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Show THE BOLDEST YET. .-lores Enter a Boast, Bind the Servant, and T-reatea to Saoot Her. This morning, between ten and twelve o'clock, two men one of whom was most respectably dressed, while tbe other had the appearance or a laborer went to tbe residence or Mr. E. M. Weller, -13 e. Seventh south Street, and inquired or the servant whether Mr. Weller was at home. Upon receiving the answer that both be and bis wife bad Just gone out, and learning, further, that no other member of the family was In the house, one of the fellow asked, "Theu where doea your master keep his monet?" They were at this time standing within the kitchen door. The girl replied tbat she did not know, whereupon the would be roboer drew a pistol from his pocket, pointed the weapon straight in her face, aud declared tbat unless sbe told him where they could find tbe money he would shoot her. Tbe girl, who was by this time greatly alarmed, protested tbat she was uu aMetodoso. Without further ado the second man seized ber by the throat, struck her In the face, drew a handkerchief from bis pocket and securely tied ber hands. Tbe twain then proceeded to the adjoining adjoin-ing room, evidently with the Intention Inten-tion of carrying away anything valuable upon wnlch they coulu lay tueir banus; but It is suj po.ed that te rascals were scared while at their thlevi-b woik, as tbej suddenly decamped, and only a few dimes ud nickels lrom a child's money box ou the uianlcl piece are missing. When Mr. and Mrs. Weiler returned home about uoon thu terrified domestic waalyiugupon a loungein the sitting sit-ting room with her bands still bound and blood oozing from her nose. Information was at once given to the police, but up to half-past half-past three o'clock no arrest had been made. The strange part of the affair is that at thu time of the occurrence at le-stlwelVK men were working upon a building distant It a than three rods from Mr. Weiler's hou-e, yet they were wholly ignorant of what went ou, and saw nothing of the coming or departure of the men. |