The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-20
SHE SLAPPED HIS FACE.
Struggles of Miss Smith With Good
Looking Man In Prospect Park.

Struggles of Miss Smith With Good
Looking Man In Prospect Park.
Miss Grace Smith. a good-lookng young
woman, who says that her homo ia In WASH
ington, but who 10 stopping with the family
OF e. D. Estes, In East Fifth street. In
the Windsor Terrace section OF Flatbush.
told q remarkable story OF what she de-
soribed as her awful experience with a
stranger who attacked her while she was
out with her bicycle In Prospect Park on
Thursday night. She says she started through
the park at g O'Clock at night and stopped on
the roadway that leads to Franklin avenue and
Fifteenth street. to examine one OF the pedals
OF her wheel. which had broken. There were
few people on the roadway A she dragged
her wheel up toward the electric light man OF
heavy build came out OF the bushes at the
roadside and grabbed her about the waist.
She says that she screamed aud called for
help, but that the man held his fingers on her
throat and choked her 40 that she almost
tainted She says that she fought and scratched
him and finally broke away. He caught hold
OF her again and threw her down. Then he
ran toward her wheel. He was about to ride
away on It whom she caught hold OF 1t aud
shouted for help. A tussle ensued and accord
ing to her story tho man finally threw the
wheel upon the ground. and lifting the young
woman, carried her to tho roadside. There
was another struggle that. according to the
young woman's story. lasted for almost half
an hour Tho story Of this struggle she told
thus last night:
THE next thing remembered was that the
man held me by the throat and bissed III kill
you II you utter another word" fought and
scratched him and he fought and scratched me
and tore my clothing. Finally, became ex-
hausted. Tho next I remembered was seeing
the man rushing toward my wheel. / got up
and followed him. When he reached the " heel
he attempted to put out the light In my lamp.
was screaming for help all this time and
again he grabbed me and choked me TO keen
me quiet He made another attempt to
get away with the wheel. but 1 fought
him 30 that he had to run away and he
| disappeared into the clump OF bushes. Then
| I mounted my wheel and had ridden only q
| short distance when fell. I found that the
| accident was due to the breaking OF one OF
| tho spokes Of my wheel. The spoke must
have been broken during the struggle with
| this man. dragged myself and the wheel
| home. / had a good look at the mans face.
| and saw that he was q fine looking fellow. He
| was about Ave feet seven inches tall. OF heavy
| build and dark complexion, and was we'll
| dressed. I succeeded In sappng his face sew
eral times before got away from him."
| Miss Smith said that during the struggle no
| one came to her assistance. and that there was
| no policeman In sight. Police Captain McNa-
| mira. who is in charge OF the Prospect Park
police. said that II Miss Smith had been at
tackled as she said she was. he certainly would
| have known something about It. 1T Is a most
remarkable story" he said. but 1t seems to
me that the only thing that II lacks Is truth"