Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-10-11
ASAVAGE ASSAULT
Upon a New York Family by a Gang Of
HoOdlums-The Father Almost
Killed, and the
Mother, Grown Daughters and Little
Children Brutality Beaten-The
Girls Heroic Resistance.
NEw YonK. october s.-Michael Stanton

New YORK, October 9.-Michael Stanton,
who claims to be only seventeen years old,
and Edward McGarvey, who is one year
less, were arraigned before Justice Muir
ray yesterday, charged with forcibly en-
tering the apartments OF Daniel Donovan
of 400 East One Hundred and Twelfth
street, and attempting to assault his
daughters and the entire family. The
prisoners, who are evidently much older
than they pretend TO be, were COM
mitted in default of $500 bail. Donovan
has a wife and six children, the eldest be-
ing but seventeen years of age. His two
eldest daughters are very pretty girls.
Minnie is a brunette, while Julia, aged
fifteen, is an attractive blonde. Minnie
remains and assists her mother with the
! homework, and Julia is employed in
Gibbs's restaurant. On Sunday evening
the family were in the rear DON OF their
apartments when they were startled,
shortly after 8 o'clock, by a rap at the
door. As Mrs. Donovan arose the door
was pushed open and Michael Stanton
| and Hugh Reilly entered. Stanton struck
Donovan a heavy blow On the forehead,
which felled him to the floor. In the
meantime Reilly locked the door and put
the key in his pocket. Stanton then
caught Minnie by the throat and attempted
to throw her TO the floor. She struggled
bravely until her father gained his feet
and went to her assistance. Immediately
Reilly seized the old man, threw him down
and then
JUMPED UPo HIM.
While the old man was PROSTATE, Reilly
kicked him about the head and body with
his heavy shoes. Mrs. Donovan and the
children screamed aloud for help, and Jul
liza, who is a plucky girl, seized Reilly by
the neck and attempted to tear him from
her unconscious father. The brute turned
upon and beat her with his fists until her
face was covered with blood, when he
caught the almost unconscious girl in his
arms and threw her upon h floor. Mrs,
Donovan rushed up and grabbed Reilly by
the hair while the little childing pulled al
his clothing. Reilly abandoned the CIR
and wheeling about struck the mother
brutal blow on the side of the head, Mrs
Donovan falling to the floor with a groan,
Theresa, a little four-year-old girl, seeing
Reilly beating her mother, rushed at him
with her ewes trimming over with tears
and tried to punch him with her little fist
The rufian struck her down and the child
fell on the floor beside her mother, her lit
tie face being black and blue. Atthis time
Donovan regained consciousness and again
attacked Reilly, but the latter being a pow
erful young fellow, soon had the old man
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wife to flee to the other room and take the
children with her, and finding that she wa:
helpless to assist her husband and daugh
tiers she took her small children anC
sought safety elsewhere.
MINNIE KEPT
with Stanton at the other side OF the room
and fought ~furiously with her finger nail,
and teeth, but the ruffian did not relax hi.
hold. Julia, who had run in, saw her sis
ter helpless in Stanton's clutches, seized
fiat iron from the stove, and, rushing be
hind Stanton, struck him on the head, in
ficting an ugly wound. Julia then turned
her attention to Reilly, who was beating
her father, and with a well-directed blow
with the fiat iron nearly knocked his ey,
out. A number of Stanton's gang wer,
outside of the door endeavoring to get il
the room and succeeded in smashing on,
of the panels, permitting Edward Nectar
vey to squeeze through the opening. II,
entered the room, seized a chair
and shouted Lets murder them. Stanton
what have they done to your Stanton
who was bleeding from his wound, wa
still struggling with Minnie. The girl wa
covered with blood, and blood was spat
tered about the walls. McGarvey went t,
his friends assistance, and knocked Min
ME down with a chair, and Reilly shoute,
~ litnis DONh III Ntl llitl UP
piled the chair to both Donovan and Julia
and hearing the children scream in tn
bedroom, he went there and struck Mrs
/ Donovan and her children. The friend
of the %ruffians who were outside raised tn,
cry of Police" and Stanton tried to ex
tingtiish the light, but Julia seized tn
lamp, and holding it out Of the window
screamed aloud forthe police.
THE THREE RUFFIANs
then sprang from the window to the fir
!, escape and soon disappeared. The neigh
bors, who were aroused by the noise
gathered about, but no effort was made t.
capture the assailants. The two girls
r Minnie and Julia, then went to the One
Hundred and Twenty-sixth Street polio,
station and old their story. When the,
started to return home they were met b,
a number of Stanton's rang who threat
ened their lives, and one of the rufian
said that the mex time they went to tn,
!, stationhouse it would not be to max,
charges, for they would be carried thcr
on stretchers. The girls, becoming alarmed
returned to the station, and the policemen
accompanied them to their house. Yes
terday Stanton and McGarvey were ar
rested.
ELKroN, KY.-Dr. E. B. Weathers saws
81 regard Browns Iron Bitters as a med