New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-10-10
SAYS SHE WAS DRUGGED.
a YOUNG WOMAN FOUND N 81" III
EXCAVATION ~ NoNhERs.

There are threats Of "a big scandal IN honkers
arising our OF = story told by youis ""il3H -
.erday who was arraigned ON 'hdis' '-
.nness The case has been postponed uh'n 'u's
,,o-,ine and several detectives are investigating
ne tale told by the young woman me l'
Nas Miss Anna Blake. twenty-five years ''D, -
SO 10 Ridce-ave. Gonkers- She Us stehosI al''',
Employed in this city Her father IL wen 10 ''' anu
threatens 10 cause trouble
Miss Blake uas found la q sewer trench III S"u'"
broadway al 2l0 q. m. yesterday by faItoli"aH
Mccarthy. She was then either drunk OF aiUsEe''
and only partly conscious oil what Vas hapi'.'.'le
20 her The officer and tho sergeant n'l'Is N"'i,'
she was brought believe that she was oi'--''
She was paced in the ~ the matfoh an"
,estoratives applied. Later she made statement
She declared that on Wednesday afternoon she
Ncrt our driving with q Noukers woman, Nh'H sue
named end "a YoukCrs physician. whom she also
named She had not wanted 10 20, as she ha' "
headache bun was induced 10 so ON the erouna iAt
air would relieve her suffering After siaruh-' S,
said. the doctor gave nor tablet which DE S'''
WOULD relieve her headache soon aiteIWdrd l''N
uopped az q hotel WoodlaWn. Miss Blake says
she had one drink OF creme dc menthe TaIi'.
After drinking she cordial. she says, she remembers
DO more until size partly revived half an noAT OF
go before Mccarthy found her. She r'ailze4 she
Nas a. South Broadway and tried 10 Walk 10" az"
.he centre of tho CITY she could not conLioI h'i
let and hualIy plunged into the sewer excavation
4 was fan az twenty feet. she was bruised ana
he pain further revived her. she screamed and
sailed Tor help but IL was half "n hour before inc
Dnicer appeared. She had been unable @ clljno o4l
)f ;he trench and the officer had oliheAl 'aSA
getting her out.
When arraigned in court yesterday she asked Tor
4 private hearing. and denied that she LAu 'trH
drinking. and offered the story as told as aH ~
3lauation. The private hearing was grantee $50
she was then paroled. She Is 10 appear an y a. ll
to-day. Meanwhile the detectives are WoThlis on
he case and il is thought that arrests may be
made and the present defendant turned INTO "
complainant
Detective Murray. who was in plain clothes IA
the south Broadway section az the city ON Mednes-
1ay night, added the girls story before ne knew
ID OF knew who she Was. lie said that While on
patrol IN citizens clothing, q couple 2L hours n,
fore Miss Blhke found by Mccarthy NJ Mt4
approached by man whom ne knows. ana VINO
resides IN that part OF the city. and told lhal ~
he found the young woman wandering anoai I.
bring her the mans house. she Was servant
there. When the girls story became known NUT
ray refused so into details or 10 tell me mans
name until ne had investigated further. lie is posi-
tive Miss Blake is the young woman for whom me
man looking. Detective Murray made "a state
ment the city judge and 10 Captain MoodrIn-
After he had done more officers were started out
10 investigate in that part OF the Citl.
Mr. Blake. when seen last right. said he was con-
WINGED that his daughters story was true, ana
that he would let the affair rest with The police 70
see II they took proper action. II they do not ne
would and that those whom his daughter
named were punished.