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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-15
KNOCKED OUT A BURGLAR.
Charles ". Vernon used His Fists and
saved HIS Silverware.

MoRRIsrowN. N. j.. Dec. it.--Just be-
fore midnight last night Charles W. Vernon.
Of the Arm Of Vernon Bros. paper manu-.
facturers on Reade street, New York.
who lives on Rideedale avenue In this city 4.
had one-sided battle with burglar In
his house.
Mr.. Vernon was disturbed by a noise
which came from his Kitchen Hastily
dressing. he went TO investigate and en-
countered man dressed In light overcoat
and SLOUGH hat In his pantry. helping him
self TO eatables
Without Il word OF warning Mr.. Vernon
doubled his f.'S and sent terrific blow
which landed upon the intruders nose and
this he followed mp by a left hand swing
which struck the man in the eye.
III you have taken anything In this house
out with II. commanded MIR. Vernon.
Without any more coaxing there came
a shower Of silver spoons. knives and fork,
napkin rings and other small silver trinkets
which the fellow drew from bic pockets.
The bur slar backed toward the kitchen
door, CLOSELY followed by Mr.. Vernon
just es he was about TO make a dive for the
door Mr. Vernon hit him again. making the
burglars nose bleed. Without further
delay the bur glAr got out and Mr.. Vernon
went back to bed
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-15
GIRL TOOK roo MyCH MORPHINE,
Cnils Herself Mrs. FIeminG'-Friend Says
shes Miss Blaucy.

A young woman. who said she was Mrs.
Garner Fleming when she hired a room
in the boarding house at 2ss West Fifty
fifth street a week ago to-day, was taken
from there to Roosevelt Hospital last night
suffering from an overdose of morphine.
She said thar she was in Che habit OF taking
morphine when she was depressed or
nervous and by mistake had taken too
much.
Before abe went to the hospital, the woman
rev wed and sent for friend Miss Elfri,la
Coles OF i?S West Sixty-hfth street. Miss
Coles and her mother came. According to
the latter the girls real name II Gertrude
Blaney. Mrs. Coles said she came 10 this
city from North Attlcboro Macs, about
year ago aud that sNe was graduated
from Wellesley College.
When the slrl hireu the room from Mrs.
Promo she agreed to pay Si2 week. but Only
gave Mrs. Promo IS, promising to make UP
the rest before to-day. sac hadn't done
so yesterday and Mrs. Promo said last night
that she was thinking Of asking her To
leave.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-15
PtRKHt RST SNEEPs At rELTS.
Says ~. Paui's Galatians We're Like Modern
irish and French.

Why Saint Paul seemed 10 I've displca=cd
with the Galatians was explained by DR..
Parkhtrst in his evening sermon at the
Madison SItIar" Presbyterian Church yes-
tcriny.
They were Gauls" said he. They re-
semiled the modern FrenChmen and Irish
men, beirg cxci'ahlo, combustihle. easily
stirred, but possessing little depth Of feel
ing They wee the same kind of Celts a.
those who hh~bit Cork and Paris 10 day
"Frenchmen, Galatians and Irishmen
are by nature shallow. If they possess
any depth it Ia hot to he discovered ly
any known method of spiritual sounding
DR. Parkhurst then described how Saint
Paul was received with loud reclamation
hv the Galatians. but vas quickly for
gotten bv them when he Went away.
lie said that the shouting Of such peo-
pie was like the noise made by the shallow
water heating upon the shore. while the
emotions of the English and the Germans,
"non 81 Gothic minds, were vast and deep
Ike tho Soa
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-15
WAITING RELIEF on 4 ROCK
Shipwrecked Crew Of Fifteen Subsisting
on . Lighthouse Keepers Provision.

