The Saint Paul globe., 1899-07-22
BEAT OFF The TERROR.
ST, ANTHONY HILL VILLAIN MET
Has MATCH LAST EVEN
ING
AMBUsCADED A YOUNG LADY

Succeeded in Wrenching Her Watch
Away From Her, but She Made
Him Give 1t Back Before He Was
Put to FIight-FinaIIy He Escaped
Down a Rfcketty Hill, Followed
by a Man on a Wheel.
The est. Anthony hill terror" who has
been assaulting women in that locality
for the past two months, met his equal
and was vanquished in fair fight with
an Oakland avenue young lady shortly
after 8 o'clock last night. The young
lady lives at 681 Oakland and had been
out to spend the evening with some
friends. AS she reached the top of the
Oakland avenue grade, she suddenly
heard footsteps behind her. She was
seized and thrown, but with the energy
of desperation, she fought with all her
might and got away from her assailant
Harry Conlin, an attorney 416 New York
Life building, witnessed the latter part
of the struggle, and as the man turned
to run, gave chase. He followed him
down Duke street, but lost him in the
flats. The police were notified and details
from Rondo and Central stations sent to
the scene of the assault at once. The man
had not been found up to 1 o'clock this
morning.
The young lady stated last night that
the man who assaulted her must have
been lying beside the walk as she passed
She came up the street walking hurried
ly, and on the south side, which is
guarded by q railing She saw no one
until she came within the glare of the
street lamp, when she became aware that
she was followed. She states that the
man made no remarks to her, but seized
her around the waist and tried to throw
her to the ground.
Then began fight in which a frail girl
vanquished a heavy set and powerful
man. The asSailant snatched her watch
and she demanded it back On his re-
fuSal to return the property, she took it
by main force, scratching his face and
pulling his hair in a furious manner. The
unequal fight progressed for some min
utes, the young lady fighting out of pure
desperation and the villain making his
utmost endeavor to compass his designs.
He was Worsted, however, and just as
the young lady secured an advantage,
Harry Conlin, the attorney, came in
sight, on his bicycle. He saw the white
of the young lady's dress and heard her
scream and at once gave chase.
The man ran down what is known as
Ricketty hill, to the flats below, and
Conlin followed with his bicycle. The
man on foot had an advantage and final
ly escaped through some brush, where
the bicycliSt was unable to follow. In
the meantime w. r. Dorr SCI Grand ave-
nue., had heard of the assault and tele-
phoned the Central police station. The
Rondo station was at once notified from
Central and both stations sent patrol
wagons with details in hopes of locating
the man who committed the assault
The whole district lying around the head
of the Oakland avenue grade was
thoroughly gone over and men posted on
the flats below the grade, but no trace
was found Of the man. Special details
were posted in the neighborhood for the
night.
Lieut. Hanft, of the Rondo street DO
lice station, had an interview with the
young lady and carefully went over the
scene of the struggle There was every
Indication that the bastard had used his
utmost power to force the young woman
to yield, and had come out the worst in
the fight. In the center of the street lay
his hat and few feet away was a collar
button. The young woman states that
she scratched his face with her finger
nails till the blood ran and that when
he started to run his clothing was torn
and disheveled.
Friends of the young lady arrived on
the scene almost Immediately after the
struggle and she was taken to her home,
6S1 Oakland, where she was cared for
She was not seriously injured, though
she received a severe cut on the lip
where her assailant bit her, and several
painful bruises. She was able to be
around the house within an hour after
the occurrence and received no lasting
injury.
AS soon as the news of the brutal as
sault made its way around the neigh
bOrhOod, a half dozen men at once con-
sttuted themselves special officers and
started on a search with the Central
and Rondo station details The affair
created considerable excitement and in
the vicinity of the occurrence has stirred
up the citizens until many threats were
made of lynching the villain who has
committed the many assaults of the past
two months, if he can be found Resi-
dents of the Grand and Oakland avenue
districts complain against the police pro-
lection which they are afforded and cite
the alleged fact that within the past
month three such assaults have taken
place within a radius of ten blocks. one
on Summit and one on Lincoln avenue
both of which proved abortive and the
assault of last night, which came near
being an exceedingly serious affair.