The Minneapolis journal., 1901-03-13
GIRL FOUND DYING
Bosschieter Case Has Parallel in
Brooklyn.
VICTIM OF KNOCKOUT" DROPS
Young Girl Is Found I'm an Alley
and She Cannot Re-
cover.


New York, March 1S.-Unconscious,
| and, the physicians say dying, Mary
Paige, the pretty 16-yearOld daughter
of c. H. Paige, lies in her fathers home,
1914 Pearl street, Brooklyn, the victim of
assault.
Since she was found Monday morning,
in an alley, it is said she has been
conscious only a few minutes, when she
managed to gasp out that she had been
lured to livery stable by three young
men, forced to drink a drugged drink, and
then assaulted.
The police arrested George Abbott, Jr.,
IL years old, of PAS Pearl street, Brooklyn.
He admitted knowing Mary, said he had
taken her for a walk Sunday night and
that two other young men had Joined
them, but he declared that he know moth
ing about her having been drugged, and
he denied that there had been any as
sault. He gave the names of the two
other youths, and on Miss Paige's COM
plant, warrants were sworn out for them.
"NnOck Out Drops.
The physicians say that the girl is suf-
fering from some drug, thought to be
chloral, probably given to her in the form
OF knockout drops" They say that she
has received so great a shock the chances
are all against her recovery. They do not
believe she would be able to recognize
her assailants now.
The girl, in the one lucid interval she
has had since her return home, said that
her last clear recollection was of being
taken to livery stable near Concord and
Tillary streets, Brooklyn, Sunday night,
and there being made to drink by three
men, who had lured her there. The stable
is owned by G. N. Abbott, who lives near
by. 1t was at Abbotts house that the
girl was found.
Fatal Walk.
Mary Paige is TALL slender girl, and
looks older than she really is. She left
her fathers home Sunday afternoon to
take a walk. She did not return that
evening, and was not heard from at all
until Monday noon, when a small boy
came to Mr. Paige's home to tell him that
his daughter was in an alley near by,
and that she was very i'll. The father at
once went to look for her and found her
in small alley which runs between
Broad and Jay streets. The girl, who
seemed almost unconscious, was sitting
on stone in the rear of the house at
245 Pearl street.
Mrs. George F. Abbott who lives at that
place told Paige that she had noticed the
girl staggering around in the alley early
that morning. She had gone out to ask
what was the matter with her, but had OBJ
tainted no reply. Finally she helped the
girl to the stone and gave her some whis-
KY TO revive her, but With0u. any re-
suit. Mrs. Abbott left the girl sitting in
the alley, not knowing what to make of
her condition but looked to her frequently
Paige carried his daughter home in his
arms and then sent for Dr. G. G. Hobart
OF l28 Sand street. The physician found
the girl suffering from a violent fever
She was in state of semi unconscious
ness and did not seem to understand what
was said to her. From outward appear
ance, Dr. Hobart concluded that the girl
mad been poisoned by some strong narcotic
drug, the effects Of which she was unable
to throw off. further examination re-
veaIed the fact that she had been assault
ed. The physician worked over her all
night, but could not get her out of the
stupor until yesterday morning when she
regained consciousness and began to speak.
The Girls story.
Marys mother was the first to obtain
from her broken and disconnected state
ment concerning what had happened to her
after she left her home Sunday afternoon
1t was not much she had to tell.
She had walked only a short distance
away from her home, she said when she
met three men that she knew slightly and
whom she was able to name They per-
suaded her to enter some place with them,
the actual character or location of which
she could not tell. There they held her
with force while they compelled her to
swallow some strong drink The drink
ahd hardly passed down her throat before
she became unconscious. From that and
until the moment when she woke I'D in
her own bed her memory was a complete
blank.
The alley between Jay and Pearl streets
is lined with stables and is very little
frequented, even in the daytime. 1t is sup
posed that the girl was held a prisoner in
one of the stables all Sunday night and
that the men turned her out into the alley
in the morning