The Portland daily press., 1896-03-16
BRUTAL ASSAULT.
A Young Lady Attacked On Cleaves
Street.

On Her Way to Her Home a Man Seized
Her Flung Her Into the Gutter and
Her Flesh Badly Cut-No Clue to the
Assailant.
A young lady living on Greenleaf street
just below the county Jail, was brutally
assaulted by an unknown man FRIDAY
evening and received injuries from which
she is now confined to the house. The
assault was so sudden that the young
lady did not get good look at her assail-
ant SO cannot positively identify MIN.
The man came up behind her and sud-
denly grabbed her by the arms. She
screamed loudly for help when the man
lifted her off her feet and threw her with
great force into the gutter, where she
struck on her head, cutting bad cash
in her forehead thai required four stitch
es to sew up, and also badly bruised one
side of her face. A reporter called
at the young lady's house Saturday
night and found the victim of the assault
with her head bandaged and suffering
much pain from her wound and bruises.
AT her request her name is omitted.
She said: 81 had gone up town with
lady friend early in the evening and after
stopping at store on our way back left
her at the corner of India aud Congress
streets about 9.15. I then started for
home alone, going up the street as far as
Montgomery street, and then through
there to Cleaves street. the way always
go home, day and night. had just
crossed Cumberland street when noticed
man near the corner of the street, COM
ing from the direction Of Washington
street. He followed down Cleayes street
right behind me but walked along and
thought nothing of this until he suddenly
grabbed me from behind, and caught
hold of both my arms Of course this
frightened me badly and I tried to turn
my head to get a look at his face, at the
same time screaming at the top Of my
voice. When turned my head he turned
his the other way and I couldn't see his
face.
~ didn't think he was intox Gated for
couldn' smell any liquor although the
doctor who attended me said probably
DOOld lOt no tplS W tCll ally way 0u0SI
the circumstances.
NWhen began to scream so loudly 1t
must have frightened him, for he picked
me up bodily and lifting me as high as
he could, turned me half round and
threw me into the gutter end ran into
yard near by. l must have struck my
head on the ourbstone, for when got up
on my feet the blood was running down
the front of my clothes from a bad cut
had received. I was afraid to go towards
home for fear Of meeting the man again
SO turned and ran back up the street
and went to Mr.. McDonough's drug store
on the corner of Montgomery and Con-
gress street to see if he couldn't stop the
flow Of blood from my wound. He
looked at it and said 1 had better go at
once and see doctor as it was bad cut
and would have to be sewed up.
81 then started for DR.. McDonough's
near by and on my way there met two
young girl friends of mine, who went
with me. The doctor ha q to take four
stitches in the cut and said one side Of
my face was badly swollen around the
eye and would probably be black and
blue for several days and told me to stay
in the honse until next Tuesday, when
he would call to see how I was getting
along. I then went home, my friends
going with me, as they lived close by my
house. On our way home one of the
girls said she had been chased by man
about week ago, and the description
she gave was exactly that Of the man
who assaulted me. She thought he was
the same. She said it was near where /
had bean assaulted and the man chased
her nearly the whole length of the street.
but she got away before he could fairly
catch her, although her dress was badly
torn and 10th knees severely bruised by
her falling down in her efforts to get
away.
when got home my brother noti-
fed the officers and they are on the watch
for the man and are in hopes to catch
him, although they are rather doubtful
as thu description 1 gave them was not
sufficient to warrant their making any
arres>s as yet p"