RocKIASp, Me. Dnc. FIFTEEN hardy
men subsisting on rations that were in
tended for a small family and with an in
definite prospect OF relief Is the SER Gus
plight presented by the sinking of the
standard Oil tug Astral at Mount Desert
Rock. The mon COMPRISE the crew Of the
struction " that craft was also haven
Of rescue FOR the men One member of
the crew persisted.
The crew had Sufficient time To save
a small stock Of provisions from tho Astral,
but the extent OF the supplies will depend
largely upon the quantity Of food which
the keeper ~ the Mount Deser, Rock light
station had in his lrrder. Tho revenue
cutter Woodbury., which towed the barge
to this port and gave ont tho intelligence
lind After coaling. Shc will return to
Mount Desert Rock and take On the tugs
crew at the earliest possible moment
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-15
Tour or THE AN(IENTS.
Itinerary Of Their Trip With the London
\nrients NJ Their Gucs,s.

BosTOS, Dec H. - The Committee Of
the Ancient pud Honorable Artillery Com
pany which has charge o. the arrange
men,s and the entert ainment Of the Honor
able Artillery Company Of London, which
proposes 20 visit these shores next October,
as guests Of the Boston company, Ia making
rapid progress. At a meeting this week
the itinerary was arranged for the trip {,
Washington and Montreal, and n letter
sent to the parent company in London.
The company will leave Boston with its
$50 guests by a special train on Tuesday
afternoon, oct Q, for Fall River and take
boat for New York. The next morning
the company~ill I've transferred to one Of the
hudson River =, Gamers Tor a sail up tue
Hudson rs far az West Point, and n visit
will I've paid to the Academy. The same
afternoon they will return to Tew York,
whore headquarters will he established
at the Waldorf Astoria. Thursday, Oct 2,
will be spent in New York. according 10
the individual wishes Of the party and on
Friday morning they will leave Jersey
City for Washington by two special trains
o. arrival at the capt al the two organiza-
tions will march To the Arlington Hotel,
whore headquarters will bo established
II IL expected that the President will tender
n reception the same night to the COM
panios Saturday, Oct 10, will I've spent
In sightseeing and lat" in the afternoon
the TWO organizations will leave Wash
ington for Niagara Falls in two trains.
sunday, Oct II, will be spent In visiting
the places Of interest on both the Canadian
and American sides of the Falls. and late
IN the afternoon the trains will pull out
for Montreal. The train IL scheduled to
reach Montreal early in the morning of
Oct. IL and headquarters will he established
a. the Windsor Hotel, The whole day will
I've spen, In visiting the city, and on Tues
day, Dot. IS, start will be made for Boston,
the, rout. being through Crawford Notch
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-15
WOULDN'T ENJOIN PICkETiNC.
IndianapOli Judge Sidc~ With Union Labor
IN One Phase af . Strike.

lSDIANAPoLis. Dec. it-Judge vinson
Cart or ol the Superior Court Ga We his dc cision
yes eriay IN the case 81 the Drop Forge
Company against the International Ma
chinists' Union, whose members have been
on a strike and have been int Indicating the
non-union employees who took their placpe
Ia tho company's plant He refused to
.nclide the International Union In the in
JUNCTION, but made the temporary restrain
ing order, issued some time ago, permanent
against twenty-five Of the strikers.
He held that labor organizations have
the right TO maintain picket duty at a place
where a strike Ia In progress In order 10
inform laboring men who might be In
fucnced to accept employment Of tho true
condition Of affairs, provided the picket
that tho picketirg ut tho Drop Forge Com
pary had been 80 maintained and h. re-
fused to cnjoir It's maintenance. This
was the main contention OF the White
River Lodge.
The injunction against a score or moro
defendants and any who may "oonfeterate
with them" Is gainst unlawfuily Assembling
for the purpose Of intimidating or coercing
employees Of the company and from follow
ing them 10 their homes In crowds.
The prosecution sought to have included
In the In junction n clause specifying that
the pickets should he enjoined from such
acts. but Judge Carter refused TO do this,
IA II was not shown that the pickets had
acted unlawfully.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-15
DIR. NICHOLS WEBS.
Fe,l In Love with . Friend or . Hospital
Patient.

