The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-26
OUTRAGE IN A TENEMENT HOUSE
In Broad Daylight Negro Brutaily
Attacks Woman.

New York, July 26, 1S94-Mrs. Nellie
Fein. thirty five years old, was brutaily out
ragged yesterday morning in her apartments
in the big tenement house, No. 13S Chrystie
street. by an unknown negro. The house Is
crowded with tenants, and the police marvei
that the man was able to perpetraUe MS
crime in broad daylight without detection.
Mrs. Fein was in critical conditloh "neH
subsequently found by some neighbors Inc
police were then notified, but up 10 this tlsne
have failed to arrest the negro.
Mrs Fein is .he mother of five children
whose ages range from three to twelve years.
Her husband is tailor. and was away 10 MS
work at the time OF the as
saulr. Mrs Fein was alone IN her
apartments about ten O'Clock Yesterday
day morning attending to her householn
duties. The woman was in the sitting room
when she heard a rap at the kitchen door.
She passed through the bedroom and saw
negro standing at the kitchen door whicn
he had partly opened. He stepped lew
feet into the kitchen, as he inquired II
Jones' lived in the house. MI. Fem sne dld
not know of any such person.
While she was speaking, the colored IN
truder had put mis- hand behind his back ana
closed the door which fastened WIN
a spring latch which he had let down. he
then stepped closer to the woman, ana;
without saving a word, sprang upon her and
seized her by the throat with both
hands. She was caught SO she could not
utter a cry, but she struggled to Tree
herself. The negro forced her back
into the back room and then showed her to
the floor. He placed his knee on her breasJ
and held her pinloned SO that sne coulu hoG
make the slightest move.
There was long towel hanging on the
knob of the door, and the villain seized this
and tore it in half. As the woman
lay on the floor. she was close be-
side cot bed Her assailant passed
one strip of the towel around her
a gag. He then fastened the ends to one of
the legs of the bed in such a manner that
any move she would make with her head
would only tend to strangle her.
The colored fiend then tore from her ling
ers wedding ring and chased ring and
put them in his pocket. HIS helpless vlclim
retained consciousness.
After stripping the rings from the wom-
ans fingers, he tied her hands behind
her back withe other half of the towel.
She was thus rendered completely power
less while he accomplished his purpose.
This brutal outrage was occurring IN
house filled with people, none of whom heard
sound that gave them warning OF the
woman's terrible peril.
The apartment in which the assault took
place is in plain view from rear house and
from another building on the opposite side
of Chrystle street, yet no one chanced TO
glance into the unfortunate woman's roolns
or they would have seen some evidence of
the dreadful scene.
Down in the streets were hundreds OF
people pedestrians and peddlers, loungers
and storekeepers, forming a crowd tnat
would have hurried up the stairs bent on
lynching the miscreant ere he escaped, had
they the least intimation that such an out
rageous crime was being perpetrated.
After outraging the defenceless women,
the negro hastened from the rooms,
leaving the door open behind him.
Mrs Feins sad plight was not discovered
until some time later, when the police
were notified. Mrs. Fein could
give but meagre description of her assail-
ant but the police are searching all the
negro colonies and hope to capture the man.