Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-09-29
NOW IN SERIOUS CONDITION
With His Victim Unconscious, He
BansaCked Her Apartment
For Plumber.
burglary Oulmnks All Others In SAT-
Lake Criminal History In Its
brutality and Covartlicc.

knocked unconscious and chloroform-
"a this morning as she answered
rnz AZ her doorbell Mrs. Elizabeth
/ NcQueeny. living in apartment at
ue oxford. Il9 west North Temple.
va attacked by a bold thug and lies
IN serious condition at her home.
The place was ransacked as Mrs, Nc
oueeny lay chloroformed on the floor
and 500 was taken from her stock
ing The fiat was ransacked and
drawers in furniture torn out and
| their contents scattered Even sofa
pillows were gashed open with knife
In search for plumber.
| Mrs McQueeny has no children. She
Occupies Hat at the oxford with her
| husband NJ j. McQueeny. an en-
gneer at the 1ntermountain Packing
| company She had been downtown this
|mornlng and returned home about
i il8o o'clock She hurried to her
tchen TO prepare lunch when
Isng at the door bell called her.
NJ IN y > lOlN TO
n opened the door" says Mrs Nc
sQseeny, when a dark, sWarthy man
isked me where the people across the
Ban we're l told him they were in
be east with that he struck me and
/ fell He pushed in and shut the door
j fought him and iabbed him again
nd again with a bone hair pin Damn
|ou. he said to me. and then he
Ihoked me and pulled bottle from
bis pocket. He pressed it to my nose
pad the next thing | knew Mrs. Lewis
as bending over me"
Il NJ. LOWS mas Apartment II on the
ne floor as the McQu ,cny's lie WAS
koHg to his place ~ business after
Fhch Today when ne saw The door II
p We Quceny nat np'1 sul toe woman
Fying unconscious on the floor He
sai ~ and saw that thors had been
struggle. He called Mrs. Naomi
sondt's. who els1 lives on the same
1 % and they rev red Mrs NrQueeny.
sh' d. frEl Soman and has re-
|lnty recovered from an attack of
'omaine poison. She thinks the man
ust have followed her from town. The
ohcy that was taken was I'm Mrs. Nc
|leenys stocking. and IN his haste to
4 at the pocket book that was in one
II The stockings, the man had literally
r. them from her
rnT rgt, N.,.u,v,.,,
hurry MP call TO the police station
Fought Chief Barlow, capt. Of Detect
yes Beckstead and Lieut. John Hem
e TO the scene. They examined the
a'ase and questioned Mrs. McQuecny.
lhey are an Of the opinion that the
man mad spotted the house ana knew
|Aal Mrs McQueeny had no children.
Nero we're, however number of chill
yea playiug in the front of the place
Z me stricken woman came in. She
Ahks II strange that they did not see
u' man or hear her cries for help No
Vf else In the apartment heard the
'Oh'ns screams. It is supposed that
man. after chloroforming Mrs. Nc
|Neony' leisurcly ransacked the place,
no rom time to time administered
ore chlorororm. The bottle cmptied of
drug Us In the hands of the police.
= presumed by the police that the
eu ran down the front steps Of the
lu'hem house and escaped.
IN SERIOUS CONDITION.
/ .lrs McQuocny says she jabbed the
eu WIN her hair pin until tho blood |
II w II any marks were made, Il Is !
Il oy the police. they viii have no |
uuie m capturing the man.
a "dys gold watch. besides some /
yN'lrD was overlooked by the |
guar IN bis hasty search. A medal
nssed away. 80" 'Oo'
If,,S 9olIncss Of a thief who would i'm
'u uaNl'ght chloroform a woman i'm
s,,r,, 1Nh houso has taken the police bv
$3.50 FROM Mrs McQueeny's de-
hi ll,',oh OF Tho man the police say that
Nc, PROBABLY a Greek. This is in limo
recently mat thsy advance
fror, McQuecny is suffering much
the sh WE effects NJ the chloroform and
ana ho"N one rs very frail woman.
bsns mas nad much sickness Her Inns,
sec1,sn o,le toaay he feared serious con-