The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-02-01
MURDEROUS ASSAULT.
A Lady Beaten Nearly to
Death,
WITHOUT APPARENT CAUSE.
nected With an Unpro-
voked Attack.

An extraordinary case OF brutality
and almost murder occurred on West
Temple street yesterday, near noon.
The circumstances of the affair are re-
markabIe for the. unaccountable object
the brute had in view, as well as for the
means of attack resorted to by him. As
soon as the affair was heard of at the
City Hall, reporter of The HERALD,
who happened TO be there, visited the
victim of the assault to hear from her
the particulars, nothing being obtain
able, of course, from the fellow, who
was shortly after brought!in.
The name of the lady injured IS Mrs.
Shrine, and she resides in the first house
north of the Metropolitan Hotel. The
reporter, on knocking for admission,
was met by little daughter of the lady,
who appeared terribly frightened and
nervous-a result of the incident OF the
morning-dad hesitated about letting
him in Her mother shortly appeared
and on learning who her visitor was,
asked him to be seated. The newspaper
representative began by inquiring if..she
knew the object the man had in assault
ing her, to which she replied tina. she
did not, but supposed he thought she
had little money in her pocket and
wanted to obtain possession OF it.
ued, ''I'll tell you all about the man
aud tho 70 |
know
The reporter intimated that this was
the object of his visit.
She then commenced somewhat
rambling statement, her rambling being
caused by the nervous shock she had
sustained but short time previous,
and said in substance as follows:
HE came here last fall, looking for
work, saying he mended chairs and
repaired furniture, and SO forth. told
him / had none, but might have after
while, and asked him where he lived.
He said he lived somewhere below the
Eight Ward Square; that his name
was Stringfellow, and that he had a
couple of uncles in the city. He came
TO my house once after that, with the
same inquiry, and my reply was the
same, l had nothing for him to do.
This morning he came again, and.
knocking at the back door, my little
girl admitted him, and he sat down;
this was little before noon. Mr.. w.
S. Sharp, who rooms in my house, was
just in the act OF going out having paid
me little money, in doing which a
couple of pieces fell ON the floor When
Mr.. Sharp had gone, | went to my ma
cnine drawer, and deposited
ceipts think Stringfell0w saw me re-
ceiying the money. On one of his other
visits he spoke OF the basement below,
with an intimation that he would like a
friend of his to rent'it; but told him
1 did not rent to anyone | did not know
On visit to-day he renewed his intimation
about the basement, and asked me to
show him the rooms. got lamp and
went down with MIN, opened the door
and showed him in. While in there |
noticed some old chairs, and, picking
up one, remarked that that was worth
intending While l was looking at
this piece OF furniture, he seized the
lamp in my hand, and, L think, blew it
out, however it went out, and the room
was dark. He Immediately seized me
around the waist, and threw me down.
and selling some heavy Instrument
don't know what, exactly, because it
was dark and l couldn't see-he beat
me over the head with the result YOU
see; then grappled me by the throat and
endeavored to choke me; but as l was
little stronger than he, released his
hold and began screaming. Ny little
daughter hearing me, cried out,
Mamma two or three times, when
my assailanG ran out of the door and
escaped.
Mrs. Sirrine's face and head presented
a terrible sight, the left side OF her face
being swollen 10 twice its usual size, her
left eye was blackened, her under lin
was cut through, and had been bleeding
quite freely, three of her front teeth
were Knocked out, and all those ON the
left side of Eer face were loosened, so
that she fears she will loose them also.
/ What the object of Stringfellow was in
his cowardly, brutal and almost murder
GUS attack appears as yet to be
shrouded in mystery. Whether he was
crazy, had some reason for committing
criminal assault or to rob the lady is a
question'which will doubtless be devel-
oped at the hearing efore Justice Speirs
| tomorrow morning.
The police, as soon as complaint was
made at the City Hall. went in search of
the fellow and at 5 o'clock they returned
with their prisoner and locked him up
on the charge of "assaulting, beating
and wounding Mrs. SHRINE"