The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-05
HAD ON ONLY a VEST
Pitiabie Condition of Pretty Young Wo-
man Who was Drunk

New York, Nov. 4.-Policeman FIN
| negan. being a man of extreme sensi-
| tiveness, was shocked shortly after /
| o'clock Yesterday morning to find a
| young and pretty woman lying stark
| naked on cellar door in front Of a
| paint store at 1928 Second avenue. An
old cotton petticOat had been thrown
over the sleeping beauty, and her face
| was hidden under a black undervest
which had been pulled over her head
1 in an attempt 10 remove it.
| Not even a stocking was there 10
protect the woman from the freezing
| temperature but this fact was revealed
| only after Finnegans had pulled aside
| the garment which had been thrown
over her.
Great Scott remarked the police
| man, as he found that, instead of rous-
ing her, the petticOat was left in mis-
hand. This is no place for you this
time Of night. But wants befallen
your he continued, soto voce.
He lighted his candle and found re-
vealed a body covered with bruises,
livid and swollen. He replaced the
black undervest, and saw that the he
roine of this novel nocturnal experience
was woman of unusual beauty and ex
treme youth. She had a wealth Of
blonde hair, but her facial beauty was
the other had a deep cut over IT, II
was evident that she had been drinking
and it was impossible TO rouse her from
her stupor
Flnnegan rang for an ambulance
from Harlem Hospital, and did his
best TO make the half frozen girl COM
Portable.
With the ambulance arrived blankets
which were wrapped around the rigid
form, which was taken 10 the hospital
Whisky and continued rubbing
brought the woman to her senses. In
moment of Sensibility she said that
her name was Agnes Sherwood recent
ly from Cincinnati, but at present liv-
ing al 423 East 10Th street. Then she
lapsed into insensibility again.
Investigation proved that the address
given was a wrong one, and the police
assume that the name and other par
ticulars are fictitious.
The police Of the East One Hundred
and Twenty-sixth Street Station learn
ed that the girl had been the victim of
some pretty rough handling.
Up on the top floor of the tenement
Mrs. Wolf was ready with an explana-
ton. She said that while she was wait
ing the previous night for her man. who
was at TuckahOe with load of furni-
ture, the strange woman knocked and
asked to be let in. Her hair was dis
heVeled and her dress in disorder She
was drunk. Mrs. Wolf pinned the
clothes on her and let her lie in the hall
till her husband and her boarder came
home. They did not want her there
Accordingly they dragged her down
the stairs to the last flight. The rest
OF the way she rolled down. In that
way she got her bruises. They laid her
on the sidewalk in spite of the protests
OF tenant on the first floor and a
passing citizen, and ran away upstairs
She lay there an hour and half be-
fore the policeman came along. The
tenant on the first floor did not inter-
fere further She noticed, however. that
she had her clothes on. and pair of
new Oxford ties, when they dumped
her in the street.
Some thief came along, apparently,
before the policeman and undressed
her. He took away every scrap of |
clothing she had, except the old vest |
and the torn petticoat he flung over |
her That was the way the policeman |
found her at last