The daily gazette., 1881-11-05
MASKED AVENGERS.
ASSAULT ON A YOUNG LADY IN COW.
EcTfcu THE PEgpETRATnp
TARkED AND FEATHEREu.


ASSAULT ON A YOUNG LADY IN CON.
hcTfcu T--THk PERPETRATup
TARkEp AND FEATHEREp.
NEW LONDON, Conn, Nov. 3.-Miss
Wilhelmina SHREDDER is a good looLino
Young lady Of eighteen, and lives Wis
hef parents In neat lttls cottape nro'
videu Tor The keeper of Riverside Gam
elery, about one mile disiaut from, ITO
village Of Mystic Bridge, a suburb If
New London. She woi ks for a drass
maker In the village. On Tuesdav
evening she started Tor home a lil,Ie
after SIX O'Clock. When ahead of
MalioIy's shipyard, which IL abo,t a
quarter OF mile from the place where
she ~orks,she was met by Geo Slinso,
who asked IL he might escort her Lnn,a
she replied Ia the negative and pro.
cceded on her way, somewhat alarmed.
but little expecting that which epsneJ'
Stihs0n followed her a short distance
ani, overtaklng her, threw her VIOLENTLY
10 The ground, and with his rough hand
closed light on her throat to prevent an
ontcfy attempted TO crimipally assault
her.
A DESPERATE STRUGGLE.
Inc struggle was very severe one,
The brave girl making desperate re-.
slsiance. Her cries for help brought 10
her ASSISTANCE Mr.. l.. ID. Stone, p,er-
chant Of the village, who was fortunately
IN the vicinity. On Mr.. Stones approach
Stinson left bis victim aud ran with all
possible speed TO his home, q short DIS
lance away, and within sight OF the
place where the assault was committed.
Stone, with the assistance of Mr.. W. +.
Lapders, helped the trembling girl To
his house and gave her such stlmuiants
as he had at hand. Lauders went to
the cemetery for her father, who ex.
clted'y hurried to Mr.. stones house and
took the glrl home in carriage.
CAPTURE OF THE PERPETRATORS.
Sheriff. John Hoxie drove 10 Westerly
arriving there al two L. NJ. yesterday
lie found stlnson working on the road
with his brother and addressing him BY
his nickname, "Ordsey," said, "Come
I've been looking for you all day.n Stin-
son replied, ~ guess they'll fix me this
time tor good" and advancing to the
vehicle he got in. At five o'clock last
nlght ne was behind the bars 10 the
| hJSeS biiuSc ioCkup.
| MIDNIGHT VISIT TO THE JAIL.
AT half-past seven clock this morn
Ing Hoxie visited the lookup. lie found
Stinson lsshed to the door OF his cell
With a stout piece Of marlin and shak
Ing with fear, believing that his life was
10 danger. Hoxie cut the cord thai
bound him and learned that shortly af
ter midnight number Of masked met
entered lookup by the rear window and
advancing to the cell in which Stlnson
was confined asked him If he wanted tc
get out. He came close TO the grated
door and replied, "No." They upliftec
their hands and before he could re-
treat filled his eyes with coal Tar, then b,
using heavy wedges and large sledge
they forced upon the door of the cell and
led the frightened wretch out.
| SUIT OF TAR AND FEATHERS,
In the corridor they stripped him Of
all his clothing, covered his naked
body with asbestos roofing tar ant
sprihkled it with spontaneous growtl
common to this locality and an excel
lent substitute for feathers. The worl
was done quickly and artistically, and
StinsSn was tied TO the door more deac
than alive from fright. The masked
men, after fastening the lookup as SO
curely as they could under the circum
stances, took their departure, leaving
behind them, however, one wedge and
the pillow case, from which they OBJ
tanned the feathery material. Theil
masks consisted simply of pieces o.
cloth, but they served to fully concea
the mems identity, and there is moi
the least suspicion as to who they
were. Two hours were consumed In
removing Stinson's tight fitting suit.
AN OLD OFFENDER.
Stinson is twenty years of age and
has always lived in Mystic. IIo is a
rough looking fellow, lazy and defi.
Gent in intellect. His fathhr is hard
working ship carpenter and often fluids
employment in the yards at New Lon
don. The assault on MISS Shredder il
not the first OF Stinson's offences. Two
years ago he assaulted girl of twelve
on REYNOLDS Hill, for which he served
a term Of imprisonment in New Lon
don Jail. A year previous to this he
assaulted another, but was 80 terribly
thrashed by her father that the autho.
rifles took no notice of the affair.
Stinson had just finished the seasons
coasting and was turned loose in the
village for the winter,