New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-21
ASSAULTED THE WRONG WOMAN.
AN Ex-coNvIcr EMPLOYED BY THE AMEhi'
CAN VOLUNTEERS sANDBAGs CON-
MANDER BOOTHS sECRE-
r.py nv MISTAKE
TARY BY MISTAKE.

$780, Ian % (SpeciaD.-Miss Annie
Hughes daughter of the Rev. George iiue'' "
No 40 Ridge-st., and we'll known as 'ne p''''0
secretary OF Commander Ballngton Boo'h' j. s''
ously III at her home as the result OF m"'u
assault, made on her on Thursday night VI ia,'
ar The nol,ce have known about the assault
.,,c. then hut have keep the matter secret penu
ing the investigation and the arrest OF the
The facts leaked out to-day almost simu'aneou'''
with the arrest OF John H. Prisman' ahas "eo.s e
Bell an ex-convict and clerk IN 'he e",P, ~
Volunteers The blow intended for MISS JENNIE
,,,ghos = sister OF Miss Annie Hughes IN revenge
for the rejection of Prlsman's love
Miss Hughes left the Volunteers heaua"a''
Nnnyork on Thursday. January 49, at p. NJ anu
arrived at Orange at about 6:~ ociooh N' w
turned into Ridge-st. the electric arc "en,
ou, and the street was left in darkness one nav
- ,,, ona hundred and nfty feet and had
d., ,assed an unoccupied house when without
che slightest warning and without heariHe III.
sound OF any footsteps, she was strucA vi Wv =
Of the head with a sandbag Her ha'f c0.'eu " "
large knot low on the back OF he' "ea"
the force OF the blow but she was rendered ""
.,o,,. o,d u,hen she recovered about niteeh
,.,n,,es Later she found herself lying by the soe
OF the sidewalk - ,r,o about
She managed TO drag herself 10 her nome ,,',~,,
n hundred Yards distant. and. fearing 10 us'u' =
her father who was H. she said 10 me ser ."'
"1 don't wan; any dinner: I'm sick she wen. ~
-, -, or5 foil unconscious across the Ded' l'e
III.
,ort IN .he mean time. had called her iho'i'''
uho sent for Dr. Alice b. Condict, the fanny pa!
sican She found the case so serious Una, ~
oauod IN DIR Edgar V. Moffatt They iouNu '''-
,,s,a,ob,a Evidences OF blow with a S sun :
ma rorr,,ssion OF the brain. MISS HueI, it, ~,
r"Sne1 consciousness. but was IN udAea a.nvar
Tor about tweniy-four hours She - III"
ing. 49,, -. .no oseanlt was not robbery
49, .ho,rn bv The fact that her goa WIZ ~
',sa or5 nor satcncl had not been disturb
~ M.Chssnev assigned Acting Serseaii' 80 , :,
s.' - case lie found that Prisman mao ps = o.,
" s ~ md had served over SIX years ~ ~
81 GOV burglary he mad been takeN IN y! no,
,.I7 i'm me hope Of reforming MN ny ~, !,
~ Hughes girls daily, and fell IN ,one,
W., non which he became Vindct.Ne dmu r fnr
.Soved his anger, vowing TO get even W. bad hung
~. rot.rtion II was also found thdt ne isu a.
n-s'..33 40 Hughes home in Ridges. I'd! VI %
SaFors INC assault Was committed ~. Work. n
Tho Volunteers headquarters III -, IN inc
~ tcNnd that a SandDag had oeen N.Y. 80 "a he
W. I0s r eort az curiosity The day Deloie "a
once as so committed the sandbag disappeanedd'
81 careful search was MADE lo' II. on
- ~ {, The sandbag reap9edreu H!s'o''0D''' ~
Inc day after ne assault. .ueo,. Trahel swore
:-ror learning these facts serge - ava De
warrant for the arrest o. frlsIraIi , , on,
ou d nj and Funston found him coin ~ q,
- a cipar-store in Thrd-aVe., led - he,d in
o. o., o,'ornoon He arrested, ana Wa ~ the
the Centre Street court u d"
New-Jersey AUTHORITIES. -. Soxark and Prose
@S"rSean, ORA bell then went 10 NeWa.n' tSa Grand
oeiseSG ronc laid the evidence before lne IN ha
Tuto' :, 10 expected that all indictneiIt .ton "a
Jun and an applica ton made for reQu's'''0 30