Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-03-21
TO ABDUCT A YOUNG LADY
Outrageous Assault by a Mysterious Female
Escape of the Assailant.

The neighborhood of Broadway, near Bleeck-
er street, witnessed, on Monday afternoon the
enactment OF n strange and exciting scene,
which, for the time being, caused great COM
motion, and which has since given rise to much
curious conjecture. A young lady. the daugh-
ter of one Of our most highly respected citizens,
whose talr fame the breath of scandal has
never suilIed, was not long since engaged 10 be
married to young Spanish gentleman, and
the arrangements for the wedding had already
been made. On Monday afternoon she dressed,
In order 10 take short walk on Broadway
and to make few purchases. Just as she
turned the corner of Bleecker street into Broad
way carriage drove slowly past, and stopping
opposite to her, she noticed two ladies upon
the inside, one Of whom tapped with her finger
on the carriage window, and beckoned to her.
Not recognizing the persons who were inside,
one Ut whom continued to beckon with her
finger, she hesitated for a moment when the
door Of the carriage opened, and the strange
person addressed the young lady with-"Come
SIS, get in here-we want to tell you some
thing" The young lady, who had now stepped
near enough to the door of the carriage to dis
cover that the persons within were strangers
to her, replied: Il do not know you-what do
you wish ~ "Oh, come, get in, do, and we
Will tell you; do get in, just moment" The
driver, ut the same time, importuned the lady
to enter. Mistrusting some wrong, she shrank
back, and pursued her way upon the sidewalk,
wondering what the mysterious invitation
could mean. Shortly she was again oyertaken
by the same carriage, when the driver jumped
from his seat, the door again suddenly opened
from the inside, and the mysterious woman
now joiued by her associate and the driver ali
besought her to get into the carriage. Fright
cned at this last importantly Of the strangers.
she fed into a milliners store near by in great
agitation. and related to the proprietress her
strange adventure.
After sitting few moments she rose to 90
and as she opened the door Of the store She
was met by a woman whom she seen in the
carriage, who sprang at her with great fury.
cxclaiming You b-h, you have been stay
Ing with my husband In an instant she had
torn the beautiful velvet hat from the young
laty'5 head, scratched her face and inflicted
several heavy blows upon her face and eyes
The greatest CONSERVATION prevailed during
the melee, and in the midst Of the excitement,
and before the aSsailant could be arrested, she
had fed.
The assault was so sudden and unexpected
that the young lady could make but little re-
siStanee; in fact, she was almost instantly over
powered Ii was some time before she could
sufficiently recover from the attack to think or
say anything. The lady of the store. however,
ran out and tried to ind a policeman-vain
hope IN such an emergency. Meanwhile the
female apParition jumped into her carriage
and escaped
The outrageous conduct of the woman, and
the vile language which she made Us of left
hut little doubt "a to her true character A
carriage was sent for and the young lady was
conveyed to her home, where her appearance
in such a sad plight, and the relation of her
strange adventures, caused the greatest ex-
citement and distress. What the solution of
the mystery can be no one appears "a yet, to un-
derstand. Was this young lady mistaken by
some enraged woman for another person. sup
posed TO stand in the relation of a rival2 Has
the youngSpsnish gentleman horrible thought,
"a wife already What were the intentions of
the two women; were they plotting abduc-
tiOn and murder Of their innocent victim
The respectablity of the lady involved in
this unfortunate affair makes it proper to with
hold her name from the public-the facts, how
ever. are vouched for as we have stated them
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