Show BRAVE WOMEN PUT BANDITS TO ROUT CHICAGO BURGLARS AND HOLDUP HOLD-UP MEN MEET THEIR MATCHES AND FLEE POLICEMANS WIFE HEROINE Aided by Sister She Battles Housebreaker House-breaker with Pillows Girl Saves Escort from Highwayman Scares Thief with Punch Chicago Highwaymen and burglar who prey on women had a disastrous time of It a few nights ago This la what happened to them One was knocked down with pll lows wielded by two women alone In a dark house and was so badly frightened fright-ened hat he left the scene via a window win-dow without any plunder and glad apparently to escape alive Another robber fled from a determined young woman who first struggled with him and then aroused the neighborhood while her masculine escort was standing stand-ing helpless before the highwayman revolver Tho pillows as weapons here used by Mrs Catherine Rooney wife ol Policeman John Rooney the wrestler and her niece Miss Verra Rooney 20 years old when a burglar forced a window In tho Roonoy home 638 West Sixtieth street and crawled into a room In which the two women were tI sleeping Mrs Rooney was awakened by the raising of the window and saw a man In her room As the Intruder prowled about In the darkness searching for valuables Mrs Rooney kept nudging Miss Rooney and In this manner + awakened her niece When the burglar stooped to ransack the dresser tho two women suddenly sprang out of bed and began pummeling him Another young woman Miss Helen Strey 2224 Uerwyn avenue saved her escort Edward Freeman of 6046 G4i irv t > E tWL1 I Girl Fights Footpads North Western avenue from losing his money and watch when they were stopped by a robber at North Western avenue and Foster avenue As the robber pointed a revolver at Freeman I and commanded him to elevate his hands Miss Stray sprang at the man and attempted to wrest the weapon from his hand The highwayman was too quick 2 however He suddenly lowered tho s revolver and Miss Strey missed her lunge for It You stand back there or Ill blow your head off the robber warned Miss Strey Youre one of those game ladles aint out ° When the man proceeded to search f Freemans pocket Miss Strey calmly strolled away When she had walked t about a hundred feet she darted up I the front steps of a residence and t aroused the occupants by ringing the y bell and shouting for help Several occupants of the house whose names the police failed to r1 learn ran out and the robber was frightened away He fled without ob taming anything from Freeman who + rll had a gold watch and a purse containing con-taining about 35 + Still another young woman whom robbers failed to subdue is Miss Catherine Cath-erine Creen 721 West Klnzle street ticket agent at the Swift station of h the South Side L at the stock yards She was counting the days receipts 1y when four robbers one of whom had a revolver appeared before the ticket window Seizing a punch on the desk 1 In of her the front plucky agent pro tended It was a revolver Get out or Ill shoot the young woman cried as tho pressed a button 1 that sounded a burglar alarm Frightened Fright-ened by the ringing of the gong OB the platform the thieves lied k Is 1 J > < 4 |