Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-06

NEW YORK. November 5.-fSpeciail-
9fh marks OF cruel and terrible beating.
9Th broken arms and jawhonc and lac
s-a.nf face the unconscious form of a
nretty eirl was found in a coal bin at
AIR yards OF IL Lang and Company,
Broadway and Nincty-cighth street, ear
~ .o-dsy. The police are searching for
tga young men who were seen to drag
be- 20 the spot where she was found,
while Tho girl is lying al the point OF
8esth al the j. Hood Wright Hospital.
The discovery was made by William
Drake. the old Waterman at the coal
gsri Coming from the barn to the side
SAX soon after midnight he saw an old
ran and woman at the corner. The man
was rappine excttedly on the sidewalk
wi.h his cane. He told the Waterman
sc had seen two young men drag a
woman I'D the runway to the platform
o. z-iooFtng the bins.
Almost at the same time Mrs. Ford.
rh7 lives in the fat building next TO the
coal ward, rushed from the house and
e,appea two young men across the stree;
from whore Drake and the aged couple
stood She had seen the dragged girl
from the street and accused the young
men oi the deed.
Both protested that they had been at
Us tad by the scream. and had come
20 learn The cause. The woman believed
tael- story, and they came across to aid
Dunk IN the search.
Drake and the two young men went up
H., ran and found the unconscious wo-
nan. face downward. in the coal
Sic was grooming and her right arm
was Diuioned under her body. Drake
climbed back to the platform. but the
ro3nr mon who had come with him had
gone.
After some difficulty the watchman
succeadeG in finding a policeman. To-
cather inc two men went into the bin
ma carried the woman to the platform,
Friie a call was sent for an ambulance.
DR. Kimberley came With the a11bu-
aaae. and the woman was taken away.
Fhe faatllres Of the woman We're almost
afselred by coal dust. There were cuts
and bruises all over her body. The left
wrist was fractured in two places. The
right arm was broken at the elbow and
g-et and the jawbone was fractured in
-,r- places Beneath the chin was q long
ri7ap CUT extending almost across the
throat The police believe the bones OF
@a Jaw We're broken and the cuts and
,..rt Of the bruises were received in the
Struggles with her assaiiants. but it Is
.16Gznt The arms were broken when she
WIS thrown from the platform to the
bin twenty feet below.
Besides external injuries. it was the
orfnion of the physicians that the woman
WAS under the influence of some drug.
Her clothing was removed and her
wounds dressed but not one mark OF lden-
tfacatfon was found. She remained I'M
conscious throughout the night and lit
lie hone for her recovery is given by
.ha physicians.
Twice this morning. by thc use Of pow
nrfyl stiuulants the physicians Were en-
ahlad TO arose the woman slightly. Both
-trres she tried to talk. but her words
were lncoherent and she socn sank back
into Inconsistencies
The woman is apparently about 3 years
old. is good looking. wore black tailor
made suit and a blue shirt waist iel
clothes We're neat and her general ap'
naarerce indicates that the girl is stem
ograrher or a shop girl
Mrs. Ford was excited. and is not sure
enc would remember the faces of the me1
II ne should see them again. She says
,},av were aDparently about IL or is years
pa
The finding Of the woman was reported
Ia Nest One Hundredth Street Police Sta
lion and detectives started at once On a
search for the assailanfs