The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-02
AN 0RIENTAL'S SAVAGERY.
S1J1hB FAM SLABS WOMAN IN
1.-THE STREETS OF lsIA.0

lie Cuts Her Eight Times in Full View of n
Large Number of Spectators in the Par
Tor of the Concy Island show-The Victim.
Nnnjara Joseph. IL Mortally Wounded.
In plain view Of a panic-stricken crowd OF
more than 200 persons Najaab Plani. the pro-
pretor OF the coffee and smoking parlor In the
Streets OF Asia, at Coney Island. cruelty hacked
and stabbed one OF his women assistants last
night, injurIng her so badly that she cannot
recover. With knife having a blade fully six
inches long Fiani cut the woman eight times
The victim Of his rage Ia Naniara Joseph.
who lives in Fifteenth street. Coney Island. and
has been in Fiani's employ for q number Of
years Her work Is that OF maid to the
women patrons OF the place. For al
most the entire time OF her employment
by Flani she lived with him as his
common-law wife. but three weeks ago they
had quarrel and discontinued their relations.
although she continued to work for him. They
had numerous quarrels during the past week
and Fiani number OF times threatened to
put her out OF the way"
Last night. while 100 patrons OF the place
were walking through the streets and
an audience. OF equal size was in the
little Turkish theatre opposite the par
lor. Fiani entered the parlor and demand
she had bor To rom ie thrae DAYS 's aso
She replied that she would give him the money
he had taken from her three weeks ago. This
answer enraged Fiani.
He seized her by the throat and pushing her
UP against partition tried to choke her. She
freed herseii Fiani. who By t6is time did not
opened Jackk knife. with blade fully ak Inc hes
ipbas iron his Trousers pocket a., ana onasih h
plunged the Weapon pom into her " back 'oo"' "'
>, The womans screams soon emptied the
theatre The spectators then joined the eI-
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No one seemed to have courage enough to
enter the parlor, and the few patrons that were
70 fig 1t Tor her life alone. She turned toward
Einn and he struck With his knife twice lat at
rvht arm and il vas badly cut ut in D two places
She then made an effort to snatch the knife
from, the hands OF the inturated man. As her
c"mne,ey I seyef r the womans s thumb. She
sH weaker er nnd s1 ma
cqty Il stGhh1s her twice IN the left breast
and s ef G0ff SsS ssssa ,ss
into the inclosure. Before they reached the
tWas bb nsb sssO0s ID. fs
isintipG to the door Just as the police
seized Iiant FISni was hurried to the
uniforms had instiled some courage into the
hearts OF those who had witnessed the whole
1y without to aid the
Or. Cochran was hurriedly summoned He
declared that there was no chance Tor the
woman to recover One Of the wounds in the
back Jus; grazed the spine, and was over three
two inches long. while those In the
breast were Of even greater size. DR.:
Cochran advised that the woman be removed
20 and insisted that she be taken to her home
In Fifteenth street. Her wishes were respected
md she was taken home In an ambulance.
When Fiani was told at the police station
that his assault was likely to prove fatal he
that he was glad that he had made 40 good a
job hut sorry that 1t had not been better
one. as he wished that she we're dead already.
NanJara Joseph Is but 20 years old.