The Detroit times., 1909-07-13
THREE WOMEN ARE
ATTACKED BY 4
BURGLARS
Belle Rose, Domestic in Brosklyn-
Ave. Home, Bound, Gagged and
Stabbed BY Pair Who De.
mand Money.
In Other Cases Victims Are Awaken.
ed By Thugs Attacking Them-0ne
Marauder Is Negro.

Three burolaries Of a rather SEN
sational nature are being investl.
gated by the police. In one In
stance the burglars are reported
to have attacked q servant alri
and left her In an unconscious con.
dition In a hallway, though the fact
that there Is nothing missing In
the house lends an air Of mystery
70 the case. In each Of the other
eases the burglar was discovered
by a woman, as he prepared to
attack her. The police believe,
because Of the similarity Of the
methods employed, that an organ
lied 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, a napkin bound over
her mouth, and with slight knife
wound In his breast. Belle Rose, . do
mestic In the employ Of Herbert 4.
Lamb. No. l006 Brooklynave., told her
mistress that she had been attacked
by two burglars.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lamb did not return
home from moonlight excursion uns
til nearly o'clock, Tuesday morning.
Mr.. Lamb started to unlock the front
door. but found II 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 q
half hour and then declared that she
had been brutally attacked by bur-
glars shortly after 10 o'clock.
The young woman was confined to
her bed. Tuesday noon. Mrs. Lamb
said. but her mistress detailed The
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 TO
call the police. The noises stopped,
and she paid no more attention to
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
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give them all the jewelry in the house.
She said she had none. Then they
demanded money. aud 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 room dome, she had good look
at 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: IF
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 sideboari drawer.
and bound her arms behind her with
one while they made a gaE 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
Mrs. Lamb on the excursion. united
the napkin which bound Hiss 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 race of any
disorder In the house, except for the
girls condition, and the fact that one
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