New-York tribune., 1911-01-11

He Beats One of Them Down
with Butt End OF Revolver,
and Makes His Escape.
HOTLY PURSUED BY CROWD
Breaks Into Doctors Office and
Dashes Down Fire Escape
Gets Away with 81, 900
Worth of Jewelry.

A burglar who entered the apartment
/ Of Mrs. 4. F. Cloud, of Los Angeles. and
her friend. Miss Kate Oglehay, Of Kan
sas City, Mo, at No. 226 Fifth avenue
while the women We're oIt shopping
yesterday, got away with about $1,000
worth Of iewelry. He WaS surprised a%
the two women on their retnn 80 the
apartment. but he knock,i Mrs. cloud
Gown with blows % his ieIolver and es-
caped. W.
The women missed ,"o VeiIabie dia- +,
mord rings belonging to Mys Cloud and
,cme small change. Trina ,s.NOrthfrom
$50 to 500 were ronrl H,terins IN"
fcors, having EVIDENT hcen. discarded
by the burglar
Mrs, Clo-d anu ) IS Ds!ebsy entered
their aIartmn- by rear door At the
same momcn. Miss Cgiehay saw a man
step OFT of q bedroom into rear hall
way, and she cIicd out 10 her friend
on, hCrc's 2 bIrgar."
Knocked Woman Down with Gun
The man ran toward tn, door and
pushed Miss Oglebay aside. bat Mrs
Cloud grapplcd with him He struck out
viciously with tho butt OF his revolver
and hit her on the head and chest, fell
ing her across tine threshold Then he
leapod over her body and started down
stairs He backed down, nourishing his
revolver in the face of Miss Oglehay.
who started 10 pursue him.
Miss Oglebay ran back to front win
dow and screamed Burglar, burglar,
stop him. sop him" As tho burglar
dashed into the street dozen persons
started for him. The man brandished his
gun in their faces and ran south to 2Gth
street. As he swept around the corner
of the street in the direction OF Broad
way the pursuers took up the chase
again.
At Broadway the burglar took
diagonal course toward 10Th street. BY
this time a small army of citizens and
dozen or more patrolmen were pursuing
him. He turned west in 2Jth street and
lodged into No. iS
Escaped Through Doctors Office.
In that building he persuaded the
operator of the freight elevator to take
him TO the fifth floor, where he burst
into the Office OF Dr. Jacob Spillenger
an obesity expert. He wavedsaside the
women attendants. who thought he was
an escaped lunatic. and made FOR rear
nj q IL,
the fire escape and rushed down To the
first floor, where he dropped to the yard
a distance Of about twelve feet From
the yard he escaped through another
building to cath street After that all
trace Of the burglar Nas lost
Miss Oslebay is member Of a
wealthy family in Kansas City. Mrs.
cloud is the wife Of Mountjoy Cloud a
Los Angeles lawyer. whose family is
wealthy. Mr. and Mrs. Cloud were mar,
ried few years ago in Vicksburg Miss.
where they lived before going to Los
Angeles Mrs. Cloud and Miss Oglesbay
spend much of their time in this city.
and they keep the Fifth avenue apart
Inthl ipi uS' Nh'h'N'A Nh'N NpiHc IOit
To visit
Woman Not Seriously Injured.
Mrs. cloud was not seriously injured
in her encounter with the burglar She
was stunned for several minutes from
the blows rained on her. but the nervous
shock was the worst consequence of her
experience. When Mrs. cloud was in
New York last summer an attempt was
made 10 enter the apartment. bat her
eDrenms scared the intrmder nMnN