New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-01
THREE ARRESTED FOR MEYERS ATTACK.
WOMAN SAYS HE HAD BEEN CIRCULATING
STORIES ABOUT HER

One OF the most remarkable cases, in some re-
spects that the Tenderloin police have been called
on to deal with in time the midnight at
tack Wednesday upon August Meyers in his apart
ments at No 4S9 Fifth-ave. Meyers occupies bach-
elor, apartments this number. About midnight
Wednesday two women and man in evening dress
called for Meyers They told that he was not
at home, and said they would wait A short time
afterward Meyers came in AS soon as he entered
his room the two women and the man fell upon
him and began vicious attack He was beaten
and cut badly. The room was wrecked in the hsht
and spattered with blood. Meyers was finally rem
dered unconscious. supposedly by a blow on the
head and the and the man, all in a state
of disorder and with blood on their clothes, hur-
ried OF the house and drove off in a carriage
The servants in the house were overcome with
surprise and fear that they did not try to stop the
fleeing trio. The police were summoned and Mey-
ers taken to the New-York Hospital There
ne regained consciousness and made statement
on which the police were able to arrest the three
that made the assault upon him. About noon yes
terday they were taken the West Thirteth-st
police station.
The three arrested are Edna Benn, of No. 429
Fifth-ave. Henry l. Brooks and his wife of
No. 103 West Fifty-eighth-st Meyers and the three
prisoners tell conflicting stories. When the police
found Meyers unconscious in his rooms the apart
ment was in great disorder. Pictures were torn
from the wall and trampled upon, draperies had
been dragged down. and horsewhip broken into
pieces was found. well a broken parasol
and woman's glove.
AT the hospital it found that Meyers was
badly bruised and battered. and that he had deep
cut In the wrist. He said that the man had at
tackled him with dagger, one of the women win
a horsewhip and the other with parasol. he de-
clared that they had tried to force him to sign .
him. Later he said that Brooks had a rev0 Vol e
The prisoners said that Meyers for time had
BEEN WRo IS friend of Mrs Brooks They
cided TO take the law into their own hands aiI 40
Ban deeare sSe STUCK Meyers over the head
with the whip He caught her thumb In his mouth
throat and forced him to let go They say mat
Meyers was cut by thrusting his hand through d
Miss Benn says further that when she went to
truths about her, and that he admitted it. but de;
clared that he did not suppose the stories would
light started After they left the apartment the
three went to Bellevue Hospital. where Miss Ben 1
home of Brooks. Miss Benn had her arm in a sling
After talk with Captain Thomas. at the West
Thrteth-st. station. the three were taken to Jener
raigned before Magistrate zeller counsel for the
defendants told the Court that Meyers would 6e
able leave the hospital to-day. and asked an az
Bail was fixed by the Magistrate at $500 for each
Yohs att 2ry for tb Megs5s sP
wife and Miss Benn be fixed at $1,000, instead Of
sS the that When Meyes Would be able to appear in
court the charge against the three would be al, at
Mitchell said was armed with revolver and the
other with knife Il Was ac des Gsgs st m
few minutes later Louis Loewenstein, attorney
for the T once to the effect that
81 500 had been deposited so that bal bail could be
ers would have been bailed. They had not been re-
leased when Magistrate Zeller left court at the
at his home