The sun., 1899-08-29
ANGRY MOB AFTER WOMAN.
POLICE HAD TO TAKE MRS. RIsTTCK
AWAY OYER BACK FENCES.
She Il Aconsed of Having Caused tho Death |
Of six-Year-Oid John McDermott by

She Is Aconsed of Having Caused tho Deatl
of siS-Year-Oid John McDormott b
Kicking Him in the Abdomen-HRt
Abused Other Children. the Neighbors Sal
1t took three policemen and a great deal o
strategy to save woman named Ristick. who
keeps a saloon at 514 East Sixteenth street
from the anger OF her neighbors last night
Mrs. Ristck is a large woman with bad tenn
per. and It is charged that she frequently vents
her anger on the children living in the neigh
| borhood. Last night John McDcrmott. u
| years old. ot 5OS East Sixteenth street. died In
| Bellevue Hospital as the result. 1t is alleged
| OF an assault upon him three weeks ago by
| Mrs Ristick. A wave ot fury swept over tho
eighborhood whsn the death Of the littlo boy
became known. and several hundred neope
gathered In front Of the saloon. throat eni Y
vengeance. The poicetaen had great difficulty
| in restraining the mob. and finally while two
kent the people back. the other wont
| inside and barricadei the door. SO that 1t
| would be impossible for any one to get inside
! the place. Then after being taken through
| three rear yards and over two high fences Mira.
| Ristck was smuggIed out into Fifteenth street
and hustled away to the East Thirty fifth
! street police station, where she was locked up
for the night.
According to the story told TO the police last
night by the dead boys father. Joseph NcDer-
three children. lived for two years in the
house at ol4 East Sixteenth street They
moved from there to 5OS Fast sixteenth
street five weeks ago. on account OF Mrs. Ris-
ticks brutality to the children The woman
Is the Janitress of the house McDc"mptt sair.
and was constantly cutting the children oil the
neighborhood. He ordered his children to keep
away from the old house when he moved. but
three weeks ago John Lawrence. 10 years old
Mar - ..t..- ~,
children living in tho house Mrs. Ristick
chased them away and. it is alleged. knocked
John down aud kicked him twice in the alb
domen
Several daye-later the little boy was taken
ILL., but from fear OF punishment for his dis
obedience said nothing about the row with
Mrs. Ristick. On Friday physician was called
in. After considerable questioning he got the
truth from the boy. He at once advised that
the child be taken TO the hospital, and his
mother took him to Bellevue. DR.. Ke-
logg. who took charge Of the case. thought
that an operation was necessary. and per-
formed one The boy died soon after
ward. The police were notified and
OhlcHr Robinson OF the East Twenty-second
street station was sent out to arrest Mrs.
Ristick. He found tho woman in her saloon
and was preparing to take her away. when the
neighbors got wind OF what had happened and
surrounded the place. So fierce were their de-
nunc.ations that Robinson becamc alarm ID and
summoned Policemen sham and Seely to help
him. Tho three policemen had al they could
do to keep the angry reople from invading the
place. They finally managed to snusGle the
woman out Of rear door, after which they
made her climb over two fences. un til the party
finally emerged on Fifteenth street.
The woman. whom she was locked UP for the
night, declared that she had never kicked the
McDermott boy at all.