Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-23

New York sun. Nov 81


There Is great excifement IN New
RDeheile overs strange nan Who goes
pguwling. half naked, ahoua TIE
streets after dark and wakes people
up Is midniEht b. getting into their
houses and rubbing his hands over
their faces. Women and children are
frightened half 10 death, and men 90
home early in the evening.
The man made his iirst appearance
AZ the house of I0hn Doyle q week
ago tonight He catered his house
b lower window and made his way
- the bedroom ~ stairs where Mr..
Doyle and his wife were sleeping.
BE made a noise near the bed, which
awoke MTs Doyle. She says she felt
the mans hands on the bedcioihes
over her feet, and she remained dumb
with fear while he passed his hands
upward over the bed. When Il
reached her face she screamed, put
out her hand, and touched his bare
leg Her husband jumped ont Of bed
and the NAN ran down stairs. The
neighbors were aroused, but no trace
Of the intruder could be found. Mrs.
Doyle says be had nothing on save q
torn w0ollen shirt
On Saturday night colored girl in
the employ Of Mrs. Watson, resid-
ing In another part of the village.
whileat work In the kitchen about 9
O'Clock, saw . mans bl0ated face
pressed against tire window pane.
She tainted, and the face disappeared.
On the same night, about II O'Clock,
some one moaned and screamed in
front Of William Gleesen's house.
Mrs. 5. E. White keeps q boarding
house at Dane and Hudson streets.
She and her daughter sleep together
down stairs They burn q dim light
at night in their bedroom. Mrs.
White says that on Sunday night al
12 o'clock she aw0ke and found 3
man moving about in the room. He
had on a shabby black suit, an old
blue shirt, and had 8 black Derby hal
pulled over his eyes. His face wal
pale, and he had gray mustache,
He disturbed nothing in the room.
Once or twice he approached the bed
and endeavOred to see If Miss White
and her mother showed signs Of awak
ening. With difficulty Miss White
pretended to be still asleep. The mar
stood In the loom quietly for some
minutes, and then suddenly rushed
out Of it and left the house By real
door. and then screamed, "Murderr
Fire. Help" and what net, at thu
top Of his voice. The young mer
boarding In the house rushed down
stairs, armed with revolveFs, and
though they hunted all the rest o
the night, they found nothing 4
shoot as.
On Monday night MIR. UlFich Girl
I'm found the man, bare 70 the waist
crouehing in front Of his residence
The man ran away as soon as he saw
Mr.. Griffin. Since then at least
dozen men claim to have seen th
man In various parts Of the village
Some people think that be Is the sam
man who troubled the peace Of Mort
Kensico and Salem last fall.
| Capt. COnkliu, Chief Of the Nev
Rochelle police, says be feels sur
that the man Is no criminal, bus
some lunatic, who has escaped frou
an asylum. Capt. COnklIn has III
entire police force Of the village
numbering eight men, on a watcl
every night. six young men are ais
acting as volunteer policemen. Tn
| New Rochelle people treat the matte
very seriously. Il Is asserted that tn
recent death of Mrs. Lynch, VIII
lives across the road from Mrs
Doyle, was fastened by the alaru
she felt after the visit o. the strang
man to their neighbours house.