The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-06
gAS SHE TOLD HER STORY7
,,rREcr OBsERTED ny THOSE <BOUr
MISS BIRROWCLIEFE.

v,,,eh neuies ssyiug that she Usd RE-
.,..d 20 Tell who ~ was that Assaulted
u.r-Ths Police Awaiting Developments.
An ,orts Of rumors we're anoat In Jersey City
,..tsrday concerning the case OF Miss May
p.,rowclliYe the young music teacher who was
s,,,deroualy assaulted Just q week ago last
.ioh, and left for dead In = vacant lot In
W.,ion. one rumor was that she had recov-
.,.d con sci business and made statement
Ino,hsr credited her with knowing the name
A. her assailant. but refusing to divulRe IL
According to the ofilcisls. Miss Barrowcliffs
has not spoken yet; that lie. she has not been
ali. to give any intelligent statement OF her
,.,,ibIe experience. This Official Information
n,v or may not be true Since Miss Barrow
slifs has begun to recover her mental fscul-
u.. the seal Of secrecy has been placed on the
liz. oi sverybody who comes In contact with
M, including the visiting surgeon. DIR. Yarick.
An. house physicians. Drs. Law and Bone War
S.o Osborne, Matron Osborne. and the nurses.
m N Yesterday tho doctors. the Warden. and
polies superlntenden emit Smith had no hesitation
.hout giving information. The change In pol
I'll. one OF tho reasons which have created q
,.rv strong suspicion that Miss Barrowclfre
has made a statement.
Miss Barrowcllre 10 regsining both her
rbv.ical aud her mental strength very RAPIDLY,
and should soon be able TO tell the story OF the
assault II she has not already done so. The
object OF the secrecy Is said to be to enable
An. police to capture the young woman's as
.,rsnt II she knows who he Is. Dr. Varick
"a. reported Yesterday to have stated that. In
A., opinion. Miss Barrowcliffs would not re-
veal tho Identity OF her assailant According
10 the report, DIR. varick arrived at his conclu-
,Ion from tho young woman's demeanor whom
n. questioned her. It II said that he was
,.ksd why Miss Barrowclifie would not reveal
the name OF her assailant. and that he an
,vered that Il was possibly out Of regard for
that person.
Then you think her assailant was frisndi-
N. Doctor IL said to have been asked.
IT don't think he was tramp" he 10 said to
have answered.
DR.. varick denied last night that he had
made any such statement He said Miss Bar
rowclife was improving and he had spoken
with her. but hs refused TO repeat anything
she had said. He declared that she had not
said ANYTHING to which importance could be
attached. and In fact was not able to say any,
thing.
Superintendent Smith said last night that
there was absolutely nothing new 10 the case.
and that the police were waiting now for Miss
Bsrrowcli1e to speak. He was called out OF
bis bed early yesterday morning to 60 to the
Foye place police station. A man had been
taken there BY one OF the detectives engaged
on the case. The Superintendent talked with
him for some time and then let MIN 60.
Mrs J. Frank Stanley OF ISL SIP avenue has
been close friend OF Miss Barrowcliffes for
several years. She says that Miss Barrowcliffs
told her she was Interested in a suit In q New
York court In which SIC. 600 was involved. Tho
suit WAS begun By Miss Barrowcliffe's father
and no obtained o iude m ent In the lower court
Court OF lApreas. John Vernon, in whose
house at 80 Grand street Miss Barrowcllffe
boarded says he has heard Miss Barrowcli.fe
speak OF such case Miss Dexter. an intimate
SPEAK OF II. Some theorists have evolved the
highly improbable idea that there may be
some connection between the assault and the
lawsuit as. FOR Instance. that the defendant
Of the way. The police attach no Importance
Mrs. Stanley said Yesterday that Miss Bar
rowcliTe had been anxious for some time to
tis strange" Mrs. ShsHiey said. That
Nay should continue to live down town when
hsrpupils all lived on the hill. often spoke
to her about It, and she told me she wanted to
count OF her friend Miss Dexter. who Is en-
ploJed IN New York and wanted to be near the
Jerry. She decided recently that she would
leave: and after returning from the trip to
plated, she was coming to live with me. She
went to board with the Yernons because when
her her, father died they were the first to offer
George Ennis the suspect, was taken to
Police Justice o'Donnelrs court yesterday
morning. As Louis Rlemm refused to make
any effort 70 identify him. and there Was no
charge against him. he was discharged