Coalville Times | 1904-06-24 | Page 2 | Left in Burning Building

LEFT IN BURNING BUILDING. Robbers Bind Woman to Chair and Leave Her to Burn to Death. Heedless of entreaties for mercy, Mrs. Ilnrbara Young wua bound to a chair and loft to burn to death by two robbers, who rnnsni ked her bouse at Altoona, Pa., and, In their anger at finding no booty, set fires In the upper floors of the structure. Mrs. Young's plight wna discovered by a man whose attention was attracted at-tracted by tho smoke which pi u red from the windows Among (ho firemen fire-men who roaiHindnd to tho alarm was her son, who aided In carrying his mother from the house. The robbera escaped. Two well-dressed young men called at tha Young home, which Is In tha canter of the city, and asked for lodgings. lodg-ings. Suddenly they attacked Mrs. Young. When she told them ahe had no money thoy tied her to a chair and searched the house. Hi-fi re they departed de-parted the men stnrted Urea In sevoral beds. The house was saved. I.lttle ot value was taken by the robbers.