The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-07
BITTEN BY WITCH"
Machinist Wallace Caught the Old
Woman Robbing Him.
She Fought Like a Tigress with
Him and a Policeman.
Superstitious Victims Never Dared
Prosecute Her.

Policeman Edward Eeating. OF the
East Twenty-second street station. pro-
duced gray-halred and shaboily
dressed woman at the Yorkville Police
Court this morning. who has the repu-
tation of being a witch. She says che
Is Mrs. Lizzie Fitzgerald. a widow. forty
eight years old. ana lives Mt Us East
Eleventh street.
According to the policeman the woman
is feared by people living on the east
side. She robs them and escapes prose-
cution through their fear Of her curse.
Two months ago she was caught In
the rooms of a Mrs. Mccarthy. in East
sixteenth street, by Policeman Conroy.
At tho police station she turned upon
the woman whom she had attempted to
rob and who had followed to make a
complaint, and made her quake with
fear by uttering the threat. "Old Lizzie
will send a curse home to you for this"
Mrs. Mccarthy at once promised not
to press the charge and ran out Of the
station-house. I.,zzle was detained for
the night. but had to be discharged the
following morning In court, az no one
appeared to prosecute her.
Nt % CLOCK iast evening hichAei "1-
lace, seventy-flvs years old. a retired
machinist. living on the second floor OF
an apartment house at $50 East Twenty
first street. heard some one rummaging
about his bedroom. He happened to be
In the adjoining room at the time. He
IL a slender. nervous and weak old man,
but does not Know what att rear H. ,.a into
the bedroom. he behe.d the alleged witch
In the act Of secreting one OF his coats
and pair of trousers underneath her
"a man tried at first to {rishten him by
and his family. The old man did not
believe In h her cures tor han ana 'prans To-
He no sooner came within arms reach
of her than she landed blow on his
left eye. and before he could recover
tween her teeth and bit him severely.
him with her. teeth. soon brought the
neighbots hocklns into the, room. The
Policeman Heating arrived at this
Iuncture, and he arrested Lizzie and
ordered the old man to go to the
sos Oh ,s. to esphsar.
tried to restrain him from doing SO by
telling him that he would be accursed
Wallace told them he was not afraid OF
her, curses, but that ho feared her hands
and teeth.
He went to the East Twenty-second
street police station. where he lodged
his complaint of larceny against Lizzie.
AZ this precinct Is without a matron
Lizzie had to be transferred to the East
rhirty-fifth street station. While the
Sergeant was taking her pedigree LIZ
zie's temper began to rise. When Keat-
ing told her to come with him to the
other station-house she swore that he
would not get her there alive.
She then sprang NJ Heating and tried
to claw his face with her nails. Another
policeman was summoned and II required
the united strength of the two officers
10 get the woman to the East Thirty
nth street station. She had to lie car
rled there in n hand cart. one officer
had TO hold her down. while the other
wheeled her along. followed by an I'M
mense crowd OF men. women and chill
dren.
This morning she agreed to 60 along
peaceRbiy, and was taken to the Court
House IN = horse car. Wallace went to
court, but he was not very much inclined
tn make Il complaint. He did so. how
ever. AT the demand OF Justice NcAighcu
who then held the woman for trial In the
Court OF Special Sessions. The Judge
after the case was closed told Wallace
that he had heard Of tho Influence the
prisoner had over people she had vic
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