The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-03-11
, MOTHERS DESPERATE FIGHT.
Particulars &C tho Attempt Of n >cr' ant-6irl
90 Kill Mrs. May, OF Philadelphia, aud
Her Baby-Statcmcnt Of the Lady.


Her Baby-Statcmcnt Of tho Lady.
The philadelphia Times gives the follow
inc details Of the murdcr0uS assault upon
Mr.. Nav and child. OF that city, by fren-
lied SeTyani-girl, which was briefly de-
,crihcd by telegram Yesterday morning:
4 woman'S agonzing cries for help
startled the neighhorhood OF north Ninth,
near Norris street, yesterday morning be-
tv.ccn > and 6 o'clock. They came from
the residence Of samuel MAY. whose family
oerupics the dwelling at 202l north Ninth
.,rct. They were heard by Officer Ran
som. Of the TNelfth-distriCtp police, who ran
q, thc house and saw woman'S head pro-
,ruding from an upper-Story window.
Tine face was covered With blood, and
blood was dripping down upon the door
stops. \ moment after hi, arrival Che
head was withdrawn, and tlc window
.lo>,l Nu1lcd cries and the sounds of
dc,icratc struggle still continued. aud the
ooit,r attempted 20 force the door. II re-
sisted hi, efforts. hut ~ the whole neigh
borhood Was aroused hythi> time he readily
made hi> WAY 20 the rear 81 an adjoining
lon>c. climbed the fence into the yard of
me Nav residence. and Kicked i'm the back
l,,r. The house was dark. but The rapid
pavement, 81 heavy bodies indicated that
m. afray was Slil going ON, though the
.ri,. had ceased. just Is The officer reached
fbe hsn 40 the head oi the first fight OF
Stair, a f-urc in white fitted past him and
DISAPPEARED into the bathroom. lie at-
t.mitcd 90 force the door OF the front
nom. lut after a moments parlcy il was
an.nM from within and hc entered.
NJ. va, followed instantly 10y WOO
r..u. whose head and face and night
dress WIS literally dripping blood.
>l. throw herself ou the bed and began 10
moan as IL She WAS suffering intensely.
standing near thr bed was another woman,
with au infant i'm her arms, also in her
uieht-dfc>,. Blood was pouring from
wound, In her head; her hands and clothes
were covered With IL. and large blood
stain, were ON the haly'> head. face, and
clothinr. The woman with the baby was
Mr.. Elizabeth May; the othcrWomn was
her German servant, tatharnc Mct@Sar,
who had attempted 90 murder her. on
every hand were multiplied evidences Of
fhr fierce contc>, that had been interrupted
apuarently just I'M time 90 prevent q MUIR
DIR. Tie carpet. the doors. amt the bed
din. were all spattcrtd with blood.
DELAYING THE pE>rIETE ENCOUNTER.
THAT woman Ines tried 10 kill IRE ard
nm, ialy." cried Mis-. NAV, who l. @ ilond,,
and STD ,izhtN built a> To-. hardly weigh
hundred pounds. The woman. Who W;S
lnagrin. on TIE bed. was Of small stature.
lvf ,f such robust build a> 10 make her
immensely superior physically 10 her mis-
trD>~.
E, .n effort Mr.. May ,uhducd her eN-
element sufficiently 90 give q coherent en-
panation oi The attack upon her. She had
retired with beer servant and The baby
about haIf-H>t ID o'clock on The night ic-
fore. Her husband. who travel, for y.
Nav * Co.. was ont OF town. and. being a
u1drutrlOu>, she asked the girl 10 occupy
hcr room with her. Though Catharinc
bad been I'D her employ only week. she
hqi conducted herself 30 bccOmingly as 10
Win the confidence Of her mistress. She
spoke no English. and 10 this fact Mrs.
NAV attributed her remarkably quiet, II
not moody. dcmcanor. She seemed
10 hc I'm her usual spirits Thursday night,
but rs SUBSEQUENT events proved she lay
down Withmurdcr IN her heart. The story Of
Mr.. Nly's G-ht for her life and the life
of her infant son is hc>t told i'm her own
words. She related It while the blood
trrAItu from 'iie WOUNDS il ncI htdu UoNh
over lAt llce Oh HeI ""Dl "ul'h sac he,u III
3cohNui>le Si.sl' was "N '@'utu ~
irrilhS "a dow Nnc ,"lu' auu ! I!h-ihS
up cried OUT On, n'a'Ch> "It' j. 'ila'
'hdt l. "hihL iHeh l II" a-u"I ne
Win quart nI.I"! 'o''' III n'I uI"u'
frightened. I spoke 90 her Soothinely.
When she threw The bottle across The room,
ahd' >'oophs 10 lHG Ho0r' Ihe rose WIN
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N"i''l t''' >,' i'I''"",T ~ NH ~ az"
li'N.u H! n""1 up "h" uIoPpcu hlhl on
lht moor \, 0tu tll> >he Struch me WIN
lne hs'. net Dul ! h"u broken the Iorce Oh
'N' "i'" '! ''l'u'H- HtI arm
STRUGGLE TOR LIFE.
90 Was out of tie bed ou NV feet them"
continued Mrs. May, "and. although was
Wild with excitement. ! know / must not
release my hold, or ! would be killed. |
caught her iy the throat and she struck
m, again. and then the blood poured down
over my face andncarly blinded me. How
/ did it | shall never know. but i'm some
way I got the Ratchet away from her. !
still squeezed her throat. and thought If |
could only choke her baby and would be
safe. She got weaker a> | pressed on her
throat. and pushed her toward The door.
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