Show WOMAN BOUND AND GAGGED IN HOTEL ROBBERY I I Holdups Enter p Place ace Under Under Eaves of Police Head Head- quarters I ESCAPE WITH JEWELS Frantic Cries for Help Bring Officers to Aid of Victim I Burglars entered the Chester hotel just south of the police station on State street at 1030 o'clock last night and escaped with their plunder Mrs Frances Campbell the landlady was bound and gagged by two masked and armed men and thrown to the floor while the tho robbery robbery rob rob- II bery was in progress At 11 o'clock last night the police I were ere startled by a frantic call for help Issuing from the r hotel Officers on duty rushed to the scene They rIley found Mrs Campbell in a hysterical condition as the result of or the rough usage she had received from the bur bur- It was some time before they could get a coherent account of the robbery Two men w wearing Caring aring black masks suddenly suddenly sud cud denly appeared in my roy room says Mrs Campbell Pointing revolvers at my head they threatened to kill me mo if it I 1 Idid Idid did not remain quiet I 1 told them to take my keys and they would find all the valuables I hadin hadin had hadin in my trunk which was in the hall They bound my feet and hands with neckties and stuffed huge handkerchiefs handkerchiefs chiefs in my mouth for a gag Then they threw me on my face and piled pillows on my head The They took tool my keys leys and I could hear them going through my trunk Just as soon as I thought they were gone I commenced a frantic struggle to get free and finally succeeded in freeing my hand I dragged my way to the nearest door and cried for help while pounding on the door Several articles of ot jewelry were stolen including a dinner ring valued at and a solitaire ring worth According to the police the robbers must have watched their victim for several days preceding the robbery and were probably roomers in the hotel Several clues were found though of ot doubtful value A handkerchief used as a gag bore the initial W in the tho corner corner corner cor cor- cori i ner and the ties bore the mark of ot a local clothing store A description of the men was furnished the police by their victim but their masks were an effectual disguise |