Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-11
Seeing Burglars Shadow in Mir
ror She Calmly Telephoned
A Friend.
RUSE REQUEST FOR MONEY.
sang and Played While Awaiting De-
liycrpncc and Then Called Po-
lice To Her Aid.
Special Correspondence.

Special correspondence.
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probably few women have
possessed, Madame Stresky. the wife
of Warsaw physician. has just saved
herself from murder and robbery UNI
der circumstances as thrilling as ever
We're put into novel. With Il des-
perate criminal in the same room with
her the plucky woman managed to
summon assistance by telephone, aud
afterWard sat and sang at :, piano dur
Ing the twenty-five minutes which
elapsed before help reached her-just
IN the nick OF time.
LIVES IN SMALL VILLA.
Madame Stresly lives with her bus-
band in small villa on the out
skirts of Warsaw. Last night she
was alone in the house, but for an old.
deaf cook. who dozed in the basement
after her days work. Madame Stress
Ky sat with ner needlework upstairs
in the drawing-room. Suddenly, on
looking up, she saw in a mirror the
rejection of huge, ruffianly- looking
Ian, crouching behind screen which
stood a the back of her chair. For
moment fear petrified her, as she
tAought that this man, knowing she
was alone, had crept into the house
ana was awaiting an opportune mo-
ment to murder her and strip the
house of valuables. Outside--the street
was as quiet as the grave. Her hus-
pand would not be back for hours To
rush from the room and cry madly for
help meant fastening death.
TELEPHONED FRIEND.
Then a thought struck her. There
was telephone in the ROOM She went
10 1T and quietly rang up a family she
Knew The servant answered at the
etner end. Il want your mistress"
she said After two interminable min
ules her friends voice was TO be heard
My dear Sophy," began the doc
tors wife. "Be SO good as to send me
round that four thousand roubles this
evening j must pay IL into the bank
tomorrow morning. I'm very sleepy
and want to go 10 bed
Inc friend at the other end of the
phone was mystifed. They had never
had any financial dealings together
nor had she heard of the sum in uues-
tlon. But before she could say any,
thlng the Doctors wife began again
this time in French:
TALKS IN FRENCH.
Some wretch has got into the house
II am alone. Come at once With n
patrol or the first man you can get
uold OF.
Then she added in Polish-"send the
money as soon as possible. I'll wait
up for it,"
This done, she sat down at the plano
ana with shaking hands and voice be-
gan TO play and sing. She calculated
that ten minutes at the most would
see her out OF her terrible dilemma
She could not leave the room without
passing by the screen: all she could
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Know what stood behind it. Her voice
GOT weaker and Shaker every minute,
though she hoped the rufIian would
wait for the fictitious four thousand
roubles. But fifteen, twenty. TWENTY
I'VE minutes passed, and there was no
Sign of help.
she feared the wretch would suspect
her. She determined to ring up the
police and ask for help in French,
trusting to the chance that one of the
inspectors might understand her. Again
she went TO the phone, rang up and
gave the necessary number But the
iuiiian behind the screen knew the
NUMBER, too pushing down the screen,
ne rushed forward, knife in hand. upon
the defenseless woman.
one tried to wrench the weapon from
nun, but In vain. He pointed the knife
NJ her and struck. Happily il clashed
AGAINST n large metal buckle she won q
"a hel pelt. with an oath, he raised
asain-it was within an ace of her
heart when the sound of breaking
glass arrested the murdeter's hand He
looked around-a soldiers head APP
peafed In the broken window. Fling
ing down his knife, he made for the
door only to fall into the arms OF an
other soldier.
The Doctors wife was found on the
noof' unconscious The wretch who
mad all but murdered her was known
70 the police as one of The most des-
perate characters In the town, want
ed for several crimes. only the wo-
mans presence of mind In ringing up
her friend and asking for the money
IN follsh and for help I'm French, saved
her from horrible death.