New Britain herald., 1915-09-09
NEW YORK;
 SCAREA h OWney .Talas, Han
 for COmplI SECURED VALUAI
Corpse of Mrs. NicI1<1 Widow, Stripped o1 Masked Men Who
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a Russian F1nn, LOT AW months a hall boy in tf1e Elizabeth Nichols, the who met death last ni6hz of masked men who rE gems valued at 10,O00s today after he had corlf lice assert, to having pI& the crime. He was for{ with murder.
 , All other servants in freed of suspicion, Dep111 missioner Lord annouF<
 Preliminary examina Nichols body revealed that she had died of friR strangulation as at first Lord said. An autopsy formed late today will di act cause of death.
 Although the burel their victims fingers and monds and other jeweIs 900, they failed to rife fI of her safe, in which 4I
 Talas Confess valued at from s260, ,0V0
 Talas, in what the pol his confession is allege< that for some time se* been endeavoring to stand in with them Nichols, but that he hal fused until Tuesday nIG consented to take part in upon the understanding Nichols was not to be h is further alleged to ha police that it was undo only the jewels his emp her person were to be t
 The police version of q quotes Talas as saying t arrived at the Nichols o'clock last night. H them, and was backed ir The maid was threaten up. One man stood gti> while others went to th of Mrs. Nichols. Talas Is asserted that he was en ant of what happened il ment. The men left by door.
 Would Have Opene
 Inspector Faurot, chief tective bureau, said the Il pie time in which to have strong box, containing al tune in jewels and securit contrary to previous repo to Mrs. Nichols strong b ous cases were found ir end of a ribbon about
 Detectives working on serted soon after reachin that they believed the rob sistance from some o premises. Accordingly the friends of the hall boa of them in Harlem, and | a station house for interr
 Masked Men the Mu
 The maid, the cook and in addition to Owney TaIs closely questioned. The c butler both were out of | the time, it was said the Ing gone to a moving D and the latter having night off. The maid and virtually the same story, men had forced their WI house, overpowered them, gagged them and then a Iged widow. The chief q heir stories was that the here were two masked n nall boy said there were
 Mrs. Nichols, in the opi police, resisted the mask with all the strength her Dermitted.
 Died of Fright. MT. Lord said today thz iminary examination of howed that she had die} nd that, notwithstanding rawn tightly around her he body was found, she ha trangled.
 With Mrs. Nichols lyin he floor of her room, the pparently unconscious frd n the head from the but olver and the maid b agged in the servants qu asked robbers footed the Diamond rings were stri heir victims fingers, and ings also were taken. Tn nese gems was placed todd l 0,O00.
 Strong Box Intac The key to Mrs. Nichd OK, which she carried on round her neck, was repo ,g when the body was fo OK, in a safe in the house.
 was estimated, gems " to s500,000, but e> ,day showed that the safe ,ntents were intact.
 Maid Frees Hersell : The thieves then left the| ithout detection. After \ ,cording to the story told q ad struggled half an hour le knots around her wristsl nally freed herself altogeth|
 
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