The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-05-14
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New York Police Unearth a
Diabolical Conspiracy.
VICTIMS ABANDONED WOMEN
The Last Attempt Was Made Yes
tcrday Morning Men Ar
rested After Desperate Struggle
and One of the Prisoners Con-
fesses the Plot.

New York, May 1.-THE police believe
that they have unearthed an awful con-
spiracy 20 murder the unfortunate woInen
OF the street. Three forlorn creatures
have lost their lives TecentIy-an in the
same manner-and attempts have been
made to end the lives of several others
The last attempt was made earl y yesterday
morning.
The police have three men in custody
Henry Weis and James Fitzsmmons, ar
rested for murderous assault upOa
woman yesterday, and Jacob Take, or
Ticker, of Philadelphia, who is charged
withtrying to murder Mrs. Pauline Barnett
TIE first two are suspected of numbering
Diamond Flossie" and tie latter Of killilg
Anime Beck.
Fitzsimmons is alleged to have E-ade
confession yesterday, declaring that he
and Weis were bent upon numbering wo-
men. BnIke has not yet been directly
connected with the other two men.
Mrs. Fannie Yogel, who lives In the
rear Of a store ON Allen street, was the
victim Of yesterdays assault. She says
that about 2:30 O'Clock a. M she was
awakened from her sleep By a knock on
her door She lives alone She got out
Of bed, and on opening the door was CON
fronted by two men, who pushed past
her. Before she could speak one of the
men seized her and started TO drag her
to ar inner room He was aided by the
other, VITO seized her arms. Hampered
Only by ii night-dress, Mrs. Yogel began
To fight desperately.
Realizing that it was a fight for life,
shefcught with the desperation Of one mad.
Her nigltcown was torn 10 shreds The
older man drew a knife and slasEed her
across the right wrist, evidently trying 10
cut the artery
Then with clenched fist he struck her
repeatedly on the head and breast. The
struggle was short Mrs. Vogel was over
come and dragged into the bedroom, where
she was tossed onto the bed At the
same time they seized the clothing and
tried to smother her with it.
Right beside tie bed upon which Mrs
yogeI had been thrown is window, and
with one wild last effort she dashed her
arm through the glass ia the hope That
the noise which il made would arouse
the tenants of the flat opposite That
action saved. Mrs. VogeI's life.
People who lived above heard the noise,
and Mrs. Hanna, the occupant. rushed INTO
the street crying for aid The assailants
heard herCTies and started to escape They
tarried long enough, however, 10 tear
rich gold chain and IOcKet from about her
neck In their haste each took the others
coat
wenty-ycar-old Abe GoIdbUrg responded
to the wild cries for help and rushed into
the hall He passed the younger OF the
assailants in the hall, but did not know il
GOldburg raced down the hall, threw
opeu the door OF Mrs. TOgel's kitchen,
aud came face to face with the first of
the criminals, who, on seeing that he
was trapped, raised the knife, which he
still held in his hands, and made lunEe
at him.
Goldberg wardpd off the blow and
grapIlled with the fellow. He seized the
wrist OF the hand that held the knife
with a vice-nke grip and struck the fell
low several blows on the head with his
ciencbed fist Then he made the fellow
drop the knife. and round and round the
room the two struggled.
Finally Goldberg managed to trip the
burglar and to throw him into the sitting
sprang back to the kitchen door. which
he locked and set his back against
You stay right where you are be
said TO the burglar You are my pris-
oner until the police come" Then seizug
the ieg OF a broken chair he held him
until the police came.
He was taken to the police station and
gave his name as Harry Weis. Goldberg,
-, Ohio
terviewed him and, upon his promise not to
appear against him, obtained the name
OF his companion, James Fitzsimmons,
eighteen years Old, who stopped on the
Rowerv With a detective, he went to the
address given and found FitzsimmOns IN
bed and apparently asleep. Goldberg then
said he was the man he ad seen in Mrs.
yogel s hall. Fitzsimmons denied any
knowledge of the assault.
Fitzsim1nons was compelled To dress, and
then it was found that the only coat in the
room did not go anywhere Ike fitting him
This was apparently explained when the
station house was reached.
There the discovery was made that the
men had grabbed up the wrong coats when
about to flee from Mis-. VOgel 5 apartments
Both men were taken back to Mrs Nogd' 5
flat and identified by her.
Weis and Fitzsimmons then admitted the
assault They said that they We're after
Mrs Vogel's jewelry. She has about 500
worth and displays it conspiCGously. They
said, however, that they had entered her
room at her solicitation, having been ac-
cOsted by her.
Now comes the most thrilling denoue-
ment to the terrible assault. While the
detectives Were searching Mrs. VOgel's
rooms they found a piece Of clothes line
about the same length and thickness as that
which was found around the neck OF
Diamond FloSsie" three weeks ago
The similarity Of the knots on both pieces
OF rope struck everybody as being very
peculiar, and the moment Capt. Titus, Of
the Eldridge street station, saw it he ex-
claimed
1T is the same kind of rope and exactly
the same knots are on it as on that with
which Diamond Flossie was killed"
More than this, the murder of diamond
FlOSsie" was similar to the murders of
Annie Book and Annie Myers, both society
outcasts. Mrs A nnie Book, twenty-five
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