II was only yesterday that 1t became
known In trecnToint that Mrs Minnie
Williams, the twenty year-o daughter
OF Mrs. A, Williams OF i27i5 Calyer street
wss married inder unusual circumstance
last Wednesday night TO DR.. Thomas II
Nichols, an attache OF the Post-Craduate
Hospital In this borough
Dr. Nichols comes from Clarksville. Ark,
and he fret met Miss Williams about year
ago while abe was visiting Charles Smith,
to whom she was engaged to be married,
In the Post-tiraduate institution. Smith
was afflicted with a cancer Of the throat
and DR.. Nichols was the operating surgeon.
The nature OF smiths silment caused
Miss Williams to cancel her engagement
OF marriage, but she continued TO visit
him. During these vista DR.. Nichols
fell In love with her and last Wednesday
night. In the Presence ~ only few relatives
and friends. they werc ,nrrried in the Noble
DR.. Campbell.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-15
RTCHMONDS WATER PROBLEM.
Must Get More Water. Even II Other Pro J.
cots Are Set Hack.

President George Cromwell and the MEM
beers of the Borough Board Of Richmond
have for some weeks been investigst ing
the possibilities OF obtaining a water supply
AZ points outside Of the island. The bor-
ough is now using about 3O0O,T0O gallons n
day. and this, experts say, IL about the limit
Of the islands Fources Of supply. They
also say that the quality and quantity of
the water obtainabl is rapidly falling and
that sooner or later the borough must go
outside for it, supply
II il said the boaru will he likely to find
hut two ways out of the difficulty pine
line under water Is the main characteristic
Of each. Either water must he brought
from New Jersey by a pipe line under the
XIII Won Ku or Staten Island Sound or
else from New York by way Of Brooklyn
Brooklyn Itself has no water To spare.
President Cromwell says all solutions
possible will be very costly In execution,
but that conditions are becoming such that
Il II imperative to act even II all other public
improvements have 10 bc get back.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-15
PRIEST SCOLDS TIE STAGE.
Father Ducey Tells Actors There's Too
Much Nastiness In plays.

Father Thomas Dncey who il a chaplain
Of the Actors Church Alliance, made n
severe attack on certain phase of the pres
cnt- day drama at the regular monthly
service of the alliance IN 81. Ieos Roman
Catholic Church in East Twenty eighth
street, of which he is rector yesterday
afternoon.
He first announced that on Thursday
afternoon Mrs. Fiske will give special
matinee at the Manhattan Theatre for the
teneft oG the alliance. Re said tina, he
had been asked rctorc the service If it
would be proper for him TO make such an
announcement. and he replied that he saw
TO reason why he should not. The Arch
bishop d.i rot permit the clergy 10 60 to
tho theatre but. ~ II had boer customary
for priests to mako anrotl Q .mchts Of
benefits for charities. lac knew OF no reaso'
why he should not announce n benefit for
ti'e actors th,m elves.
al realize ara 90 does tho Church." said
Father Duc,y, that the theatre should b.
afI exalted purifying and toarhin; factor
In, civic and national HE. II giev out of the
Church, and Il il tho duty Of the Church To
siApporl u in TIA h"St work and to ropfCya
II when neces.ary BIT there are many
reihsons to-davto Quc~,iD ~ whether theatres
,hH actors are fulfilling th'ir mission"
The priest road n sopo length extracts
frS.n an interview given 10y woman who
he said vas an oCtrc-s eminent on tho Amari-
can stage In the interview the actress
had been asked; "ls a Nirtuou- woman u
dramatic possihilitr2"
-If had boca th,t woman, declared he
priest, Il would have kicked that reporter
out!'
The actroes Interviewed, according {,
Father Ducey had said in cfIoc' tia; White
woman might be on ,ho stage and stin be-
a good woman Uhough not In the Conven-
tional sense), yet woman inexperienced
in the ways OF the world would hardly
play certain characters urlerStandingy
One Of the statements attributed TO tha ac-
tress " as tha, N the drama virtue t. t,oadly,
except in the last ACT
Teking the reported uttoranCcs Of the
actress a. starter Father Durev pro
ceeded 10 rake the modern theatre fore and
aft. He was not def, lent in any of tho
qualities which make for the appreciation
OF the dramatic, he sald, hut no saw l,tle
To commend and much 10 cundcNn in the
tendencies OF thc stage to-day.
He bitterly denounced PLAYS dealing with
nfdeities and intrigue. Incidentally he
condernnei the "vi' iour screen scene, il,
A School for SCANDAL
81 am ashamed Of my fellow men who
take respectable women To- 500 Soro Of
the PLAYS dealing With tho subjects | havc
mentioned. il /, dccra ling TO nan
manhood 10 do such thing, hc dcclar,''.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-15
MURDERED ~ ms STORE.
GrOceryman killed by Three Negroes
Attempting Hold.l u.

