Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-27

room she was seized by a man who closed
the door and demanded her money.
81 have no money" she replied, terribly
| frightened, "but here is my gold watch.
| take that"
Il don't want your watch. 1 have come
| night L will do the watchman," fiercely
exclaimed the assailant. At this the
| woman screamed, when the man grabbed
| her and prevented any further outcry. He
| then tied here hands and feet and cut off
her long hair. The man then attempted
to assault her, when the towel around her
neck became loosened and the poor woman
screamed again. The man frightened the
towel again and then made an attempt to
throw her out of the window. She did not
nave much power to resist, but ne failed
to get her out and threw her forcibly on
the floor. Then he kicked her in the alb
domen and she lost consciousness. When
she came to she found herself covered
with blood and very weak and realized that
she had been cut The man had gone
and the window was open, indicating
that he had gone that way. She could
not arise because her hands and feet were
still tied, but her groans attracted the at
tentlon of Joseph Ellis, the night watch
man. who was just making his rounds.
He and a convalescent patient opened the
bath room door and found the nurse lying
in pool of blood on the floor. She was
taken to another room, where she told her
story and her wounds were dressed by DIR.
Jarrett, the resident physician. The doc
tor found her badly cut up and weak from
the loss of blood. None of the cuts were
deep, and there was no great danger from
them. She was, however, suffering from
the effects of the brutal kicks adj
ministered to her and there was
immediate danger of peritonitis set
ting in, in the event Of which
she will probably die. She had been cut
In nine places with very sharp instru
ment. The doctor found three missions
on the right forearm and one the left arm,
two in the forehead and one on right side
of the face, one on the scalp, one on the left
leg and long cut on the calf of the right
leg. The last was deeper than the others.
There are horrible bruises on the side and
abdomen where the brute had kicked her.
The doctor says that four scapelS were
stolen from his surgical case, and that
from the appearance of the cuts they had
evidently been inflicted with one of these
sharp instruments. The same thing was
used in cutting Of her hair and
IL cutting up the towels which hung out
of the window.
When the police made their investiga- |
lions this morning they could discover no
trace of footsteps in the soft sand below
the window from which the towel rope /
WAS suspended. When "a policeman caught |
hold of the rope to see if it would bear his |
weight one Of the knots slipped easily |
showing that it would never have borne /
the weight of a man. These circumstances !
led to the suspicion that the |
deed was committed by some person with /
in the building and the rope hung ont the |
window to cause the impression that the |
erin NAL had made his escape in that di- |
r-lttOn. These and other suspicious cir /
led to Mayor Pratt to cause /
the detention of Joseph Elliott, the watch
man and engineer, On suspicion OF being /
the murder0uS assailant. The mayor |
the pnblic prosecutor and after /
4 consultation the Waterman was com
nitted to prison.
Waterman Ellis was subsequently re-
eased, Mayor Pratt concluding that there .
was no evidence to warrant his detention
md being satisfied from Ellis state
nents that he had no connection with the
assault. The mystery remains unsolved
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