Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-16
DRUGGING Of
) LAID To
BURGLAR
Footprints Found Under Window
of Duncan Home, Where
Family Was Attacked,

The theory that robbery was the
motive for the chloroforming of five
members Of the family Of Mrs. Archi-
bald c. Duncan. No. S1S South Boule
ward, one Of them a 3-year-o old child,
and the clubbing of Miss Pearl Hide
brand, daughter. was strengthened
Wednesday morning after Mrs. Dun
can had recovered sufficiently to make
an investigation.
At noon, however, no clew had been
found by the police by which to trace
the intruder. Chief Beavers has taken
charge of the investigation personally.
Together with detectives. the Chief
visited the Duncan house and went
over the ground.
Though nothing was missing, there
was evidence that portions Of the
house. especially the room where Miss
Hndeprand slept, had been thoroughly
ransacked by the burglar The draw
ers of the dresser. where she kept her
jewelry, were wide open this morning
and the contents disarranged.
The fact that none of the jewelry Of
her daughter was taken is regarded
as significant by the police and Mrs.
Duncan The latter firmly believes
that the chloroforming was done by
someone familiar with the house and
who thought there was large sum Of
money hidden in it.
Money Hidden Under Pillow.
MIR. Duncan is in business in Spar
tanburg, S. c." Mrs. Duncan SAID,
''and / divide my gine between here
and South Carolina. I think the bur
glar knew that I had but recently
come home from South Carolina, and
that he thought had large amount
of money hidden in the house. l had
brought a fairly large sum home win
me Sunday and it was hidden un9 n
my pillow, but it was not taken.
can not understand why the burglar
searched my daughters room instead
of my own"
Besides Mrs. Duncan and Miss Hill
debrand. the others chloroformed wera
Mrs. Ruby Deal, daughter; Earl 2.
and Ernest Hndebrand. Mrs Dun
cans sons, and 3-year-oId Marguerite
Deal, who slept in the same room with
her mother and her aunt, Miss Hide
brand.
Mrs Duncan occupied q room in
the front Of the house. and the two
sons slept in a rear room, just beyond
that Of their sisters. All the family
had recovered from the effects of the
chloroform by 10 o'clock, though they
still complained Of a slight dizziness.
Physicians who dressed the wound on
Miss Hildebrands forehead, where
she was struck by the burglar, say it
is not serious. though it will likely
leave a scar.
Miss Hildebrand declared that all
she remembered was being hit by
something. and did not even see the
person who dealt the blow
Il woke up some time in the night
she said, with a feeling that some
thing was wrong. 1 felt very sick.
and there was a peculiar odor in the
room. l seemed TO be choking for
breath. and the air in the room felt
very close. Hardly knowing what I
was doing. I raised myself on my Ell
bow and reached over to raise the
window 1 heard a noise in the room.
but was too sick and dazed to pay any
attention to it. supposed it was my
sister turning in bed, or something
like that
"As I placed my hand on the win
dow l saw shadow pass IN front of
my face. and the next moment l felt
something heavy strike me on the
forehead just above the left eye. I
knew someone had hit me, and tried
to struggle. My hands and feet
seemed tied to the ped, and I could
not move I could feel myself sinking
into Inconsistencies without the pow
-eI sulVl lsBI eVL II 4I9Ae o. IL
member is hearing a slight swishing
sound, and of seeing Z shadow pass
between my bed and window. l do
not know whether it was a man or
even human being. emily remem-
Der that the light space between the
bed and the window was suddenly
blotted out. Then / lost conscious
ness.
Il don't know what happened then
until about O'Clock in the morning.
when I awoke suddenly. My eyes
seemed to be filed with something,
and I started TO rub them with my
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