New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-06
HE TOOK REFUGE IN A TAMMANY CLUB.
A WOMAN SAYS SHE WAS ASSAULTED BY MAN

TELLS DIFFERENT STORY
julius Lehman. a lawyer. OF No. 237 Broadway
called at Police Headquarters yesterday afternoon
20 see Superintendent Byrnes With him was
styshly dressed &oman about thirty-hve years
, old Her name is Mrs Felicia Muhlbauer, Of No
s12 East Fourteenth-st She wanted to make a com
plant against two policemen. who. she affirmed
did not do their duty last Monday night Superin-
tendent Byrnes too busy 20 see the coupe but
2, Mrs. Muhlbauer seen later at Mr.. Lehmanns
office She told her story without urging ana
seemed much excited.
Last Monday at 1918 p. n" she said, Il was
returning home by Fourteenth-st after buying some
things at Rouden's drugstore, Second-ave and
Thrteenth-st suddenly somebody hailed me from
the opposite side Of the street. and looking across
/ saw my sister Mrs. T. Spero, Of No SS5 East
Thrteenth-st walking with friend named Mr..
Ioesch a hairdresser, OF No. 10 West Fourteenth
st. / started across 70 join them, when big,
bury man. about nfty-hve years old, put his arms
around my waist. l got very much frightened ana
screamed.
''Mr Loesch ran toward me and asked the fellow
what he meant The only reply he made was 20
strike Mr. Loesch between the eyes. He Knocked
him down and l screamed Police. as loudly as l
could. Then the struck me vio.ent blow on
the right ana ran away as last as ne eouil
i screamed out again and TWO policemen came up
The man ran toward the Tammany club OF me
Xth District at the corner Of SecOnd-ave and
feminist know his face. having often seen him
standing at the door. but dion know ms pam pam
what had happened and where the man had gone.
They said they would 30 with me. We then went
10 the club and ! saw the man who struck me SIT
ting down reading newspaper pointed nm MINI, GUY
10 the officers and told them 10 arrest MIN lIey
refused to do So saying they did not Know ms
name and that ! had no warrant Ihey went away
without arresting him, despite my protests
Mrs Muhlbauer then said she had seen Ionh
Reilly who is Of the chief men in the cluD ana
told him what had occurred Mr. Rely, Sad id
she sis a personal friend Of mine ana pc to.d me
he would get the man out of the club. The PeoIiee
at the club would not give me his name ana sald
they knew nothing about him
81 think | know who the man is. sald MT. Len
mann land / intend going TO Jefferson Market 70
lice Court tomorrow morning to get warrant ior
his arrest" , 40. i. mo,
,bano Mrs Muhlbauer accused or assau4t is ray
rick NcKenna who has lived IN the Sevehteehlh
Ward for forty-four years, and who Is empoyel
a, tba Department OF Charities ana 'oIr'cNI,,,4
Last night ne told a entirely different story. ne
saId ina; ne was waking in the street anI Just a.
ne was passing a man and woman VINO were SIAM
ine on the corner the man. who was s"lhgnS ms
cana switched II fairly across MS face. Mchenl9
says he had been drinking something, and ne asktl
80 man angrlly what he meant by that me man
sanrcswered impudently, and Mckenna stralgnt~dy
aane"ts-t him down Then. he says, Mrs Muh.bauer
came running across the street ,,,. a.,
Gam am, did not strike her" said Mckenna, ana
.t,ns e. more Ease than the statement that d!d.
~ tr,4d TO procure my arrest at the Iammany
Club but failed.