The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-03-10
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Colo Are ted for the Assault Upon Miss Van Riper-The Murder of Miss sulivan --IJ,o ENcI tcinpnt StiIl lnubuteu,

Van klDer-Ahs Muluei ol WiNs 6N'liNNh --The Excitement Stin unnba,ed. Paterson, N. J March 9,-lt Is proba- ble that the murderer of Mary F. Sul- ' livan will never be known, Almost five days have passed since the young wo- man was found dying in the streets of this city, and no clue has yet been ob- tained that offers the least chance Of her assallant being found, One thing has been pretty well established, be- cause of the brutality of the crime and the apparent lact of motive-the mur- der was the work of a crazy man.
 The fact that Nicholas Cole was ar rested last night for assaulting, Miss Lucy Van Riper near the scene of the murder does not bring the mystery any nearer solution. Cole is Q sane man. The man who assaulted Miss Sullivan was crazy, it is believed. If the assail- ant of Miss Sullivan was sane man 1t is highly improbable that he would at tack another woman in the same neigh borhood when the citizens were in a most excitable state.
 There is talk of lynching if theanur- derer is captured.
 | Some of the clergymen yesterday preached rather inflammatory sermons. But it is unlikely that the citizens of Paterson will be called upon to decide 1 the question whether or not there shall be a lynching, for there is little chance of any person being caught against whom there would be sufficient evil dence to warrant the public netting out punishment without recourse to law And should such a contingency arise by any chance, it is probable that the law would be allowed to take its course. | The effort of a Paterson physician and photographer to obtain likeness of the murderer by taking photograph of the eye bordered on the ridiculous Miss Sullivan died four hours after she was attacked, and frequently opened her uninjured eyes as she lay in the hospital. Yet the authorities took this effort seriously. No result was obtain ed, of course.
 There is a good deal of indignation over the assault on Miss Van Riper, and Nicholas Cole, the silk manufact- urer who was arrested for that crime, realizes that he is in very unpleas- ant position.
 l Miss Van Riper is twenty-two years old, and lives at 725 East Twenty-e eighth street. She was returning home from a visit to her aunt at Broadway and East Eighteenth street at 6:15 o'clock last evening When at Eighteenth and Ellison streets she was seized by man who she says, tried to embrace her, and when she struggled, bit her and struck her twice. She screamed and called 'Murder!" and Police" William i Guthern, William Smith and half doz- en other men living close by heard her, and running out of their houses chased the man. Policeman William Jenkins l joined in the chase, and caught the man in the yard of Fillmore w. Lees grocery.
 Cole, when confronted by Miss Van Riper, begged her pardon over and over again. He said he had mistaken her l for another woman, with whom he had an appointment. This woman he said was Annie Dunn. He was locked up on charge of assault with criminal in tent
 It was learned that Cole had been with the woman he mentioned, but she denied that she had appointed to meet him on the street Cole is married man, forty-two years old. He does not live with his wife.
 Cole was arraigned before Recorder l Senior to-day and was held in $2,0o0 l bail for examination. The charge against him was assault with attempt to murder.
 Cole is not believed to have had the | slightest connection with the Sullivan case. The arraignment attracted a great crowd of persons to the court, for there have been so many women assaulted about Paterson of late that considerable interest was attached to | Coles case.
 | Cole is member of the firm of Cole & Nightingale, silk manufacturers. The 1 concern has been making money of | late, and Cole is said to have been | spending money freely. He is a thick set man about feet inches in height, and has dark hair and clean shaven face.
 l Miss Van Riper was in Recorder | Seniors private room this morning dur | ing the arraignment, and there told the story of the. assault.
 She said she had been visiting an aunt 1 and at 615 o'clock started home. She | was walking along Eighteenth street | when she saw a man running down l the street after her At first she was | frightened, but then she laughed at her fears. She reached Ellison street when she was seized by the throat from be- hind. She struggled free from her as sailant and screamed. He struck her two blows on the eyes and she cried 'Murder." "PoNce!' The man then ran away, and was caught, as stated. l Miss Van Riper identified Cole in court as the man who assaulted her.
 It was not quite dark when the as- sauIt occurred, so she had been per | fectly able to see his face. l William Gutherson told Recorder i Senior that he saw Miss Van Riper at l tackled, that her assailant struck her and blackened her eyes as she had said,