New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-11-08
NEUS FROW THE SUBURBS.
prEKsKILLs MIDNIGHT vISITANT.
A STRANGE MAN VINO ALARMS INNOCENT WOMEN
ANp Is HUNTED BY THE YCuNG MFN.

A STRANGE MAN WHO ALARMS INNOCENT WOMEN
AND Is HUNTED BY THE YCuNG MFN.
Peekskill is in state of excitement over the
mysterious appearances OF m unknown man VINO ~
uhtlv urrOruing strange antics M varOus parts ~ the
yillogr lie was first observed about two weeks ago
ihc streets are patroed bv the young men Of the
,,llope and n they should chance to meet HIM. he IL
Uk-;i to receive coat ut tar ana feathers ami ha IN
thr Hudson Hyrr Gr"at FRIGHT has been lclt hy the
,ning women ~ COLONEL Charles j. Wt.hts seminary
iu several ucrnaiuns the Inmates have hcen nvnl
los unusual sounds aud the stranger has been distinctly
one NIGHT Mlss Marv Frost prposscssns yunns
sra,siipss. cmrutri ht thu institutions met with a
surttutnlmi h handsome elunds. situated nnnil 10 the
hrat ~ tho tllnsr lo me .anhtl o ne se',iail
st,tnnls ~ The srhuni Miss liusl'a iUuni ls ~ r
urrei suit ~ W." ,u'ias" un Mhhlht r'rpih sene
Mics tinst had lia iarn inU q infp, Nhri s,n WA
awatepei lelme ~" tta tol,nt 'mlNs lo .. ',, 49,
mislabrn, shn lriti 10 80 le slaop astn, hhe lt ih
elone a," "'ms " ue s ' sn ",, o"e ~s @
hea'iN across tao ll",r toward lhn h"'l Nhth ,hn
II Ma, sn m,iistnc that size was unable Ia notlco any
particular point about II. she gave scream siahs
rom the he'd, aud fe IN the hall Frustrated win Tear
Her aroused the other Inmates at me hhhhs'
and hes laughed heartily when they heard the siori
ON the following night. while laundress was walking
from the seminary 10 the cottage, she was suddenly
seized from behind by man. who graspcd her about hr
waist aud tried to pick her up from the ground Her
screams compelled him dcsst, and after giving her, as
she expressed it, good hug. he pushed her from Nun
mcdiatey Informed. and arming himself with double
blrrcled gun he searched the grounds, as ne thoght
tnoroughl, but unable to md any one The search
ended the Colonel returned to the seminary hrst IN
strucng the girls to take in some clothes that were
hanging on the lines in the yard After mastering
sufficient, courage to obey. twenty Of Them armed with
broomS pokcrs. and almost eyerv conceivable weapon
that n woman can nse started TO bring In the clothes
Hannah Lynch the first IN tho line. ana wDcll she
reached The tr. post which the line had been tied
man suddenly sprans from behind sheet that was
hanging from the line and grasped her by thc arm enc
screamed and her body guard dropped their weapons
and enominously fed leaving her 10 the tender rercls
OF the my stranger. She struggled desperately
with him. and finally succeeded III tearing herself from
bi, embrace and fed to the cottage screaming.
Families have frequently been startled while nj dinner
by hearing taps on The windows. and nude figure mas
often been seen in out-of-the- way places
Sheriff Horton in Peeksk last evening, ana sWorc
in thirty special deputies who are out hunting Tor thc
mystery one party is headed by officer wyatt ahOtmci
nv lanes W Finch and the third by g. A. Mead The
sheriff says he will have the man inside OF twenty-our
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