SorTH BEND. Ind, Dec. John VI
Koonsman one q. The host known German
residents ~ South Bend. was murdered
last night while resisting the efforts of three
negroes who attempted a hold-up in his
grocery store. He siccc d In forcing
tho robbers TO the entrance Of the store
aud then they turned on him and fired
three shots into his body
The bullets lodged in his neck. lief, lung
and just over the heart Death was in
Simultaneous. The murder was witnessed
by only one person, Harvey Kleeke, aged
H. He was employed as a clerk in the store
The murdcrers are al large. The only
clue a. To their whereabouts ia tina, fur
nished by Edward Hunt, a clerk. He says
that fifteen minutes after tho shooting he
saw three negroes run toward the railroad
tracks. Az a special freight train went
west about that time the murderers prob
ably jumped on car and got out OF the city
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-15
WEST SIDE HOLD.rp
Two Men Assaulted. but Driven on
Others IN That NdghbOrhOOd.

Joseph Kneipp of Ia Yves, Ninety-eishth
street and his brother ir-law, Solomon
Shady Of Danbury, Conn. who had a 500
roll In his pocket. were returning from the
theatre early yesterday morning " hen 'hrce
young men set upon them. so many
persons came 70 the aid Of Kneipp and Shady
that the three hAd
Kneipp said last night that the young
men Jaw Shady take the money from his
pocket in . cafe In Columbus avenue He
also said that he. in tho presence Of others,
reported the case to the policeman on the
po+t. The policeman made no report 81
the cHse a. the West tooth street station
Two successful hold-ups we're made,
same neighborhood two weeks ago.
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Dr. Siivcrnan Says One Man Mustn't Rob
Another Of the Right 10 work.

The Rev. Joseph Si@crman Of the Temple
Emanuel. at Fifth avenue and Forty
third street preached a sermon yesterday
on The Science Of Right Living" He
said in part:
There are wrecks on the sea Of human
HE h,caus, human activity il not conduc ted
according 10 the divine pprpofr The law
If God IS not thu' We should build large cities
aud form grrlt nations to var one with
another for social ar commercial supremacy.
II = not -" u. to depriv" our fellow l. ar
90 rruiiui oppor' untty 10 cam his hveli-
hood Men must DO confederate ia men
II fngisud and Gerr any want 10 make
war on N,ue1urh thet mus first demons
strait 10 the world the entir" justification OF
doing 40
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-15
NOT TO LIVE ~ JERSEY.
Adlai T.. stevenson Won't Leave blooming.
ton Till lie Coca 10 Heaven.

