The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-06-03
Her ASSAILANTS SAFE
Mr.. MCCoWan's Protege Can
Give No Description of
the Two Men.
QUEER CASE ALL AROUND.
Now 1t Appears Clara Stewart is
Not Her Eame-Her Own
Story.

The Fifth precinct police have not az
yet any clue to the scoundrels who as
saulted on Wednesday evening the six
teen year old girl who is staying
at the residence of the Rev. w.
S. MCGOWAN on Linden avenue,
Greenville. Detectives McNally and
Egan are still out on the case. however.
The assault, it has been learned, occurred
in Bayonne, and not in Greenville, as at
first supposed. The detectives. to-
gether with the girl. went
to the scene yesterday. The spot where
the assault was committed is about two
hundred feet from the dividing line be-
tween Jersey City and Bayonne, and the
police of Bayonne have been notified and
are now working on the case. Detective
Egan said this morning. however, that he
would still work on it and give the Bay
onne officials all the assistance at his
command.
POOR PROSPECT.
1--WE have no description of the men,"
said he. "The girl said she was too ex-
citea to notice how they looked or what
kind of clothes they wore. She could not
tell whether they were short or tall,
young or old.
When asked if the police had any clue
to the scoundrels. ne replied that he would
not care to state whether they did or did
not have any such clue.
The girl has been registered at the
Fifth precinct as Clara Stewart. This,
however. is not her right name.
The Rev. MCGOWAN. when inter-
viewed by JERSEY CITY NEWS
reporter this morning said:-
THE girls correct name was not given
to the police. Her name is not Clara
Stewart l wish to protect the un-
was best to give her all assumed
name. The detectives are the only ones
in the department who have her right
name. She is resting quietly today and
has thoroughly recovered from the
shock"
The story as told by the girl to Mr..
MCGOWAN is as follows
She left the house about four o'clock
Wednesday afternoon, walked down Lin
den avenue towards the Newark Bay and
crossed over the bridge to the Morris
Canal towpath. She was passing through
Currie's Woods when she was seized
from behind by two men, who warned
her to make no outcry under penalty of
death. Tney left her lying on the ground
and went through the woods in the direc-
tiOn or Bayonne. she was AFRAID TO re-
turn home for fear that Mr.. MCGOWAN
would not believe her story.
FOUND BY FRIENDS.
At eight O'Clock the PASTORS wife and
one of her daughters went out to look
for her. They found her standing behind
tree on Linden near Ocean avenue
crying bitterly. Her dress was
covered with mud and badly torn. She
was taken home and at half past ten
o'clock the police were notified.
Last evening the police officials OBJ
tanned the following statements from the
girl:-
Il live as a servant in the family OF
Rev, Mr.. McGowen. No. IS Linden ave-
nue.. My mother is dead and my father
is in lunatic asylum. Yesterday after
noon, after finishing my work, / took a
walk at about balf-past four O'Clock and
went across to the south side of the canal
in the limits of Bayonpe. 1 walked on to
Currie's woods, and when about
quarter of a mile from
Bergen road and about five hundred
feet from the canal Two men. who came
from behind me, threw me down and
told me to make no noise or they would
kill me. Both men assaulted
tue, each holding me in turn.
After the assault was ashamed to go
home and wandered around until found
by members of MIR McGowan's family at
about eight p. NJ.