Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-07-05 | Page 1 | Robber Binds Woman in Room; Takes Jewelry

ROBBER BINDS ill II ROOM: TAKESJEIM Wife of New York Mayor and Her Traveling Companion Lose Diamonds to Bandit SAN FRANCISCO. July 5 Mrs. C c Moeller, friend and traveling com- Ipanlon of Mrs. John F. Hyland. wife Ot the mayor of New York, was found bound and gagged in hei room al B prondlnen hotel here. The room had been looted by " burglar. Mrs. Hylan 'was not in the apartment at the time. Mis Moeller and Mrs. II j Ian arrived here a week ago to attend the Democratic Demo-cratic conention. The rObber iecuretd its diamond rings ' aiued at $ i utm each, a jeweled wrlsi watch valued ai I60D, an expen-uvi expen-uvi in ided bag containing 57i in hills and numerous trinkets ol lesser k'alue According to a statement mad. I. .Mrs. Moeller to the police, the robber forced his way Into her apartment and. leveling a pistol at her head, or- joeieo ner 10 iniow up Il.-r Hands The bandit backed her Into a bath room ;an.l with a threat told her to keep .pilot He then proceeded to ransack I the room While he was searching the apartment apart-ment Mrs. Moeller peeped out. she said, and was noticed by the robber. Iwho seized her. stuffed "a towel into 'her mouth and hound her arms and legs with towels. As he left the apart- iment be jorked the telephone from the ! wall. Mrs. Moeller was unable to give the : police a good description of her ns-! ns-! sal la tit. She said he wore a black I mask and evidently was a young man Mrs. Moeller is tho widow of a I wealthy sugar merchant of KeW York The Hyian party left hero foi New York. Mrs. Moeller recovering sufficiently suffi-ciently from the shock ol the occurrence occur-rence to leave also