The sun., 1900-09-03
OUTRAGED AND ROBDBD.
Experience Of q white woman ana Negroes
who went 20 . Cake walk.

Two young women. one Of them pegress'
approached Pocem an Wright at Norm leh'n
and Roebling streets. Williamsburg atb c'ooh
yesterday morning. and told him they ma"
been assaulted and robbed In nearby "Ap'e'
They pointed to small brick building when
Ia owned by Peter Blake. a contractor. Inc
stable Is at 2is North Tenth street. The ne
gress said she was Mrs. Julia Holiday OF Ni
Marcy avenue.
This lady said Mrs. Holiday, pointing
10 the woman beside her. is Mrs Julla MOI.
lenhauer. She has been robbed OF money anu
diamonds"
Mrs Mollenhauer's hair was dishevelled ana
hor clothing disarranged. There were uia-
monds In her ears and In her hair was dia-
mond aigrette. Her face and right hand were
scratched i've been robbed OF five diamond
rings" said Mrs Mollenhauer. MY pocket
book containing s75 was also taken VIRGIN.
called Policeman Mclaughlin and they searched
Blake's stable and nearby limekilns. but failed
10 obtain any trace Of the thieves, Then the
polcemen took both women TO the station.
where they were questioned by Capt; snort
Mrs Molenhauer said that she lived az 10y
Rodney street and that she was the wlfe OF
William Mollenhauer. from wh9in whn sne Melnas nns
been separated for some time Mrs Moheh-
Last week, she said to Capt. Short i en-
poyed Mrs odaG TO 90 .od s9e s hsr Fus ~
band was a champion cake walker and that on
Saturday night he was going 70 paIucipa,,e p,
n contest In Palace Hal at y rrand no nst bei
10 tnko me along She went TO her home Satur-
day nj night to dress and went there, after, her;
TO to- some ONE young men Ne danced and drank
with them and about o'clock this morning l
thought it was time 70 go home to,9 the men
and they suggested that we all go out carriage
riding didn favor the proposition and asked
where could get a surrey TO take me nome.
one Of the men who had been introduced 70
me as William Blake told me that MS frlehd
Peter Mcclure. who sat beside US was the
owner Of a stable at PAS North Tenth street
and that II We went there we eonld set t rug
| and Mrs Holiday went with the two men.
Blake unlocked the stable door and saw three
men inside. felt that all was not right: l
turned to leave the place and me dooL dL wa. was
shut violently and | found myself IN darkhess.
| and Mrs Holiday screamed;
Il was thrown down. and while one, man put
his hand over my mouth others held me Ias a !
by nv feet and arms. was assaulted and the
pocketbook with the s75 in II was taken, linen
the men robbed me Of all my diamond rings.
one ring contained three diaponds ana Was ss
twelve sapphires and was also worth $500, while
a third was valued at $50 and the other two
az SIS each While was being robbed saSd Swsaf IoHs9f
becoming exhausted did the men leave me ana
run from the stable. Then discovered that
Mrs HOLIDAY had s IA also oDee been assaulted ana
we finally got out OF the stable and looked
for a policeman.
Capt. Short called Detectives Collins and
O'Connor and four policemen. To them Mrs.
Nollenhauer and the negress gave an accurate
description OF the assailants At Bedford
avenue and North Tenth street the policemen
saw -four Of the alleged assailants They were
Blake who IL 20 years old and Is the son Of the
contractor: Mcclure. who lives at is0 North
Tenth street Peter Mcdonald, IS years old,
OF $40 south Fifth street, and John
Clark, 20, OF ia North Tenth street.
The police went toward the four
and the latter started to run Detective
O'Connor went after Blake Blake refused TO
halt and the detective drew his revolver, IL
brought the fugitive to halt. The other three
were also captured and AL were taken 10 the
police station. where both women positively
Identified them as their assailans. None or
the stolen jewelry was found upon them
The prisoners were arraigned later IN tho
ee avenue police court where Magistrate
Kramer held each in 1900 bail for criminal
assault and 81 600 for robbery.