The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-12
CAUGHT At LAST.
The Man Who Assaulted
Mrs. Demarest on the
Canal Boat Arrested.
A BRAKEMAN, NAMED CHADWICK
Identified by His Victim To-
day at Police Head
quarters.
A BRAKEMAN, NAMED CHADWICK

The supposed assailant of Mrs. KaxQ
Demarest of No. S14 Grand street, who
was dragged to an old canal boat In the
South Cove, assaulted and left in the
cabin all night, is in custody. He IS
Ellsworth Chadwick, thirty-eight years
old, of No. 152 Pacifc avenue. Chadwick
IS a brakeman employed by the Central
Railroad. and heretofore has boxae an ex-
cellent reputation His NswN sazz
less surprise his acquaintM ~"
The assault on Mrs. Demarest
brutal and daring pne that tn
when notified Of 1t. were not fndl
believe It, 1t took place on SUNDAY
ing, October 4. Mrs. Demarest
widow and is practically supported
only son, Thomas. who is eighteen va
old. During the summer the boy form
the acquaintance of several members b
the Henderson street and Jersey avenu4
bridge gangs Efforts OF his mother to
induce him to have nothing to do with
his newly made acquaintances were fruit
less With alarm Mrs. Demarest noticed
that her son instead of getting home at
nine o'clock every night, as had been his
custom, was returning later and later.
frequently staying out until early in the
morning On October he Disappeared
shortly after noon. He did not come
home for his supper and as the night
wore on and he did not return his mothe-
became alarmed At ten o'clock she put
on her hat and coat and started out to
look for him Visiting his haunts on
Grand street and not seeing him she de-
cided to go over the Henderson street
bridge and look ON the canal boats. where
ner son and his pals were known to hold
forth. Henderson street, across the
bridge, is poorly lighted and has been
the scene of many outrages
Mrs. Demarest was walking along Slow
~ under the Hudson Coal Companys
trestle when she was accosted bv 4
stranger. She told him her mission and
ne promised to assist her. Suegesfi1,s-
that her son might be on a canal i,oaF
N the cabin Of which there was a dim
light, the stranger induced Mrs. Dernarest
70 Ioilow him out over rickety passage
way to the boat Arriving there Mrs
Demarest was suddenly seized around 4s,s
waist and pitched into the cabin before
she realized what was going on She
struggled with her assailanf. who 10
1pssrpoWer pst her her rained blow after blow on
her race The plucky woman fought until
her strength deserted her She becS5. 5
unconscious.
Wnen she awoke the sun was shii
orlgntiy. While endeavorins to get II
OF the cabin she again encountered 4
sssssellant, wha thre4tened- She ss.ys-l ~,
InroW her overheard if she did not esef afr
the boat in five minutes. The terrified
woman lost no time IN getting away she
reported her experience to the police and
Tor TWO weeks was confined TO fler bed as
a consequences Of her brutal treatment.
Members of the bridge gangs were first
suspected Of having committed the OUT
rage, but little by little discoveries were
made which fastened the offense upon
Chadwick. He was arrested last night
while on his way home from work. This
morning he was stood up in Chief Muir
phys office with eight other men ana was
identified by Mrs. Demarest as her assail-
ant
Charges Of atrocious and felonious as
sault were lodged against the prisoner.
He is held In default Of S. for an ex-
animation next Monday morning.
Chief Murphy says he will be able to
establish beyond all doubt that Chadwick
IS the assailant of the unfortunate Mrs.
Demarest. The Chief took occasion 10
congratulate Detectives Doyle end Pier
son upon their work in running down
Chadwick.