The sun., 1897-09-04
NEGRO ASSAULTSAWOMAN.
ATTACKED HER Ar NOON ON a
ROAD NEAR BLOOMFIELD, N. j.
AFTER Beating Her Into Unconsciousness Her
Assailant Robbed Her and Escaped-Poiiee
and Volunteer searchers spent tho Day
ana EveninE Looking for tho Criminal.

AFTER Beating Her Into Unconnctousness Her
Assailant Robbed her and ksca ped-Poiiee
and Volunteer searchers spent tho Day
ana Evening Looking for tho Criminal.
A young negro assaulted Mrs. William Whit
man Of l78 Parker street, Newark, at noon yes
tcrday, on a lonely path leading from Bloom
field avenue, near the city line, to Silver Lake,
while sho was on her way to call on Mrs.
Theodore o'Gara. Mrs. whitman Is 90 years
old. She left her house in Parker street short
ly before IL o'clock and boarded Bloomfield
trolley car. She left tho car at Grove street,
which runs to Silver Lake, on tho boundary
between Newark and Bloomfield. At Frank
lin street, lonely spot she walked across a
little bridge which spans tho brook marking
the city boundary. The negro stood leaning
against the handrail of tho bridge, reading a
newspaper He did not raise his eyes from the
page appear to notice Mrs. Whitman. She
walked past him, and started up narrow path
leading into tho woods
As she entered tho woods she heard the
negro who followed her and attacked her.
Mrs. Whitman screamed repeatedly for help.
and to silence her tho negro beat her into In
sensibiity. Her clothes were torn in many
places, her wedding ring and two other rings
were taken from her fingers, and her purse
from her pocket After robbing her the negro
fed. When she recovered consciousness she
dragged herself to the road. The first person
to see her was woman, who frightened by
her appearance, ran away and would not stop
to listen to her story. On regaining her cour-
ago tho woman went back and assisted Mrs.
Whitman to Mrs O'Gara's house. Mrs. Whit
man became unconscious while she was telling
the story Of the assault She is In critical con-
dition.
Or. William A. Judson was called. and the
NJ tho nrecnCt notified.
The Newark reserves were sent ont to search
for the negro and all patrolmen wero notified OF
the assault through the telephones in the signal
boxes The authorities OF Bloomfield; Belle &
phone and good description Of the negro was
and W wore rI gray ri suit and an alpine hat. She
said that he was black and repulsye looking
him again The police OF the whole county
and hundreds OF volunteers searched for him
oil Yesterday afternoon The police wanted ante ~, TO
police would not be the first to catch him ia,
Mrs Whitman said that in the struggle with
them to bleed. The police think that with this
clue to work on. they will have little difficulty
The struggle between Mrs. Whitman and the
negro was desperate one, and the ground oyer
IS beard abg by t%eo pe
| sons. None OF those who heard them was able
TO tell whence the sounds came, One Of the
cameo bearing the head Of an Indian, and tho
other was set with a green stone surrounded by
pearls. In tho purse was laundry check and
several small keys.
Nobody could be found yesterday who knew
or had seen the negro. He Is supposed TO bo o
tramp hostler who is looking for something to
do at the Waverley Fair next week. A largo
number OF strange negroes visit Newark during
the fair every year. and go from there to Mount
Holly and Trenton to attend the fairs there.
Mrs Whitman WAS removed to her home last
evening. and Ia in n high fever Her husband
is a stonecutter, who works in Brooklyn. He
did not reach his home in Parker street. Now
ark, until last evening. The police think that
after the assault the negro went TO Newark on
q trolley car. There they lost all trace of him.