The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-06
RUFFIAN BRUTALAY ASSAULTS
MISS MARY BOWLING NEAR
HAatLINE UNIVERSITY.
He FOLLOWED HER AT NIGHT,
AND WHEN IN A LONELY PLACE
COMMITTED A DASTARDLY
ASSAULT.
HER SCREAMS ALARMED OTHERS,
And the Approach of Help Fright
ened the MiscreaEit Ayyay-0fher
Like OEfenses Reported.

Residents of Hamline are in a state
of excitement over an assault upon
Miss Mary Bowling, living with her
sister, Mrs. John Engel, which took
place near the young womans home
last Friday night. Miss Bowling had
a desperate encounter with her I'M
known assailant and was only saved
from his clutches by the appearance
of neighbors who she had aroused by
her cries. When rescued blood flow
ed from her mouth, while she could
hardly speak from the strangling pro-
cess to which she had been subjected,
and her body is still bruised and sore
from the ruffian's brutality. Miss Dow
lng's experience, together with the
fact that several other women of Ham
line have recently been chased by men
after nightfall has created state Of
terror among the female residents of
the suburb, who do not now dare to
venture on the street after dark with
out an escort. To add to the feeling
OF unsafety, it is said that the police
of the Prior avenue station, to whom
the outrages have been reported, have
extent Of investigating the assault
upon Miss Bowling.
The assault took place in "a vacant
lot across which the Engel family is
accustomed to go as a short cut to
their home from Capitol avenue. Miss
Bowling had been visiting friends on
Smelling avenue and started home
about $50 o'clock. She heard some one
on the sidewalk behind her after turn
ing on to Capitol avenue but suspect
ed no danger, as students from the uni
Versity are frequently abroad at this
time Of the night. The footsteps quick
ened as she entered the lot and then
Miss Bowling became alarmed She
hurried on but heard her pursuer COM
ing nearer. Too frightened now to look
around she made haste to pass through
the lot and reached a point near the
middle of the diagonal path, when she
was suddenly seized from behind and
thrown heavily to the ground. A
rough hand closed over her mouth to
| prevent her startled cry and then be-
! gan a desperate struggle. The young
woman fought valiantly to protect
I
using her arms as best she could in
Woman's weak strength, until her as
sailant finally clasped both hands
about her throat and dragged her into
the high weeds beside the pathway
AS he slightly relaxed his grip, Miss
| Bowling gave vent to cries of murder
and police, which were heard by Fred
eriCk Harris almost directly back of
whose house, at 745 Fry street, the
struggle was in progress. Mr. Harris
at first thought some of the Hamline
students were out on hazing eXpedi-
ton, but when another half strangIed
call for help reached him, he jumped
out of bed and ran down stairs, clad
only in a pair of trousers. AS he step
ped into the yard the slamming of the
door alarmed Miss DoWling's assailanu
and Mr.. Harris saw him leap from the
weeds and run west on Minnehaha ave-
nue..
By this time a number of neighbors
had been aroused and came to Miss
nearly exhausted, with clothing dis
heveled and blood-stained face, though
successful in her fight against the
brute who had attacked her
In relating her experience to a re-
porter for the G l o e yesterday, Miss
Bowling said that she had been unable
to get a good look at the man who
/ had assaulted her, but thought he was
dark complexioned, smooth faced and
of a rather short, stout build. Not 3
word was spoken by the man, she
said, who directed all of his energies
| toward Sitting her cries and pulling
her into the weeds. The young wonl-
! ans back and neck are still sore and
| her lips cut where they were pressed
against her teeth. Miss Bowling says
she thinks she bit the man in the
hand several times during the strug-
| ole