The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-11
'If meet you 1 will shoot you"

With a piece of manila paper bearing
this threat clutched firmly in her hand
Miss Eloise Lyman was found in her
room at the home of her parents, No.
ITO Park avenue, east, yesterday morn
ing. in an hysterical condition.
Her shrek OF terror as she swooned
brought members of the family rush
ing to the room and the services of
a physician had to be secured. So
tightly was the note of warning clutch
ed in her hand that it had to be forced
open.
The note had been found by Miss
Lyman in her writing desk and follow
ing her nerve shattering experience
of Monday night, when she encounter
ed a negro burglar in her room and
looked into the cleaning muzzle Of a
revolver, she tainted. For some time
her condition was thought to be SER
ious, but the attending physician stat
ed last night she had recovered from
the shock.
lis ShrOuded ia Mystery.
The case is the most mysterious the
police have had to deal with in a long
while, and although the officers have
been working on the case with per-
sistence since Miss Lyman encountered
the burglar Monday night, they have
been unable, thus far, to secure any in
formation that has warranted them in
making an arrest.
An. &c be Of n 1Nt1v-
glar in the Lyman home was given ex-
clusively in the Morning News. While
in her room preparing to study her
lessons Miss Lyman noticed her watch
moment later faced a burly negro who
leveled a pistol at her head and de-
clared he would shoot If she made an
cutlery. A minute or two later he gave
her permission to go downstairs, where,
after reporting what had happened to
the members of the family, she tainted.
AS result of this experience she was
in a highly nervous state and had to
be placed in the care of physician.
Escape of the Burglar.
Members of the family restrained Mr..
Lyman from going unarmed upstairs
to face thief who was known to have
a pistol. and when an investigation
was made the negro had made his es-
cape. How he entered or left the
house the police were unable to salts
factorily explain.
A bundle of clothing was left by
the man on a shed, and it was evident
that he left the premises Immediately
after giving Miss Lyman permission to
go downstairs. lust how he got out
OF the house, however. could not be
told by Detective Bostick, who was
put to work on the case. A watch
that the negro had his hands on was
left behind, with the clothes he had
intended to take, and nothing was
missed.
Discovery of the Note.
Miss Lvnah used her writing desk
Wednesday morning and her sister
used it Wednesday evening, but neith-
er saw the note which frightened Miss
Lyman into Mysteries yesterday morn
ing. She discovered it shortly after
getting up.
Whether it was placed in the writing
desk during the night, after Miss Ly-
nah's sister had used it. or whether it
was left there Monday night by the
burglar before his hurried flight, as a
warning to the young lady, the police
are not prepared at this time to say.
OF one thing they are confident. The
burglar did not return to the house and
place the note in the writing desk.
Piece of PnSer Bag.
The warning was printed on a piece
of paper bag. A blunt lead pencil was
used and the sentence is read with diff
fculty, the characters being light. The
note was turned over to the police i'm
mediately after it had been taken from
the young lady's hand. The printing
was done rather neatly.
The police. of course, ridicule any
idea of Miss Lyman being done any
bodily harm, but as result of her
two experiences she is in a very nerv-
Gus state. The residents of the neigh
borhood too, are very much exercised
and the police are making every eff
fort to solve the mystery Miss Lyman
is bright and plucky young lady and
has held up well under the fearful
strain.