The sun., 1894-08-13
LIZZIE SCHMIDTS CASE.
THE GTRL IDENTIFIES THREE OF
HER dsslILhNTS.
Now ,hs Feet OF Jisr Csrti'ny .. the
usssrtea House Just heyosa west
r.r,,. Y.s n,scoyeres-Ths PRISONERS.


r.rrs was n,scoveres-The PRISONERS
A slim of girl. blue-cycd nisl with faxen halt
braided down her back stood weak and trem'
bling in the Morrisania Police Court yesterday
morning the accuser Of three men. In broken
English for she has only been in this country
.ix months she falteringly told her story. There
were four prisoners before her. and without
hesitation she picked out three ~ the guilty
oncs hut failed to identity the fourth She
grow bystcrical nj times and minor points
Of her story became confused, but she kept close
10 the essential facts, nearly all ~ which wer"
corroborated by the prisoners themselves and
by the evidence Of n half dozen with essrs.
Elizabeth schmidt is the niece Ot Mr. an'l Mrs.
Henry Meyer and John Cramer. who live III
I34th street. near Eighth avenue. She Is 10
years old. and is frail physically for one OF her
years. SlS months ago she left her home III
Germany to live with her rclativcsin New YORK.
She has been well cared for by them and has
not been permitted to leave the hcnise at night
without an escort She has given her leisure
time to learning English. and her manner shows
her ignorance of life IN New Work.
Last Friday afternoon Elizabeth aud her
uncle, Mr.. Cramer, went over To West tarm5,
where Mr.. Cramer wanted tn pay 'hll he owed
q shoemaker. The latters shop II near the
bridge that crosses the Bronx River to West
chester county and on the line of the trolleS
cars. Early In the hitcrnOOh Iherc ~ WV i'''"
life about the village. The rassers by are mostly
women out shopping, and. unless " Is SnhdaE'
there are few trolley cars running.
Over the bridge there IL u farming country
and TO the left as you cross he river. piece OF
woodland One house, that Of Charles wright,
a market gardener, can he seen Ia III" right. "
Il half mile from the highway and Is reached
by a cross road. Between Wrights house aud
the trolley car line. and not three minutes walk
iro,n '"' ...., ,,ard.u.r ,,,n.rl,
building where inc '"'rS'' S"'"'"'' '''''''''
This ,i,,i. hous, bns been vacant for some
i"s NV" ~ ~"o"'o Wv" ',,., ,,.,,, ,,.,. n,
bunch Of maple ,rees and n row of overgrown
I,nshos In IRON, there /, a corntield reaching to
the road. and in the rear there are beds of gar.
den truck belonging to Mr. Wright. pair OF
steps ana ri mni"hs" """' ir""' .o""'n ', ,, ,,'r
Bronx River. The neighOor7 are 50 iew anu tue
houses are 80 's ~. aa,' .' h,,~., h., hx .vsn
LOT any '"e :" W" '"''' W. ''H "'' -
the loudest cries.
,. o., ,.nn,., In ,h,. d.y,im. ,s well a. at
TOT 'or "o'ne"' =" Wv 10y ''''e' % .'' W. % ",
night, they have suffered the most OUTRAGEOUS
the police as the West Farms gang" These
are forced to II. At other times they rob hen
roosts and do petty thie,ingi some Of them are
small peddlers for the gardeners. but at might
all get together and seek such amusement rs
their vicious minds can invent. The constabu-
aueniiy efforts 10 stop these on,ragss have been
unsuecessfni. on the SOUTH ,,,, sur OF % ins Druxs
by the police.
On Friday Elizabeth Schmidt was standing
%"s sesns his inside T liz fell III e s"
siping with the shoemaker, and the girl grew
tired OF waiting she walked along thr trolley
Sherwood carpenter Of l,s sis Main Main sl5sei who
haa thaf ShRrWnnd MIX n hpr N "A fa-
He asked her to walk with him across the
became persistent, she started to go back to the
shoemakers shop.
lows, whom she had not noticed before. came
along. and before she knew exactly what WAS
and q hand was placed over her mouth. She
used all her strength To- free herself from Tie
tried TO call FOR help, and her cries We're resi- sinot.
cred by the hand over her mouth.
She was s dragged n"rFIasSdy Along Oyer yer ,hr
serted house, which was reached by path.
This route was evidently too long for EliIabeths
assailants, who took her through the Stubble
and stones OF the co.nfeld. Finally the de
serted house was reached, and III. girl was car;
ried up the stairs and forced into II dark and
filthy room.
One man. William Bischoff, she says: robbed
made an effort to cry ont she was struck by one
of tho ruffians. They brought neither f0al nor
drink to her, and left her in such condition that
her sufrerings affected her mind. From Friday
afternoon until Saturday noon she was kept
prisoner. and might have been one yet II the
young brutes had not been frightened away.
On Saturday morning II was rumored about
the square in West Farms that girl was bcinK
kept shut up In the old farmhouse. Frank
Humber, one of the village boys. met Charles
Miller, who keeps n lemonade Staud nj he south
end OF the bridge, and told him that there wAs
ahalf-naked girl IN the old house on the hill.
Miller went 10 the Wright farmhouse and told
Mrs. Wright.
II guess from what hear that she needs "A
doctor and some food said he.
Mr.. Wright sent for DIR. McDermOtt and Miller
returned TO the village, where he met Deputy
Sheriff Elijah Miller the station agent NJ the
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad.
In the meantime, DR. Mcllerinott had visited
the house, but failed to hnd any one. Eliza
beth's captors Ind heard what was going on in
town and had scattered. Deputy Sheriff Miller
got skirt and a blouse from his wife and went
to the old farm house. standing hrhnd big
maple tree was thu girl irving Ia hide.
She wore only "a skirt, Miller asked her what
the trouble WAS. She replied with n hystcrical
laugh and said something which he could not
understand. When he asked about her clothes
she pointed to the house. Aiter time Miller