MoNTCLAIR, N. j., Dec. At is TO-
ported here that former President
Adlai F.. Stevenson has purchased through
New York agent the Doolittle property
in North Mountain avenue ~ the head OF
Watching avenue. for 81, 900. and that In
the spring a $50 900 house IL TO lie built on
IL, The property commands a ma gniflcpnt
view OF New York and of the surrorndin q
country.
Whether Mr.. Stevenson IL TO make New
Jersey his home has not yet been learned
BLOOMINGTON, III. Dec. it.--Mr. Steven
son was aeon tonight relative 70 the story
about Montclar He said there was no
truth In 1t.
Il will rot leave Bloomington, said he
until 60 10 heaven
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-15
BRIDE LEFT HIN WHEN M FELL.
Engineer TcssIer Would Like Ia Know tho
Whereabouts Of Pis Wife

CASTOR Tess,er, who on his most recent
trip as an engineer Of the Holland America
steamship Ryndam brought over a young
French woman as his bride. went TO tho
Tenderloin police station last night and said
h had lost hcr and wanted her back.
The engineer said he was walking with
Mmc. 1essier Mt Twonty-fourth rect and
sixth avenue when T. slipped and foll. He
was stunned h. sad Nv the fall but that
conclusion didn't compare with the shock
he sustained when he discovered that his
wife had gone.
She didn't return, he added, 10 their
room al los West 1wenty-fifth street and
he was unable to fnl her anvwhere else
IIes,icr Said he feard that 1ome OF his
rnnch ac0uaintal!c"s had been lying
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-15
| WANT THE OUTPUT LIMITED.
Glass workers Object TO an Order Allowing
Them to WORK More Hours.

ISpIASAPoLIs, Dec, 1.-THE members Of
Local Assembly 300, the window glass work
ers or gani1ation, are in a state OF rebellion
against President Simon Burns because Of
his order removing the limit TO the amount
Of glass which the men can make within a
month or settlement.
Tho order was issued last week and was
10 60 into etoct within few days, but several
of the lodges have held meetings and refused
10 obey the order. Other meetings will
he held this week inc very city where there
il preceptory and similar action will
be taken.
The members appear 10 be unit in their
opposition To abrogatihG the rule, which
limits the output Of each man to certain
amount, HeStor DesGain, the acknowl-
edged leader of the western branch Of the
order, is ont ~ a candidate for the rres,-
dency. and Mr. Burns's recent order Ia
making the new candidate many votee
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-15
zIONfSrS TO NAVE THEIR SAY.
No Debate With Dr. Sil, rrman. hut q Meet.
ing at the Temple Emanu-El.

Tho ves,ry Of the Temple Emanuel.
Fort~.'hird street and Fifth avenue, has
granted PERM ssion TO the friends Of Zionf
ism 70 use the vss'ry rooms next Thursday
night TO- a meeting The Jes iHh people who
ar, supporter, of Iionism believe that
u wrong impression has been created by
the 'wc sermons of the Rev Or, jlrerinan
az ~. Temple,
\ challenge 10 Or Silverman 70 discuss
tho Qucs ton in joint debate was declined
uu' the Temple rooms have been placed
at the dirposal Of the X,onists and J. de Haas
sill present the main argument on Thurs
dav night Mr. de Haas il secretary of
tho American Federation of Zionis,s
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-15
MAYOR PART WIN CITY Gun.
sundays No Day 10 Set & Bloodt hirsty Tale
Like That t.EoinE.

report that Mayor low was disguised
with the City Cub civic administrations "
and would bid adieu TO them and their
counseilinRs got currency in Brooklyn
yesterday.
Mayor lows house IL just thirty blocks
above the city club. They didn't get any
further apart Yesterday and 10 committee
from the club went Up 10 stone the Mayors
house
Mayor Low never talks on sunday. The
accomplished typewritirg machine Of the
CITY Club was mute
BROOKLYN reporters learned that the
steam had been turned OF in james \.
Heynolds's room at the club all day. This
u taken TO be corroborstivs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-15
THIEVES MT. VERNON STATION
ny Qulck work They Get G7Os From
Harlem n. n. Ticket Once.

MOUNT VERNON. n Y. Dec. n.-whie
two men engaged William Alderman,
freight agent at the West Mount Vernon
station on the Harlem Railroad. o-night
in a conversation about the coal STRIKE
and the suffering Of the poor. another cut
out pane Of . sss In the door in the Wal, ing
room leading to the ticket office, with a
diamond cutter. clipped back the bolts
and stole about t?ss in cash.
George Taylor. the ticket agent, was ou,
Of his Office only eight minutes and in this
time the thief opened the safe, looted
the money drawer and escaped
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-15
EBSTEIN AND the APACHES.
Deputy Commissioner to Tell boys All
About the Indians.

