New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-08
BATTER In ELIAS DOORS.


up the steps or the Elias ROUSE oAdcA AIi1 -
serted looking Continued ringing Of tho BAD
brought no response A patroman. summoned.
pounded on the door with his club. with no sss-
ter success.
BREAK IN WITH A CROWBAR-
Let me at it," said FOgarty. Bracing him
self he aimed a powerful kick at the doors.
which groaned but sprang back into place. bald
by the heavy chain. Continued attacks Jailed
70 produce the slightest effect. Patrolnlan Hin
was sent for an axe. but before he could return
from the nearest fire house PatrOlman McKennA
had obtained long crOwbar- few blows with
that beat In a panel OF the outer door Through
the glass OF an inner door it crashed, while the
throng outside whistled the glass shattered
on the stone steps
Into the house. barred 70 them for so long. the
detectives went. followed by Picket Travers.
a process server from Mr. Warren's office. who.
however. did not get opportunity TO serve his
papers Through the house. apparently de-
serted. they wandered. until they reached tho
wOman's rooms Her bedroom was Handsomely
furnished with richly upholstered furniture and
magnificent haugings. The fittings OF the resr
of the house. however, had been packed into
great boxes. ready for shipment The valua-'
ton of the contents was marked on each box
Assistant District Attorneys Lord and kAF~
nochan went in to examine the negress-
Before Kato could return with a closed CO.
riage a long delay occurred Every minue~
fresh numbers were added to the throoo-
Streetcars eu,ptied themselves OF their pAD~
sengers. Automobile parties. seeing by ne
throng and uniformed policemen standing guAsQ
at the shattered door that the long expected A.
rest in progress. stopped in front or u
house. People from the houses for blocks
around turned out in force 20 see the exit a
their notorious neighbor-
70 fhAy Dre61ed.
until the detectives. going in and out. could
hardly move Bring her out9' crisd voicsas
Let's see the woman
When finally she did appear it took the com.
bined efforts of the patrolmen and the four d.
tectives to push her through the crowd into h&f
carriage. Then began a mad dash down FifrnA
ave-a race. with her carriage pacennAksz
for half score Of cabs and dozen auhs-
mobiles.
II was 1870 this morning when tbs crrnpy ~
tie uegress left her handsome house. An houf
later she entered Police headquarters perca,-
tibIy nervous; chewing vigorously on BIT 81
gum She was examined before Sergeant Man.
Mon. she will be arraigned IN the Tor1osi
Police Court to-day at 10 a before Masis-
trate OulInen. She described herself TO the ser<
geant as Hannah Elias. thtrty-nine years Ode
and said she was born IN Philadelphia. whsrs1
her parents also were born. She gave her horaa1
as No. 236 Central Park West, and her color AZ
black"
AT the Mercer-st- police station she was ar>'
raigned before Sergeant DAILY. to whom Deteo-
tive Fogarty gave her pedigree as taken ast
Headquarters. The sergeant called cut Mrs,
Hargraves. the matron. and said:
Take her back Cell s.
Asked If she had any statement 70 make 20!
reporters the woman said:
Not thing 10 say"
She looked nervous when she went back with
NIatron Hargraves. She still chewed her gum
In the house crying Justify during the crown,
bar incident was the baby said TO have BEEN
born early in April The police said II was
black \ police guard was left at the house TOR
the night. since the doors were smashed OPEN
The process servers al the house told a story
in the morning of the disappearance of Mrs
EIfas's valuable automobile. which had BEEN
among the personal belongings attached This
automobile valued at $1,000 was in the garaso
OF Smith & MabIey. at Thirty-eighth-st- and
Seventh-ave. they said. On Monday afternoon.
it was declared. an automobile driver went TO
the garage and took the automobile out with
out the consent Of the management The auto
mobile has not been seer or heard from since.
said the process servers At the garage. how
ever. IT was said that no automobile OF Mrs
Elias was there
r,a,,7+,- Assistant District Attorney Lord. whcA
talked with Mrs. Elias at her home a few nights
ago talked about the appearance OF the house.
He said.
Il should say that everything had been ar
ranged to leave the premises. While the house.
is we'll furnished. it bore more the appearances
OF furnishing store than an artisticaly fur-
rished residence. Everything was pretty wei
packed up. as II the occupants were about 20
leave IL II does not necessarily show that they
were about TO go away on account OF this case.
but might have been going away FOR the SUM