The evening world., 1902-11-13
Boston Detective Is Coming
to New York to See II Negro
Who Has Been Attacking Wo-
men Is "Terror's" Accomplish
NO IDENTIFICATION YET.
Latest Victim FalIs to Appear
Against Him, and Another Wo.
man Assaulted Cannot Be POSI-
tlvo Il Was He Who Struck Her.


station think they have a New York
"Jack the 6lugger" in q negro who gives
his name as Thomas Jenkins. A de-
taotavo from Boston is coming here to
look a. the man, hoping to identity him
as the accompfice OF the alleged BoS-
ten 'sluSser," George Perry. He wa
arrested after striking Mrs. Addie g.
Stewart, Of No. IA Lexington avenue
In the back and s%natching her chate-
Of the negro who q recently COM
mittsd 4 number Of daring and vicious
attacks on women In New York. and
the police think his arrest win stop the
d~aoredations.
Between the outrages of the Boston
slugger' and the operations of a thus
in New York recently there Is a great
similarity, although the injuries to VIC
tins here have not been serious. The
police think that the negro under arrest
10 the mar who held up Mrs. orvetta
Boese and her daughter. Miss Florence
De We're Boese. and committed other
daring attac and robberles.
Victim Fails to Appear.
Jenkins was arradgned in h York
Vile Court to-day. but Mrs. W
wal not present to identity him. Magis-
trate Map remanded him to the East
Fifty-frst street station in the custody
" J.-k 7 o.t-, vyhN will AndnayOr to
get further evidence against the man. At
present the police have no substantial
evidence against him.
A detective is expected to arrive In
the city to-day from Boston who may be
able to identify him as an accomplish OF
Perry, the alleged Boston "~slugger.'
Mrs. Stewart wal walking in Fifty
eighth street last night. and when she
neared Madison avenue the negro
rushed at her in the shadow OF the
buildings. struck her q blow In the back
and seized the chatelaine bag that hung
ct her belt.
Policeman Sullivan. who had been
shadowing the negro for several blocks,
saw the attack and robbery. and. calling
to Mrs. Stewart to remain until he re-
turned, dashed after the robber. He
caught the negro neal Sixth avenue,
and Mrs. Stewart went to the station
house. identified the negro and made q
charge against him The chatelaine
bag was found in his pocket. 1t con-
tanned a small amount Of money and
'Nrs. Stewards gold watch and chain.
Knocked Down Two Women.
The assault upon Mrs. Boese and
her daughter occurred in Forty-sixth
street when they were returning home
from the theatre. When In the shad-
ow OF the buildings a negro rushed
at the women. knocked both OF them
down and snatched a chatelaine bag
from Mrs. Boese containing a fine pair
OF opera glasses and a number OF
articles OF lesser value.
The robbeT turned the corner and
disappeared on Madison avenue before
the women could recover from their
fright and give an alarm. Neither got
q good view of their a%ssailant, but both
were notified early to-day to be In
court to look over the prisoners.
No Positive Identification.
Mrs. A. B. Gre~enshields. of No. 231
4 West One Hundred and Twentieth
street, appeared IN court to-day put
was unable to make any positive identi-
I, fcation of the man. She said she was
standing at the corner of Nlnety-third
street and Central Park West last night
waiting for a car when a colored man
brushed past her. snatched her BAG CON
tanning about SIS in bills and jumped
over a nearby fence.
Mrs. Isaac Summer, of No. II has'
seyenty-third street, was also held up
in a similarsmanner.
THE negro Is OF u distinctive enough
TYNE 10 be easily recognized If once seen
He says he comes from Bermuda, and
he looks like a West Indian. He Is tall
; and finely built and his small, almost
delicate hands are in striking contrast
10 his burly body. His head Is round
and small and his skin very black.
The chief mark OF identification Is a
7.long scar that starts at a point just
below the right corner OF the mouth
and extends straight downward II
ends under the chin and is apparently
from the wound Of II thlck-oladed knife
+ He wore a dark suit of clothes and
soft hat pulled well down over his eyes,