The evening world., 1894-06-04
MYSTERY OF A CAB.
Bold Attempt to Abduct a Pretty
Woman Frustrated.
She Escaped When the Police Ar
rived and Is Unknown.
No Arrests Made, Nor Was II Re-
ported Mt the Station.

A daring attempt to abduct a prett,
young woman, with all the melo.
dramatic accessories, including two
villains, a hanson cab and n police
man who allowed the scoundrels &c
get away. was made at 2 o'clock this
morning in West Twentieth street. neal
Sixth avenue.
At least nifty people In the %neighbor-
hood were aroused by the young
woman's cries for help. and severa
men were hurriedly dressing to go to
her aid when a policeman arrived, and
the young woman escaped from the
clutches of the villains, who dashed
away In their hanson cab.
The people who were aroused by rear
ing a woman's piercing screams for
help looked from their windows and
saw a hanson a standing in front OF
1923 West Twentieth street. Gathered
about were a dozen men and women.
Struggling in the arms OF a man vas
a tall, slender, pretty young woman.
evidently not more than eighteen years
old. who was trying to get out Of the
cab.
Her appeals for help were ignored. the
b~ystanders being told by n mar In the
cab that the young woman was drunk
and that he n a companion were
b~ystanders believed the story and re-
fused ito interfere.
n OF the men forced the young wo-
man to a seat. but there she fought
iiercely and again gave piercing screams
for aid.
The scene continued for fully five min
utes, and the men would o o have over
powered the girl and got her way had
mo- pltF1imln william kpllv nf rim
West Thirtieth street police station,
come running up on the double quick.
Meanwhile a man partially dressed
minded to know the cause Of the wo-
mans cries. The woman replied that
the men were trying to abduct her. She
said that she knew them, but that they
were not her friends.
While the man from 1871 was parley-
ing with the would-be abductors Po-
liceman Kelly arrived and the man re-
leased his hold upo les young woman
He had no sooner done 80 than she
dashed across Sixth avenue and ran
down Twentieth street. towards Fifth
avenue.
a house. the number of which is not
known, either to the policeman or any
of the onlookers.
rd rolIceman Kelly heId 2 short wits,
consplrators, and then they drove rapidly
away In the opposite direction from
that taken by the young woman. The
policeman told the crowd tina had
gathered, to move on. and the scene
was ended.
Mrs. Il. T.. Donnelly. who keeps a
boarding-house ct l23 West Twentieth
street. In front OF which the ANAL
took place, this afternoon denied knowl-
edge of 1t to an Evening World'' re-
porter. but a woman boarder who was
with her contradicted Mrs. Donnelly,
and admitted the truth of the story,
which was afterwards corroborated by
half n dozen people In the vicinity.
A walter in the boa rdlng-house at 1871
said that the young woman declared the
men were trying to tie and gag her,
and that frequently, between her cries
for aid. she would tell the men they
were scoundrels. and not her friends.
The waiter said that one man sat
perfectly composed IN the cab, while his
companion struggled to prevent the girl
from getting out. This quiet man he de-
scribed as about thirty years old, of
sina 9th face. and wearing II silk hat.
When an Evening World" reporter
called at the Thirtieth street police sta
ton he was informed by the Sergeant
on duty thai Policeman Kelly had made
no report of the case. The policeman,
he sad. was abs ent, and would not re-
turn until 6 O'Clock.