New-York tribune., 1908-01-16
DRUGGED AT MATINEE.
ROBBED IN THEATRE BOX.
Womdn Near Death Aft6r Eating
Bonbons Preferred by Stranger.

Mrs. Robert Fox. of No. 155 Sickes avenue
New Rochelle whose husband is buyer in the
fur department of the Saks store was drugged
and robbed by chance woman acquaintance in
a New York theatre last Saturday. Since then
she has been at the point of death at her home.
and it was not until yesterday afternoon that
the attending physician expressed the belief that
she would recover The poison apparently
administered in bonbon.
Mrs. Fox left her home before noon and on
her way to the railroad station stopped at the
City Bank and opened her safe deposit box.
She put into it a lot of jewelry and took out
some she wished to Saturday evening.
when she was to accompany her husband TO one
of the opera houses in New York She took the
12:5O o'clock train to New York and went to the
theatre taking box seat for the matinee.
When she entered the box a young. hand
sonlely dressed woman of apparent refinement
was already seated there. After time, the two
being alone in the box, started conversation,
in the course Of which the young woman ex-
pressed admiration for bracelet Mrs Fox was
wearing Mrs. Fox took it off and let her ex-
anime it.
The young praised the workma nship
and kept the bracelet. examining it carefully
Meanwhile. she passed Mrs. Fox a box of candy
from which she had been eating Mrs Fox
| took one or two pieces out of the box and ate
them. In a few minutes she began to be vio-
lently i'll and arose to leave the box. The young
woman did not offer TO return the bracelet, so
Mrs. Fox asked her for it. whereupon she said
she would keep it until Mrs. Fox came back
The latter replied she might not return, and the
bracelet was handed to her.
The exchange of words lasted only few sec
onds but during that time Mrs. Fox grew so
much worse that she was glad to avail herself
of the young woman's profered aid When they
olonl o,,'- otvoo fnolY
charge Of the sick woman, and learning who
she was, called up Mr.. Fox and told him to come
TO the theatre at once. The young woman was
very attentive to Mrs. Fox and the matron took
her for friend, Before Mr.. Fox reached the
theatre which only few minutes later. the
young woman on some excuse left the room, and
with her. apparently, went Mrs Foxs silver mesh
handbag In it was the much admired bracelet.
$40 in cash, a pair of pearl earrings, several
pearl pins and some other trinkets
Mrs. Fox, in the care of physician called by
her husband. was removed to hotel. and dur
ing Saturday night and sunday morning her
death was expected at any moment. Sunday
she seemed better and was brought home. as
she desired Sunday night and all of Monday
she was critically i'll. and her gain was slow
until yesterday, when the doctors decided her
chances of recovery were good. One of the arti-
cles in the stolen bag was the key to her safe
deposit box.
Upon the complaint OF Mr.. Fox. Alice Moran,
seventeen years old. of No. S51 Caudwell ave
nue., The Bronx was arrested last evening by
Detectives Doogan and Kinsler, of the Detective
Bureau, charged with stealing Mrs Foxs money
and her jewe1ry which valued at $3.50 The
woman was locked up in the Mercer street sta
ton and will be arraigned in Jefferson Market
court this morning.
The detectives say they learned that the
young woman who occupied the seat in the box
with Mrs Fox was Alice Moran and that she
was a regular patron of the theatre Last night
they waited in the lobby for her, and when
she appeared they arrested her.