The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-14

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stance the burglars are reported
to have attacked a servant girl
and left her In an unconscious con-
dillon In hallway, though the fact
that there is nothing missing in
the house lends an air OF mystery
to the case. In each of the other
cases the burglar was discovered
by a woman, az he prepared to
attack her. The police believe,
because OF the similarity Of the
methods employed, that an organ
ICED gang is at work In the city
and extra vigilance 10 being used
to run down the offenders.
| Found lying unconscious across the
front doorway OF her employers
home. with her hands tightly tied be-
| hind her back, napkin bound over
her mouth, and with slight knife
wound In his breast. Belle Rose, a do
nestle In the employ of Herbert Z.
Lamb, No. 1905 Brooklyn-ave., told her
mistress that she had been attacked
by two burglars
Mr.. and Mrs. Lamb did not return
home from moonlight excursion TN
iii nearly / o'clock, Tuesday morning.
Mr. Lamp started 10 unlock the front
door. but found 1t ajar. He turned
on the light and saw the PROSTATE
form of the servant lying across the
hall. just inside the door She did
not regain consciousness for nearly a
half hour. and then declared that she
had been brutally attacked by bur
glars shortly after ~ o'clock.
The young woman was confined to
her bed. Tuesday noon, Mrs. Lamb
said. but her mistress detailed he
story.
The girl was talking with her sweet.
heart. over the telephone. shortly be-
fore 10 O'clock, she told Mrs. Lamb.
when she heard strange noises on the
rear porch. She told her beau about
them, she said, and lie advised her 20
call the police. The noises stopped,
and she paid no more attention 20
them. Shortly afterward, she started
out to the icebox on the rear porch.
TO get some butter, when two men
suddenly attacked her. The younger
man, about % years old. grabbed her
roughly by the arms, and told her to
give them all the jewclry In the house.
She said she had none. Then they
demanded money, and she again SAID
she had none. The younger man hit
her and knocked her down, and both
men then carried her into the dining
room, where under the light of the din
ing rooE dome, she. had good look
1t both Both were roughly dressed,
and talked in broken English. giving
the girl the impression that they were
Polish. The older mans hair was
tinged with gray, she said
Burglar Draws knife.
In the dining room, they again de-
manded that she give them money,
and when she refused, she says. the
younger man drew bis knife. She
started to run toward the telephone
when he Is alleged to have said: II
you make any noise will stab you to
the heart" He then slashed her
breast. The girl says that they took
napkins out OF the sideboarl drawer,
and bound her arms behind her with
one. Write they made a gag for her
mouth with the other.
After that, she says, she remembers
nothing
She was unable to tell her mistress
how she reached the front hallway.
A young man living across the
street, who had accompanied Mr.. and
the napkin which bound Miss Rose S
hands. and said that the napkin was
tightly tied in five knots.
Nothing has been missed from the
house. and there was no trace OF any
a., Co, fhx.
girls condition, and the fact that one
sideboard drawer was open. Mrs
Lamb says
She is unable to fathom the mystery.
and police who have been Investigate
ing. have not made a report of their
findings.
Some OF the officers are inclined 10
compare the case with The Gingles
case In Chicago. which has been 50
widely published CT late.
There seems to be lack of all Of
the usual circumstances connected
with a burglary.
Attacked by Negro Burglar.
Miss Flossie Shields. pretty young
woman from Bay City, visiting in the
home OF her friend, Miss Margaret Lor-
Hard, al No. 327 Beaubien-st., had a
desperate struggle with supposed
Negro burglar who attempted TO as
sault her at PAS o'clock Tuesday
morning. but was routed when she
awoke and scratched his face and
pulled his hair.
Then, when he had fed, locking her
In her room, Miss Shields. failing 20
obtain any response to her screams
from her friend. and fearing that
Miss LoIillard had been attacked.
pluckily climbed over the transom aud
rushed to her friends room. She
found Miss Lorillard sleeping peace
fully through all OF the trouble. The
burglar had fled.
Miss Shields. who came here only
two days ago on a visit was sleeping
in the rear room OF Miss Lorillard's
ground floor apartment, when she was
awakened by someone tugging at her
feet. Then a tuft OF kinky hair brush
cd her cheek, and Miss Shields buried
both of her fists In the hair. She pulled
at the hair, then scratched viciously at
the mans face Meanwhile she scream.
cd sevral time, she says, but heard no
response from her friend.
The man ran out OF her room. trans
ferring the key to the outside and
locking the door, and she heard him
go into her friends apartment.
IL was then that she climbed over
the transom.
The burglar got away with a gold
watch set with a diamond, and val