The sun., 1912-06-08
SAYS THAT TWO WOMEN
BEAT AND ROBBED HER
Mrs. Bcrnhcimcr. VINO Tells
story Of $4,000 Robbery,
Said to BE- Badly Hurt.
SHE ACCUSES HER MAID
Valuable Jcwclry Missing
Police Puzzled by Strange
Features Of Case.

A story of a siO.OOO jewel robbery yes
terday morning il told by Mrs. May Bern
heiner. wife OF y. q. Bernheimer, a dress
manufacturer In busin ess at II Fast
Thirty -first street, who says that she was
robbed after being assaulted by her own
maid servant. Two doctors who were
called to attend her yesterday say that
Mrs. Bernheimcr was BADLY hurt.
According to Mrs. Bernhcmer's story
she entered her apartment at ~ West
Eighty-hfth street after doing her market
ing ut 0 O'Clock yesterday morning and
was attacked by two women who were
waiting for her in the hallway. One Of
them was her maid. she says. They struck
her on the head with potato masher
and beat her with an ice pick. Then they
dragged her through the kitchen into
the maids room after gagging her and
proceeded to ransack the apartment.
Mr.. Bernheimer said in the afternoon
5000 to $4,000. Detectives from the
West Sixty-eghth street station are
looking for the robbers.
just why the maid should have at
tackled Mrs. Bernheimer is "A mystery
to the detectives when she must have had
| many opportunities to steal the jewelrv
during the ten days that she was in Mrs.
Bernheimer's employ. A dressmaker who
was in the apartment at the time hea rd
nothing except single scream that she
thought was uttered by the Bernheimers
baby. The dressnaker. however. was
somewhat deaf and at tho other end OF
long hall. The baby was ont with its
nurse at the time.
Mr. Bernheimer. who was called home
from his business. said that after being
beaten his wife had been bound 10 the
bed in the maids room, but that she was
conscious while the two women wen,
through the apartment. She feared 20 call
out again while they were there. he said
When they left Mrs. Bernheimer sue.
ceeded in freeing herself from her bonds.
| and running TO the window. screamed foi
help. Her cries were heard by Philip
Friedman of j23 Columbus avenue. who
ran tn the apartment after calling police
| man. DR. Dryfous Of - West Eighty
fifth street was summoned and the Bern
heimers' family physician, DR.. Cohn, came
shortly afterward. They said that she
1
| Ike confined To her bed for some time
| The maid, according TO Bernheimer' =
story. was "A model of what maids should
be. She had been engaged through Il
newspaper advertisement and had fur
ni-hed we'll written reference. She gave
the name of Annie Loundish. and appeared
to be a Swede She had done her work
almost suspiciousy we'll they declared
and had learned where they kept their
| valuables at the same time
Among the missing articles were severa
diamond rings. u diamond bar pin and n
gold mesh bag. Some bracelets were
also taken. f'he detectives who ara
working on The case are searching the awn
| shops
The only clue to the identity Of the maid
was Swedish and English dictionary
that had TIA" front and back pages torn
! OH, All her other effects were tahen
/ with her The detectivos arc wondc-ing z
why she took the trouble 10 tear the pagc
from the dictionary aud leav" it IN the
apartment to be discovered by Mr. Bern
| theimer. who showed il Ia them. They ar,
puzzled by several features ot the case
A rumor that the maid might bs Swede
Annie was declared by them TO be highly
| improbable.
| According to the elevator hoy some
body telephoned from the Bernhemer
apartment while Mrs Bernhelm.r was out
| ] hen two women called and asked for the
apartment. He saw Two women come
downstairs later, one of whom he thought
was the maid but did not see tho third
| woman whom he believed TO have entered
At the time that Mrs Bernheimer was
! attacked she had in her handbag a key
to a small closet where some Of her Vaiu-
ablss were kept and the police think
that this may be the reason for the maid,
| af hAr