Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-06-09

escape about 3 O'Clock.
. Mrs. curry's Graphic cotry.
When seen this morning Mrs. Curry
gave this graphic story of the robbery;
Between and a. M, awoke feel
ing nervous and apprehensive of
everything not being quite as it should
be. tried to shake it OFF but the
feeling grew on me and looking toward
the door Of the bedroom leading from
the living room was startled to see
man standing in the doorway with
revolver in his hand which he point
ed at me telling me to lay down and
keep quiet If valued my life.
81 asked him what he wanted, and
he replied that he wanted me to keep
quiet and said that he wanted my
money.
81 arose in the bed only to be
| thrown back on the pillows by man
who stood at the head of the bed and
whom had not seen before then. He
told me they wanted my money and
said. Lady we will not hurt you but
want your money
Fought the Men.
II told them | had no money, but
they insisted that I had and / then
got UP and fought the man at the
head of the bed getting to my feet
when he dealt me a severe blow on
the right side of my face Showing
the reporter the large swollen bruise
on the right cheek bone) which knock
ed me over and falling on the bed
they again told me to keep quite. say
ing with curse. you keep still or
We'll kill YOU They then took my
hose and belt and tape line and
tied my hands and wrists SO tightly
that they almost cut the flesh and
then fastened them to the head of the
bed crowding them to the head of the
brass work of the bed in order to bind
them tighter. Then one of my back
combs was thrust into my mouth over
my tongue stretching the sides of my
mouth and pressing my cheeks against
the ends of the comb until they panied
considerably Over this they folded
towel and tied 1t tigntry over my
mouth and behind my head.
IT pleaded with them 10 not gag me
for l thought they would kill me and
promised that would keep still, but
they would not heed my appeal
3They then took the sheet of the
bed and wrapped it around my limbs
once above my knees and below
them, binding them very tight so that
I could not move and finally tied the
ends of the sheet to the foot of the
bed
Having me bound secure they then
ransacked the dressing case bureau,
and searched beneath the mattress
looking everywhere in the bed room
that they thought it possible to find
anything of value. Then took the
lamp from the bed room and went
out into the other part of the house
where they renewed their search.
They stayed there for a long time sit
ting down and holding a conversation
for sometime, finding some private
papers of my late husband, 1 heard
them say while reading them, HE
was an engineer eh, well she has
some money some place. and finally
found the money and took it ALL
amounting to $3.50, also my two rings
and my watch, leaving the house
about o'clock.
Freed One Arm.
II laid there and twisted using all
my strength In the effort to free myself
from my bonds. I finally after about
two hours struggle got one of my
hands free and reaching out Of the
bed toward the window found the
curtain pole which in the tussle with
one Of the burglars, was knocked
down, SELLING 1t tapped on the win
dow for what seemed an eternity in
hope that I might attract the atten-
ton of some passerby. I think must
have swooned while knocking at the
window for l remember coming again
to my senses and renewed the tapping
on the window. I saw Mr.. Cremer go
by and thought perhaps he would
hear me. (Mr. Cremer heard the tap
ping but thought some one was fast
ening curtain and paid no attention
to the sound).
Il thought that should surely die
before anyone would release me, and
seeing Mr.. Beasley, who lives in the
Stevens house next door, start from
the house on his way to work, rap
ped as loudly as my strength would
permit and he heard me and came to
the window. He saw my plight and
Immediately sought more aid and ac-
companied by w. H. Stevens, Brown
McCarroll and Arthur Hazard en-.
tered the house and released me-"
Woman Is Bruised.