ole.
Ms. Anna Ga:frsv keeos a storA IN tha
SoFner OF b!oyd street and Locust avenue.
ohe mas been twice married and u row
= SiooN, Her home Is a. No. $50 Locust
Ase.Se- lGsl across the street from her
place OK business. Recently she made paep-
STATIONS 10 remove al her furniture 10
the apartments adjoining the store and
everything in the Locust avenue house mad
been packed up. awaiting removal.
AsG TGIe she returns home shortly after
- CLOCK az night Her room Is on the
second aoor. and she has as = companion
AIss Annie Manning. 10 years OF age, who
3 employed in the Bradford Mills. Miss
manning Is extremely pretty and looks
much older. MEs Carney has two sons,
frank Mcguire. aged 2, and John. aged
> She has also two daughters. Mary. aged
dren, inclGdins Miss Mannins remained in
the store. helping Mrs. Gadney Until after
u O'Clock on Wednesday night The latter
the shop. as she had some other thinss TO
attend 70. The young people returned 70
III house and went to bed. TIE boys re-
three girls O%ccupied Mrs. Garney's BED
" the 'front.' room When the girls retired
they left the gas burning brightly.
\ STRANGE VISITOR
The house is one OF q row OF porch
houses. and the parior window was left IN
fastened. the latch being broken. As all
the carpets had been taken up in tho house
and several boards IN the room occupied
by the girls were loose, the latter crelked
when any one stepped on them. Mary Ma
the room. she noticed a. once that the
gas had been turned lor.
l realized that somsthing was
wrong, she said. Il Just caught q glimpse
OF a man dropping on his knees and trying
TO hide beside the bed 1 closed my eyes In
standing b. the Sedxde. He was cursinS
and swearing In . low voice and waving a
long s~hSrp-pointed knife that he held n
one hand
Don't Care 10 maks e noise he said 20
me. bending over and Kissing into my ear,
'or III kill you-'
no answer felt myself getting SICK, and
was too weak 20 CRY out. Ny younger sis
teE awoke then, and the man let out
across Annie Mannings face she was
sleeping alongside Of me"
The touch Of the cold steel IN her face
a heavy sleeper. With the most ~frightful
oaths. uttered IN q "a cultural man
ner. in an attempt 20 disguise his voice. the
Intruder warned the girls to make no noise
or he would Kill them all
CURSED AND WAVED KNIFE
The blade OF the knife. which was new
was some bright metal, had not left my
face when l awoke and saw the man stand
Ing by the bedside" said Miss Manning.
II over Us. how and again drawing II across
rihed me.
knees and swear. by the Holy Virgin. that
We were telling him the truth and would
not tell anybody about his visit HIS
words Were almost ineohsrent and were
uttered IN q quick. excited manner. We did
as he told Us, repeating the words after him
two o. three times With a great oath. he
threatened TO return and XII Us all II We
told g word about his being IA the house-
The man then ordered ms TO show him
the way out OF the house AFTER every
word he uttered he would pull the knife
out from beneath his coat where he carried
" Can't the thre. Of Us EoT asked LIZ
His only sAgwer was another oath and
he grabbed me by the arm and forced me
10 lead the way downstairs AZ every step
be would keep repeating his caution to ne
to make 10 noise. I was In my bare feet
hut he seemed to make less no,Se td han I
die; ne t TsaShe sev th down rnoh The aS sisp :
from the porch. On the way downstairs he
threatened me a dozen times
Il ran across the street and avoke Ms;
Carney. al the time yelling Murdsrr and
Poiicer at the top OF my voice When I
returned from the store the man was stil
standing IN front Of Mrs Gznneys house
He waved his knife at me and then disap-
pesred-"
Many OF the n~eigheors were aroused b
Miss ManninRs screams That was at I'D
O'clock. but the fellow had made his es-
cape before the people reached the street.
Patrnlmar Senior also heard the girls
shr!eks Z came running up Just as the
fed. He and Special Oficer Pfnkerton
are at work on the case They have q good
description OF the intruder.
While Miss Mannertng was crying Tor as
sIstarce the two terrified girls IN the upper
room believed she was being murdered Liz
Ffe crawled out on the roof Of the porch.
telling her sister that she was going TO help
her friend. The roof Is slantinE and the gil
rolled OF. falling to the sidewalk. Her old
est brother ran out OF the house rust In
time to pick her Up and carry her 10 her
mother Shop on the corner. Doctor Rid
natch OF Fast Chelten avenue. was sum-
He found her suffering from sereys
shock The base Of the spine Is injured
Snd fhe hin confused II she should recover
Is feared hat she would be MANNED for