The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-18
she SHOT R0BBER
\ and THEN TAINTED
MRS. MARY FRISBEE SURELY
WINGED. HER MAN.
He Snatched Her Pocketbook in the
Dark, but She Whipped Out Re-
volver and Fired as He Ran-Bloody
Trail Shows that Her Bullet Found
Mark. ..a...

Police officers are securing the city
today in search Of wounded highway
man who was shot last night by Mrs.
Mary Frisbee, $50 Seventh street S,
whom he robbed. ~ |
Mrs. Frisbee is in state Of nerv-
GUS collapse, at the city hospital, but
has been able to. tell the police the
story Of the brutal robbery. ~.
The victim Of the holdup was return
friend, and had considerable sum Of
money on her person. AS she passed
the dwelling at 720 Seventh avenue S
rough-looking man walked up to her,
grasped both her hands and wrench
the two small purses away from her..
AS he released her and started to
run, Mrs. Frisbee whipped revolver
from her pocket and fred two shots at
her assailant, one of them taking eff
feet and causing the robber to bleed
profuselX as he ran. This done, the
walk: unconscious and remained there
! until half an hour later, when a pedes-
trian stumbled over her PROSTATE body.
- - r Suicide Was Suspected. ~ T-~
Seeing the pool of blood on the walk
short distance away from her, he
Immediately notified the police, think
| ing it case of suicide. Grasped tight
| ly in the woman's hand was the re-
volver, which also lent weight to the
theory. The police ambulance took hel
to the city hospital, where it wa!
learned that she was not wounded but
At. first she. could not talk, but lat'
= last night she regained consciousness
and told Detectives Wirtensohn ant
Lyons her story of the shooting.
She is: still in a dangerous condition
and is worrying for. fear the wound
inflicted by her will prove fatal. :.
The detectives Immediately went tt
work on the robbery theory, and soo1
found that her story was true. A shor
distance from the scene Of the holdul
the detectives found the two purse
that the robber had taken. Both hat
been emptied and thrown away. "A mai
who rooms across the street from th
place of the shooting told the polic'
that he heard the two shots, and goin.
to his window, saw a man running dow
the street. He could not see Mrs. Fris
bee, as she lay on the wal, and, think
ing someone had been playing prac
tical joke, he went to bed.
tsq r..~, Suffering from Shock.
Mrs. 7. II. Warner, who conducts tn.
boarding house at $40 Seventh street S
says Mrs. Frisbee is an old famil,
friend and has been living with her TO
about month. Prior to that time sh
lived at 4039 Queen avenue S with he
aged father, and only few week
ago she buried her only son. He
health has been bad recently and sh
decided to live with her old friend
x MTs. IVA Warner says she left 1T tn the e, hous nous,
SIC She had SIS in bills pinned to the in
side Of her coat, besides some none.
in her two small purses. Mrs. Warne
did not know, however, that she ha
taken her revolver ". 1@ i.
MFRS. Ffisbee4 is only conscious a
Ftimes, and the1 physipfaais say" she vii
tneed! the eHbesttaofapa;e ITO, prevent he
becoming a: nervous wreck, altho: he
life is not thought to be in danger.
." An alllnight search failed to turn u
Eany trace Of the wounded highwaymar
The trail of blood only extends a shor
distance from the place where the won
an was found, and the police are, relyin
on the hospitals and physicians to Civ
the first clue. They think that if tn
man is seriously wounded ne will nat
urally seek. a physician. !"
Altho all the circumstances in til
case tend to point to robbery, tn
police are not yet wholly satisfied ths
: tackled her last night. The fact ths
she left her room armed at that tin
of the, night. is .beingtlooked Into: HI
anxiety when she heard that She ha
shot someone is also vv1ng weighed.
Mrs. Warner told the officers la!
night that Mrs. Frisbee had an enem
in the person of a jealous woman, by
, when she heard the whole story ST
said that she could offer no exp PLAN