Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-16
DRUGG|NG Of
5 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. 31S South Boule-
ward, one of them a 3-year-old child
and the clubbing of Miss Pearl Hide
brand, a 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
Hildebrand slept had been thoroughly
ransacked by the burglar The draw
ers Of the dresser. where she kept her
iewelry, We're 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.
MT Duncan is in business in Spar
tanburg. 5. c." Mrs. Duncan said
and l divide my time between here
and South Carolina. ] think the bur
glar knew that ! had but recently
come home from South Carolina, and
that he thought l had a large amount
OF money hidden in the house l had
brought fairly large sum home witt
me Sunday and it was hidden under
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 we-s
Mrs Ruby Deal, a daughter; Earl .
and Ernest Hildebrand Mrs. Dun,
cans sons, and 3-year-old Marguerite
Deal, who slept in the same room WITH
her mother and her aunt, Miss Hide
brand.
Mrs. Duncan occupied a room il
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 tbs
chloroform by 10 o'clock, though they
still complained of a slight dizziness
Physicians who dressed the wound or
Miss Hildebrand's forehead. where
she was struck by the burglar, say il
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. l felt very sick
and there was a peculiar odor in the
room. ! seemed 10 be choking fol-
breath, and the air in the room felt
very close Hardly knowing what
was doing, ! raised myself on my ell
bow and reached over TO raise the
/ window. ! heard a noise in the room
but was too sick and dazed to pay any
attention to it. I supposed it was my
sister turning in bed. or something
| like that
las l placed my hand on the win
dow / saw a 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.
knew someone had hit me, and tried
to struggle. My hands and feel
seemed tied to the bed, and l could
not move could feel myself sinking
into Inconsistencies without the pow
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