The evening world., 1893-07-05
MOURNS her LOCKS.
Agnes 0'Neill Frustrated by Her
Encounter with the Clipper.
Her Story Of the Loss OF Her
Golden Tresses.
Capt. Schmittberger's Police Sure
They VIII Catch the Fellow.

Agnes o'Neiii, the pretty girl whose golden
hair was so ruthlessiy cut OF by an unknown
man in West For.y-eighth street last night,
has spent the greater part OF the Tine since
In weeping over her loss.
The shock she experienced OH hearing the
sharp click OF tie sci. sors utterly unncrved
her, and during the nigh she started up sew
eral times In terror from dreams that the
man was still pursuing her.
Miss o'Neill, who Is twenty years old, with
her mother, rents the four.story red brick
house l.9 West Forty-elehth street, and last
week preparations were made to spend the
Summer, according to their custom, at As
bury Park. Mrs o'Ne.ll started for that
place on Saturday. her daughter intending to
remain here few days longer According TO
the colored girl who opened the door Tor an
Evening world" reporter this morning
Miss o'Nein left for Asbury Park at very
early hour to-day.
'sshe is too much upset to remain In the
city any longer the coiOred girl said, land
does not want TO see any of her friends at
present | cannot say when she Will come
back; perhaps not until after her hair grows
again"
Capt Schmittberger and, In fact, every
one connected with the West Forty-seventh
street Precinct are particularly anxious to
catch the fellow who uses the SCISSORS They
have Q description by which they hope to run
him down, and all are positive that he VIII
be caught II he continues his operations.
The police do not believe he Is the same
fellow who reGently operated In Williams
burg, but that he is one OF the many cranks
who infest the district.
"Jack the lnk-Slinger" made that section
OF the city his stamping ground and ruined
dozens OF expensive dresses before he was
run down and sent 10 state prison II was
true, also, that ".Iack IN, Slasher" cut Id
dies dresses without reason, but he was
nnally caught, as was also the INDIVIDUAL who
founa amusement In cXpecturaiins tobacco
juice on passing women's clothing.
The particular offense which has put the
police on the alert now was comm tied be-
tween 4.3Q and o'clock last evening.
Miss oNeill had Just lett her home and
started up Forty-elyhLh street to visit "A
friend on the west side ler golden hair was
hanging in "a braid donn the back, reaching
almost TO her waist She had reached tho
corner near where the Hook ana Ladder
Company is located when she heard the clicI>
OF the shears
Looking around she saw a man about . feet
felt the cold air strike her head at the back,
whore the hair should have been. Putting
up her hand she discovered that the braid
had been cut close TO the roots
Before she had Lime to scream the man had
taken to his heels and. IN iact, before she
could recover IRON her aStonshmenL aud
fright he had turned the corner OF Forty
seventh street.
Then she did scream. ana with q yengean nee.
The firsL to respond was t0reu All GormIey,
OF y the hook ana ladder company. VINO
, promptly gave chase 10 the IL yinR -ngurr,
Barber Louis Stillgehauer, who has n store On
the southeast corRer OF Forty-eishth street
and Eighth avenue. follow ed suit, IN he did
not know which 10 run after, the woman Or
tine man.
In less time than It takes to tell It a crowd
OF several doz"n was nying along, but hait
n Enr Alnn Il. ~ "A.
appeared Just as II he earth had opened aud
~ allowed MIN.
HIS strange disappearance gives color 10
the Idea that the fellow must have Worn d
Disguise which he removed while running. II
. IL, even possible that aner pettiEg unseen
into sDme hallway ce may have gone out into
the street again and joincd In the chase.
During all his timo Miss O'Neil stood on
Eighth avenue. she WAS SO mortified that
she did not know what she was doing. A
crowd surrounded her and asked her all kinds
OF questions
She was unwilling to give mucn explana.
ttoh, however, ana tried her best Lnget away.
NO policeman was Then In sight. nor Mas any.
thing heard OF the occurrence by capt.
SoDmittberger uniii several hours later.
Then he received u letter, which gave
neither the nalnr OF ADDRESS OF Ino writer
but which detailed tho occurrence lt ur.
scribed the mun an being hNe Iert ten ana a
hall Inches t.l.l. VII u iull blond beard. lie
was dressed In dark clothing, and the writer
Claimed to be able TO identity him on sight.
Inc captain Instructed his ward detectives
TO so through the aistrirI ana spe they
could learn the victims name. They did so
and shortly before midnight located Mis-.
ONellL Then In Il nervous manner sne re.
peated the story.
81 don't know how II all happened" SHIT
said In conclusion. 81 was 50 surprised anC
mortined tnat scarcely knew what wa,
duiRg, ana IL ls to that Iact that he owes his
escape. saw him following me lust few
seconds before he cut on my braid, and nlsC
1eAt u slight pun from behind.
"Althourh | was nervou, plucked up cour
age wnen saw the nremcn there, aNd nu'
just about turning AMI giving him "a gooC
piece OF my mind when | ieit the cold All
strike my head. Then | got speecnlrss anC
could only look Al him running away. iit
disappeared down forty-seventh sire r
"No, We have not got the hale i-cutting lent
yet" said capt Schmit oberger to" ! lac ..vrn
ing World" reporter this morntng, but yul
may rest assured that We VIII get him UeIur,
long II he stays around here. This is a grea
precinct Tor catching fellows like that. III
description we have OF tre man is somew hi
faulty, out we expect 10 succeed With It,
The police did not seem % believe the stUr,
that Miss ONeill had started THIS muruini
for -Asoury PARK In their opinion the yuuuI
girl was so prostrated that she did not car
to see any one and she WAS particular.
anxious TO avoid hotoriety.
When the reporter visited the house for tn
second time the colOred girl repeated IN
story OF Miss O'Neilrs departure. The halI
door WAS chalned, and the girl SAID her on
ders were 10 Keep iJZso and anow no one
enter the house,