The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-01-06
YOUNG LADIES INSULTED.
The Baldwin Avenue Bridge
Man Abroad Again
Last Night.
A "NEws" REPORTER ON HAND
But the Fellow Disappeared on
sudden-Light Up This
Dark Spot.

Two young women, one Of them tbs
sister of a prominent offiee-holder, and
the other the daughter of well-known
citizen of the Heights, had thrilling ex.
perience last night with the fellow who
haunts the bridge at Baldwin avenue
over the Pennsylvania Railroad cut after
nightfall A reporter for THE JERSEY
CITY NEWS heard the young women's
screams and caught Il glimpse of the In
sulter about block away. The reporter
gave chase, but the fellow had to much
OF start and succeeded in getting away.
The young ladies begged of the reporter
to keep their names out of the paper and
from the police aud he promised to do 30.
The experience Of these young ladies
last night was different from that of
others, in that The fellow under cover OF
the binding snow storm became bolder.
and was even more insulting in his con-
duct than usual.
WHY NOT LIGHT IT UP2
The Baldwin avenue bridge is plaea
Just calculated for an insulter of women
20 lay IN wait for victims. 1t is dimly
lighted. and after n.gntisA lew
people pass that way. A
policeman is scarcely ever seen
within block OF it. Ii is on the dividing
Captain McKaig's precincts, and is not
covered by the patroimeu or either pre-
cinct. In winter it affords endless op-
portunity for footpads and all manner of
night marauders. In Summer nights IL
is generally nopulous with the SO called
"spielers'' from Caledonia Park. near by
Such is the Baldwin avenue bridge
which this miscrean5 has selected as a
place to insult helpless women. and this
is the story of his latest dastardly act:-
The young ladies were returning to
their homes from Newark avenue, where
they had been visiting some friends:
1t was almost niue o'clock, and
The snow was falling heavily.
There were few pedestrians on the street.
and the young lauies hurried on, m1ff1lnR
their wraps about them to protect them
from the elements. AS they neared
the dismal looking bridge. one of
the girls remarked TO her COM
panion that she had heard of young ladies
being met by strange individual on
the bridge. She said she dreaded the
passage over the bridge. Her friend
laughed meFrily said she was not
afraid of any one. and they walked on.
OUTRAGEOUS RUFFIANIsM,
The rest OF the story is perhaps best
told as one of the young ladies told it.
'As we approached the BRIDGE" she
said, II saw fellow walking up and
down with his hands thrust deep into the
pockets of big long ulster which he
wore. He was tall and slender and wore
cap, which, as we approached, l saw
was pulled down over his eyes. The
man answered the description stthc fell
low that had been insulting young ladies,
and uttered little SCREAM.
"rhen the fellow ran towards u.s. He
caught me around the waist and at
tempted to carry me along with him. |
screamed again and my companion pulled
his hair. He struck her in the face aud
she screamed. BY this time the fellow
saw you running up aud made off"
DISAPPEARED SUDDENLY.
The reporter was ABOUT block away
when he heard the screams. He ran with
all his might, and found the young ladies'
in a great state of excitement.
They pointed towards High street,
ana the reporter saw the
fleeing figure. He gave chase bat the
fellow disappeared quickly. The young
ladies names are known to the reporter,
but they begged so hard not TO have Them
made public that he could not well re-
fuse their request.
Young ladies are now afraid to pass
over the Baldwin avenue bridge. Sew
eral angry brothers and fathers would
like to lay their hands on the rascal, aud
Captain McNulty and Captain McKalg
will detail special men to look out foe
him