St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-30
TWO HEROIC GIRLS.
JeAnie and Mary Geff Put to Flight
aSable E'iend With Evil Intent.
Especial Telegram to the Globel

New YORK, April 29.-Jennie Golf, nine
teen years old, and her sister Mary, sixteen
years old. are orphans, and live alone in a
cottage in Rossville, on Staten Island. The
sisters own the cottage. Their mother died
five months ago. Both Of them are highly
esteemed On Sunday night Thomas VIII
son, colored man, forced open window
and got into their bed chamber. Jennie,
the elder sister, is handsome brunette, five
feet and 6 inches high, well-developed, and
muscular The manner in which she put
the negro to flight was thus told by her to-
day:
My sister Mary and myself have always
slept in the same bed upstairs. Last night
we retired after fastening the doors and win
dows. How long we had been asleep could
not tell when I felt myself smothered felt
some one strangling me end keeping terri
bic grip on my throat Then light was put
in front of my face. l could hardly move
before that, but when the negro, for l saw by
the light he was colored man, turned to put
tho light away, he loosened his grip on my
throat little. l expected that it would be
nv last chance for life, but l made desper-
ate move sideways and broke his grip.
Then 1 rose up, and with my clenched
fist struck the man with all my
strength in the face. He was kneeling on
top Of the quilts, and knocked him off on
the floor. He again sprung upon the bed,
when hit him second time, and with the
other hand l scratched his face so that the
skin was under my nails this morning. l
was not bit frightened, but terribly angered.
As the man sprang at me the second time ]
shouted to my sister: Heavens its mig
GER Mary was too much frightened until
she heard my voice, then she screamed as
hard as she could, and so did l. The man
dashed out the light and attacked me u third
time I continued to struggle with him, how
ever and soon l found that my blows were
defeating him. So l kept on hitting and
scratching as hard as I could. Our screams
were kept up all the while, and that with
the resistance, must have convinced him he
had better leave. He ran to the window of
our room, raised it and began to climb out.
As he sprang to the ground l gave him an
other blow, which caused him to go sprawl
ing headlong. His chin struck an ash can
on the sharp edge. The policeman told me
this morning it almost severed
his windpipe, and he very near
" bled to death before they caught
him. Then jumped from an attic window
to the ground in my night clothes and ran to
Mrs Platt's house, next door. The two Platt
bows hurried out. Blood maks led from the
door to the stairway leading to the cellar.
however, and there they found Wilson, who
was bleeding terribly from large cut in his
throat, and he was too weak from loss of
blood to speak at first. They called doctor
and sewed up the wound. Then he was
brought to the house, and I identified him
We had until few weeks ago very savage
dog about the house and generally took it in
at night, but it bit a man some time ago and
Wilson was employed to shoot and bury it,
Wilson was arraigned at Rossville to-day
and taken to Richmond county jail, as it was
believed the people might attempt to do VIC
lence to him if he were kept in the neighbor-
hood Of Rossville.