Al meeting held in simpson Methodist
Episcopal Church, Clermont and Willoughby
avenues, Brooklyn, last night to further the
,iior,s Of tho workers IN tho intcrrs, oi
boys clubs In churches, Major Frederick
II. f. Ebstein, First Deputy Police Com
missioner. and number ~ city officials
were the PRINCIPAL guests and speakers
DEPUTY Commissioner Ebstein promised
tho boys to toll them all about Apache
Indirns NJ a date IN tho near future. when
he can talk to them In their club room
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-15
RtFSED 4 !Sf3.OOO DEBT.
Bronx Church Collects That Amount at
Two Meetings

At services held yesterday in the Wills
Avenue Methods, Church Willis avenue
hld iii>t stree, The Bronx, subscriptions
were received which will pay the entire
amount of the church debt. S+3,OOO. The
setvicos were held under ne auspices Of
the leaders In tho Twentieth Century
Movement
Tso first service was held week ago, and
siS go donated Yesterday the remaining
ga 800 was given, and the church now
stands fire." of debt The money was given
In small amounts for the most part
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-15
Thief FIGHTS STATION AGENT.
Hand%o-fIand Battle With . Man VINO
Wanted to Rob an once.

Alfred Barnes, the night agent at the
Fordham railroad station, WAS assaulted
and beaten early yesterday morning by a
man who intended to rob the Office. but
who was scared c by Barnes's call for help.
Barnes was at work in the Office when a
stockily-built man rushed into the station
and said his wife was dying and he wanted
to call up physician on the telephone. The
agent didn't like the mans appearance and
refused TO let him into the oni,e.
The stranger started TO leave. but sud-
denly turned. burst open the side door lead
ing into the Office ana led in with Barnes.
The agent was no ma IN for the man. who
knocked him dow n anu kicked him. Barnes
tried to get to the door to call for help, but
the man grabbed him by the throat each
time. Finally the robber became alarmed
at the racket they were making and ran out
Of the door. disappearing down Webster
avenue.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-15
Dr. Hills Prea chcd IN Sbicaeo.

The Rev, Dr, Frank W, Glnsauus, prcsi-
dent of tho Armour Ins,,.u to. Chicago,
preached AT both services in Plymouth
Church in Brooklyn yesterday. The Rev,
pr. Nrw.ll Dwight Hills, the pastor Of
Plymouth Church, preached the baccaau-
reatc sermon in the University Of Chi
cagO yesterday afternoon.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-15
4 (hnrch.s SINileih NirthdaN.

Tho six'ic,h Anniversary VI the oleiica-
ton Of IN, Church Of the Nativity at ~ Third
avenue WAS celebrated Yesterday Sol.
emn high mass vas sung in the morning.
Father Bruneau Of Dunwoodie Semina "
being the celehrant. The Rev. Francis
]. Parrot Saratoga, priest Of the Redcmp-
torist Order, preached the tcrmon.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-15
\ Kew Diocesan Con.u,,or.

Archbishop Farley has appointed the
Rev. Charles n. Corlcy, rector Of the Church
Of the Immaculate Conception. Yonkers.
a. member OF the Board Of Diocesan.
toneu!tors, The promotion Of Bishop Far
10y 10 The Archbishopric caused a vacancy
in the Board of Consul,ors and Father
turloy's appointment vas mc de To an il,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-15
Ru'ldcricss Tank Waking for FayaI.

Tie steamship themntz, in yesterday
from Bremen. reports that on Dec. 9 she
spoke the rlidderless oil tank August Korfr
from Philadelphia for Flushing, making
for tayal. The tank declined assistance'
The Philadclphian, from New York, had
toYed her while on Dec. 4