The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-02-12
|lUGHT With TWO
| female ROBBERS
hsEsd, Armed and Disguised as Men, Two Young
Women Hold Up, Beat and Rob Sophia C. Reeves
and Take $4,000 Worth Of JeweIr

of Mts. Reeves and forced her 10 ,he
neor A svufils vnxuot. In which
uhetv were many blows struck.
fasisf Mrs, Reeves IL hlark and
hlne almost All ever her body. Tier
arms and hmhz are bruised aud
~rench@d ffum the struggle she had
VITA the women. IN the fifat nNht
Ntht them she was victor, for they
realised that they Voaid not bind
her In the chair. Then they tried
anotheF method That WAS 10 lock
her IN a closet They also triad Ia
put cloth oset her head.
You WIN have 10 All me-" said
Mrs Reeves 4 win not SO In that
eionet where there IL no air and
where would be snoshsrsa in a fsw'
nninutes There IL NOT liable 10 be-
anyene come hela for = eoapls of
days and l would stasxe 10 death.
No yca can am me. but son Wlll
neves SGT me into that cie.et.~
MFe hsesr- thoakht that she Was
suing to be killed. - grabbed enc
% the wosnsn again. aud another
uEht followed The furniture In the
teosa Was tossed about and finally
Mrs 1eorx-. who had tainted. cams
70 hefeetf exAin. and Cor q very short
tttn~ teInnd In the scuffsr against the
house AZ burglars. Then she again
tainted.
FINALLY ore Of the hassiar. to,a
into the rcasn. she would * sfos. ~
sh<set, th~u.~ ssft NFs Re~r-s
1hH | VII never 50 tn that cioast :
Whea the burglars saw that Mr..
f,eefee haS fsfntssi. they rs a psteh-
~ u = alter thai w4a ln the roam and
f-Fufef n all over her.
This Afou<~d Nr< Reeves Ire. aud
shs started In Ftxht then TO set back
her teeetsL
-ru tel sou what I viii DO sAe
sail 10 the burglars, who even at
THIS uFs- shs fheokht were men. 1T
yeu ell give te<Gk tho.~ Diamonds
viii fnert you funnnrro~ AZ any
ttrse ard aive pen tsec sat I wall
PROMISE that eisi mower tell the po-
tlce afstnt thix New you VIII either
leave thssr~ diamonds or either yeu
or l Wi b kliisd~
ftnsilS the bafxtars Axrp~si b the
rrupas4rtsn saJ gave hack the dix-
maads Th~y bad put them ln the
onteis3e pesrketr - thelr e<.ais and
~ssn> q the sruxs had siipned dawn
In the lining in order % Hst them
est Mr.. Reeves h<f % cut I'M I'm
rets~A III Of hef 3AAmoa4fa bach the
y ant the nsuuey On The maxrsw bat
that Their plts<d her and woaid ealy
take the -
Again b-fnre leaving. the thusz=
wanted to bind their victim. bot 10
This Mira Rs~sss refused % submit.
Wneu they left however. thay lock-
II lie hall aneF and vent eat ~ the
ffoat asoF. Thef~ vas sns>thef say
- leave the rossfA. however,. aad Mrs
Reeves irft nearly al the same tirse
a. the hurxiara AZ tire front gate
shs eAsxhf fhenr and called for help
IRE fus<s she rssst~ ssfrsetet a NUM-
Der sf people living In The nsixnees-
han,d The bursfars attzrh~<i hsF
nerretY. trying 70 step her oatert~s.
Mrs. Reeves hr-s~ frosn sh~sn aad
ran bash into the house and up the
~Ialfa from an upp~s ffunt wtn-
ssse sh< rasi~d -fsrs. Hursfer. Ps1i1-. :
IN a <fort sins tssse ~s< q srv<s1 a
fully 10 people in fFont ~ th~ hcs.-.
Mira Reeves w~nt downstairs again
ard there r.1srunte<~d Inc barEiar~-
When they saw her. they tore on
th~if rna<ks a. their last rw<srt. ana
satf that they Nsrn fFi~nds ant
begged her not 20 call the police.
II ra4 thsn Cor the nrst time that .rhe
s-x u tho rubb~Fs Vas rev-sl-st.
They prov~d - - relatives a MrsL
ss~sr<~. one Of the wom~n whom ihsf
had heit up.
poltr- headquarters was nssln~s
after som~ troabl~ and DELAY. and
D~taetlss. Lane and Adams wrfs
sent o=1t on the case. The telephone
IN ~ Reeves houss VAS cat u or
Ger and u eas Afterwards found that
tho wires had been cut
Wh~n tho city 6stscffves arrived
ct the houns fhs girls whe had pos~s
AZ nsaf- burglars we're nsfii h<it pri~-
eners Their Relationship 20 Mrs.
George and their pleading ~ish Mrs.
Reeves for mercy nnsitx Won them
their nafnf Mrs Reeves ~ nat Ia
sist that th~y be arrested. and the
d<t~rrfv<s toDk them 10 their homes.
fnv~sslxsffsu rsv-~l-d the fact
thai ths wonren ksd suns To The
Reeves housr before she rsturnrd AZ
. o'riork, and tsat wn~u they ~ussr-
ID the house they were drrs~i -
women. They changed their clothes
anf tlsrt~n<d thslr fre~s In th~
house where they committed the rob
bsry-
The police took charge of the
clothes. masks ant guns and are
holding thcn p~ndinr thorough In
v~<tsxafiGn Of TIE case.
Tha eom<u we're taken 70 thsfr
hnfrs~a after Midnight For more
than swe hours Mrs Reeves had
scsIfffesf with the female burglars and
E~yf them unta The police arrived
Mrs. Reeves has not yet finally a.
clded what aetisa enc VIII take In
the matter. but u ~ probable that
sh@ will Institute criminal prorsesf-
inas.
I, Il expected that when the police
got through with th~ case there viva
b. a number Of sensational facts