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Show Wife of Armour Black Jacked In Dressing Room Makes Plucky Fight to Save Her Money and Jewels From Burglars Chicago, Sept. C Mrs. J. Ogdcn Armour, wlfo of tho head of tho Ar-mour Ar-mour family of Chicago, was held up by armed robbers In her rosldenco at 3724 Michigan nvcnuo tonight nnd though sho plucklly attacked ono ot tho men thero with her bare hands, tried to tako his revolver from bin and fought until sho wns knocked senseless with a blackjack, sho lust ?"o In cash nnd I3G00 worth of Jow-elry. Jow-elry. Two maids who went up tho stairs, one after tho other, to answer tho tolephono outsldo Mrs. Armour', door, woro also hold up and compt.il ed to keep quiet. When tho robbers hnd taken nil cf the valuables thoy could find, overlooking over-looking a $20,000 pearl necklnce, nnd started to escape, Mrs. Armour, Just recovering from tho blow which had felled her, mado another rush at them, but was thrown asldo and thoy escaped. "Sho Is sure ono of tho nerviest llttlo women I over saw in my life," said Deteetlvo Sergeant Joseph Mc-Oulro. Mc-Oulro. "Not many men would faco a gun and keep on fighting as sho did I hope sho marked that fellow's faco so that we'll have a clew." Husband Absent It was about 8:15 when tho robbers arrived. Mr. Armor had been nt Lnko Forest all day and had not returned Homo. Mrs. Armour wns In her own room on tho second floor, intending intend-ing to go out nnd expecting her maid to dress her. When sho heard a knock at tho door sho said: "Is that ou, Sarah?" A voice probably disguised answered answer-ed "Yes." "I am ready como in." Instead ot tho maid, a rough looking look-ing young man with a revolver In his hand and a pink bordered white handkerchief hand-kerchief covering tho lower part of his faco entered. "Now, Just glvo mo all your monoy nnd wo-won't havci nny trouble," ho said, advancing with tho gun leveled. Plucky Woman Blackjacked Instead of submitting tamely to tho robber, Mrs. Armour leaped to her feet and sprang nt tho mnn. Sho seized his wrist with her right hand nnd ho seized her other wrist. Sho struggled frantically to get tho weapon wea-pon away from him but ho was too strong. Ho flna'ly twisted her arm so that ho forcod her to her knees. "I'll bo compelled to shoot you it you don't bo quiet," tho man threatened. threat-ened. Instead of being cowed by tills, Mrs. Armour again Bprang to her feet and tried to run to n dresser w hero sho had a revolver of her own. For this tho robber struck her over tho head with a blackjack and knocked knock-ed her senseless on tho floor. Then ho began to ransack tho room for monoy and Jowels. Maids Captured Whllo this was going on tho tolO' phono boll In tho hallway outsldo ol Mrs. Armour's room began to rlnE and a maid came up tho stairs to answer an-swer tho call. When the maid was nt tho head of tho stairs a second robber, who had been on guard In tho hallway, stepped from behind tho portieres and leveled a revolver at her. Ho compelled hor to go to Mrs. Armour's room, whero tho first robber rob-ber mado her stand ngnlnst tho wall Then tho robber on guard cut tho wires and put tho phono out ot commission. com-mission. Mrs. Armour, lying on tho floor recovered re-covered her senses by degrees and got to her feet. Sho refused, and ho toro oft a la-vallero la-vallero sho was wearing tho chain cutting hor neck. Necklace Overlooked A $20,000 pearl nccklaco lay looso in a chiffonier drawer near whero tho robber was searching by the merest chnnco left out ot its place. Mrs. Armour Ar-mour had given It to ono ot tho maids to clean and when it was cleaned tho girl dropped It Into tho drawor Intending In-tending to put it away when sho had moro time. It was bought in Paris In 1901 and Is considered a very flno pleco of work. When ho could find no moro valuables, valu-ables, tho robber opened tho door to tho hallway and callod to his companion com-panion on guard: "Como on I'vo got all I can find." Tho second robbor stepped Into tho room. "Now you women stay in horo and keep quiet don't try to follow us or mnko any fuss till vo'ro gono, or we'll havo to kill you," commanded the leader. Tho pair then started to tho win- dow over tho portochero by which they had ontcrcd, but thoy becamo confused and ran into tho library Instead. In-stead. Escape of Robbers With her fighting blood still up Mrs. Armour leaped Into tho room after them and tried to seizo them, but when thoy could not awo her with their weapons tho men throw her roughly aside, ran Into tho bedroom through which they had entered, step-pod step-pod through tho window to tho roof of tho port cochero nnd, leaping to tho ground, disappeared. |