The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-12
katie MOR|ARTY, NOT BROWN.
Left at the Chambers Street Hos
pital with Her Hand Gashcd.
Vreeland Drove or In the Cab,
Hoping to Escape Identity.

The beautiful young woman who was
driven In cab to Chambers Street Hos
pltal shortly before midnight last night
| and now lies there with three great
| gashes across her cheek forehead and
| chin, was not correctly identified in the
police reports
Her name was given last night as Katie
Brown of 1928 Grand street, Jersey City,
but an Evening World" reporter to-day
learned that she is Katie Moriarty, a
typewriter. employed In Broadway
store, and that she lives with her parents
at 1856 Henry street, this city.
About ll.S0 o'clock last night a cab
drove up to the Chambers Street Hos
pital and well-dressed young woman
stepped out. She staggered across the
sidewalk and would have fallen had not
the driver assisted her. The young wo-
mans face was coverd with blood, which
trickled down and stained the front of her
stylishly-cut gown.
| She was helped up the hospital steps
by the driver of the cab, and when the
latter mounted to his seat again a
voice from inside the vehicle called out:
| Drive to Liberty street ferry"
and Quirk was called to the cab by
some one who saw the episode at the
hospital entrance. The lab was stopped
and its occupant, well-dressed young
man. was placed under arrest. He said
/ he was Charles w. Nreeland, OF 1873 Gar
field avenue, Jersey City.
/ At the Church street station Nreeland
said that his companion was Miss Katie
| Brown. of 1913 Grand street, Jersey City
They had met with an accident, he
said. Vreeland showed badly cut
wrist to prove the ruth of his words.
! Nreeland was somewhat intoxicated
but told the Sergeant that he was rel
alive of Prosecutor Winfield, Of Hudson
| County, and was in the advertising bus
mess. He was locked up
mann's Hotel, 100 West street, abou
II o'clock last night. They went up
land ordered drinks. A half hour later
there was a crash of glass at the bottom
OF the stairs, and the man and woman
were found in heap on the DOR near the
door.
The young woman's face was covered
with blood. Vreeland explained that II
coming downst airs, Nj s Browns boa Eel
from hep neck and, tripping over t, sh,
said he tried to save her, and fell also
His companions head struck the centr'
of plate-glass door at the foot of tn
stairs, shattering the. glass into frag
ments. Her face was frightfully cut
Vreeland said he called the cab anC
drove to Chambers Street Hospital
where he lett his friend. and then tried
to get away before his identity wa!
discovered.
At 1856 Henry street, Dennis Moriarty
the young womans father, was founc
this morning He had just read a para
graph in morning paper which told o
Katie Browns" mishap. Although hi
own daughter, Katie had not been hom
since last evening, he did not suspec
that the injured woman was his child
When told that this was so, Moriart,
at once started for the Hospital
Katie's mother and sister. were almos
FRUSTRATED by the news. Mrs. Moriart
said that she thought that Katie ha
remained all night with a friend name
Ada. 1t was, however the first tim
the girl had ever been out all night. TIL
mother knew that Katie was acquainte
with Vreeland. She had met him Will
visiting at her uncles. Bernard Brown
1926 Grand street, Jersey City.
Last evening Katie was in a hurry I
get out and left home after eating
hurried supper She did not say wher
she was going.
The girl was celebrated in the neigh
borhood of her home for her beauty c
face and figure. Her beauty will b
forever married as the result of las
nights accident,
Young Vreeland was taken to tn
Tombs Court this morning and was dis
charged from custody.