Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-04-13
THE EVENING STAR,
Msrd~rsss ATTACH d, e we.aas up.. ser
W Rival.
ffrom The ChIcago Tribune !

On last Thursday forenOOa, a n -ndish and
| brutal asssnlt Was maflr upOn thr psr. GA Sf a
| ounE lady teacher OI thIs CITY. na-n-d Ms
| JUe, pLinr Comstork. dan -htyr o. wt.N.,n -
| CynstOck. n siding al ~ 70 'sst sveaue, bv az .
| ,h,r wOn.s " hoss de- q n N tirre
| and unnl ys-si' rday noon, trapped IA co N Olsse
| nss''ry. Miss Comstock, the victim Of tn
| lTutdl as sauli, is .vsag LAY aoOut t~e1ty-
| NO trars of age. OF the most kindly dispssi-
nNn' and, one would suppose, with Dut an en-
| my N The world. tniIl quite recently che
acttd IN the capacity Of n tfaciscr ia the HsNen
4 SchSol, but II sign her situation with a view
4 % eoon .nisring into the bonds OF mat 1mony
| hnont ~ O'Clock or Thursday, While at home
Nitb her mother, m i'd To- ag~d wo N an DR. ed
ih b.ack' " With I'D paid -hswl. a heavy black
Iaes ven partially covering h-r stanes.
enr r ro.s palI OF heavy sp ctAci-s upon
ntI nose, worn evidently for tn purpose OF
tnceaiing as much as possible her res-l app ar
anc', enter.d the house. aud informed Miss
S' ,oeh ma sOane lady Trend Of hers, q
Miss JENNIE Hart, lad me- with severe acci-
SsbI by a isll iism a buggy, ana thai she hSs
oppressed great desire 10 SCI h..r OH Tread
sns sehooima's. The young lady, deeply sym-
patkizing with her frisnd in misfortune. tn
sJaIgfIy made rea6y 20 accompany the strang-r
10 the ptsid, nee of Miss n ~. leaving ,hs
hoUsr, her conductor procesde't south pact the
Univ, rslty building. thTOugh COttag, grose,
aid dow ~ 49, Nincrnne- road. Thy had pro.
cred,d n con siderable df~ance along this nigh
way W hen IL eecurred TO Mis- Cosnsfock that
, they " ere not going in tho direction Of Miss
HaTrs residenr>. She Nform-d her COM
panicn. but Was boio in rep.y that her fr,~nd
had net with The accident y-hile driving on
INST road, and hsd b-en conveyed into the
besrest bouse. They continued ~ push on un-
hb they had reached s'roint nearly mile below
Cottage grove. when s%ss ComstOcrbecam- SCI
riou<iy aPprhensive tsst she was hang duped
for Eesood purpose, and poe ittyply refused 90
proceed sny further. H-~c1mpanIon ssrnest-
~ ebdea vofed 10 persuasn her coFtinne-
thai the place would soon b. reacher-out
when she thasly discovered thsss her a<~--au-
cts OF SAFETY were of avssh. ber real c~1o-t
suddenly became manifest. Without the slight
Cst intimatios of Der purpose she suddenly
threw heavy butcher mAllef rom a conceal
ed place under h~r shawl, and VITA the firsr
blow felled l~T uaIesisting r.t.tiu. 10 the
around This ssdd.n attack was quickly fol-
low ed up BY 9TH is blows dealt W "A the same
fnurderous instrEznent. aud as n finishing
suoke, while Miss Ccrr~spck lay alr-ost insen-
sibss and PROSTATE en- the ground, he female
nenc literally kicked Der IA 20 into 4 sIiy AT
uiis Juncture, a skeleton wagon, occur Nd byn
Meil-known horse E,ckey. named James
EVckey. appeared IN sht, and the a,s-aflant
hurried quickly from tfss sc.pe. When i,fO We
hicle approached, Misr Comstecs, who. was
sui lyiNg on the ground Crils-t IHtntly fc- a.
~ ich. under the esrcrsunstance, could
not be Zen der.d. The horse IN the \ gon proved
10 D. festive young colt, almost snIIIanagraele.
and The driver asseTIs that he could have iett
the which under any clrcum~tauces He
eIaims lhat = was his intent,n 10 apprise the
nearest reelfsnts Of the matter, Aovseyer, aud az
possible take care himself of TIE H.. nd W 40 a adj
perpetTated TIE outrage. Whea ~ approached
this female, who had ben rus bang with great
speed towards the city. she requested a ride
which was granted. The driver laiuzs that AZ
" a. his intention to give her into the custody
OF the police a the Iwenty-secOnd. street SUBJ
station, but IN this intent Wa fntled by the
wIly woman v no had taken "A seat on tas rear
axle, with her back 10 the horse. an. "a no. al
riding but short distance, Jumped from
the wagon and ran across the prairie Rockey
hast ned 70 his stables as Quic KY A. nossibIe.
aud Instantly returned with a dOubls team TO
Tie seem OF the a. sauli but in the mean time
Miss COmstock had been removed to her resi-
n nee. The city police were instantly In
fOrmed 81 the affair, and left no stone un-
turned TO discover The guilty party. Nester-
success
A widow woman, named Samantha NJ. Grier,
residing al 81 Sixteenth street, who. one
time, had bee engaged 20 tn an need of Mss
Comstock, Was suspected OF being guilty OF the
ou;rag ,anc was instantly recognized by Hockey
AZ The female \. ho had occupied the wagon with
hon. which Recognition led 10 her arrest, aud,
Mt the Police Court Yesterday afternoon. she
Was held for further examination ia bail of
>.u.Wo. samantha Nj. Gri-r, the accused. IL
about 20 or 81 years old She a woman Of
medium height. with well rounded form and
ii LEI appea ance at first sight is not entirely
prrpoSsessing. neither is 70 repulsiye. Mr..
Grer has 6-n WIDOW nearly live years and
II the mother 4 little girl about eight years Of
age. Her husband. az the time of has death. Wa
of the sulphur Bota rooms, located
on the north side OF Madison bit wen La Sale
: nd W ellis sts. She IL ssd 10 be worth present
IN financial way, about S40.UOo. When
al Led al the Ponce Court she pat IN a plea OF
moi guilty. She claims TO have knOxl-
edge OF the assault until the following day,
wien she expressed deep regret. and offered 10
accompany Mr.. Moses, tue betrOthed OF Miss
COmstock, 10 see the young lady, and tender
% sympGthies AZ her misfortunes. She does
rot deny that the young man mentioned As
very dear TO her, and she alleges that az was
this feeling Of regard " hicb prompted her TO
with the unfortunate condition
Of his affianced. Miss Com-tock lies IN a very
precaf iOus condition, and her recovery ls al
mast despared OF. The gashes on her face and
nlSngnrAd herf aaI IN h.
ing manner, and 1t IL feared that her injuries
Will prove fatal.