Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1900 — Shot at M dnight Marauders. [ARTICLE]

Shot at M dnight Marauders.

At midnight Wed. night Miss Bessie Foster heard some parties trying to effect an entrance into her rooms. She and her brother have several up-stairs rooms in one of A. Leopold’s houses, the former Frank Iliff property, on South Van Rensselaer street. 'There are no other occupants of the house, and her brother being away, the young lady has been Abe sole occupant of the house, for several nights. She has heard parties around the house before, and that night she was prepared for them with a loaded revolver. That night she heard two men again, trying to open doors, and talking and planning an entrance. She hurriedly dressed and sat in her room. Finally one of the men got into the house and upstairs, and came to the door of the room where she was. She spoke but received no answer, and then fired a shot through the door. She says the man gave a yell as though he was hit, and thinks he fell. She then saw another man on the balcony, who started to climb down, and took a shot at him. She then ran to F. H. Hunt’s house, near by, where she called the family to the door, and then fainted. Several neighbors were called and also Dr. Berkley and she was finally aroused, but net until she had fainted a second time. The house was examined but no trace of anyone having been there was found, further than the bullet hole in the door. Ng blood or other indication of a wound was found. It is needless to say that Miss Foster will not again attempt to pass another night in the house alone.