The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-09-01
A MAN IN A CONVENT
For q Most Unholy Purpose at a
Very Late Hour at Night.
EFTER ATTEMPTING AN ASSAULT
On Sister He Escapes--.The Sisters
Brave Fight With the Intrudcr---A
Priest to 'ho Rcscue---The Brute
Gets Away With Several Hundred
Excited CItizons in Pursuit of Him.

NEW YoRx, Aug. 2l.-An unknown
man broke into the convent OF tho
Dominican Sisters at Morgan avenue
and Harrison place, Brooklyn, E. D.,
early yesterday morning. lie entered
the building by breaking in the kitchen
door. He went to the second floor and
attempted to assault one Of the sisters,
The convent is a branch OF the
Dominican convent at Montrose and
Graham avenues. 1t was established
in connection with the Church Of Our
Mother of Sorrow, facing on Morgan
avenue. The church is presided over
by the Rev. Father John K. Fentgrat.
The convent is a two-story frame
building and is in the rear OF the church.
At present there are six sisters OF the
order living in the building, together
with mother superior and eight or
phans for whom they care. The lower
floor OF the convent, with windows
about five feet from the ground, is de-
voted to school rooms. The daily meals
are served there and the children sleep
there. The kitchen is in the rear, with
n door leading out to a well-kept lawn
and yard.
The sisters retire regularly at 9o'clock
and rise at 4:30 o'clock. After the
building is securely locked all lights are
extinguished throughout the building
The Sleeping apartments OF the sisters
are always left unlocked.
A MAN IN HER ROOM.
About l o'clock yesterday morning,
when one OF the sisters, whose name
was not given to the reporter, was sud-
denly awakened from her s!umbers, she
found herself in the grasp OF n man.
The sister, who is described as being 10
years OF age and very pretty, almost
tainted from fright. For time she was
unableto struggle or scream for help.
BY great effort she finally gave vent to
n series OF shrieks that luckily aroused
the other inmates OF the building. She
also managed to tear herself from the
grasp Of the man and she made n dash
in the darkness where she supposed
the door was that leads into the hall
Owing to her excitement and the dark
ness she missed the door and fell against
the wdll. The man again grappled with
her. She escaped once more from his
clutches, leaving some OF her night gar
ment in his grasp, and reached the hall.
The other sisters by this time had
vacated their rooms and had rushed
into the hall and shrieked for the
Mother Superior.
The sister attacked rushed into the
hall, followed by the man. The hall
being not quite so dark, objects were
more distinct and the man turned his
attention to the other sisters. The
frightened, and half-fainting sisters
rushed pell-mell to the lower floor, pur-
sued by the intruder.
HOUSING TIE PRIEST.
At this moment the Mother Superior,
after unsuccessful attempts to strike n
light, ran into the children's playroom
and screamed for the priest. She failed
to arouse him until at length she throw
n heavy object Mt the fence. The noise
nwoke Father Fentgraf, who appeared
Mt the window. The situation was ex'
,plained to him and moment later he
fired loaded gunin the air. Tho noise
aroused the neighborhood and brought
several policemen to the scene.
The brutal stranger in the mean time
had also been alarmed by the report
and made his escape by the kitchen
door and scaled tho fences and disap
peared. He was described as short
thickset man. He wore dark trousers
He had no shoes and he was In his shiri
sleeves. He wore derby hat.
The policeman, accompanied by sew
oral hundred excited neighbors, started
in quest of the fellow, but no trace o
him could be found. The neighbor
hood wns thrown into great excitement
and threats OF lynching were made
against the miscreant.