The evening world., 1903-11-19
WOMAN HELD UP
BY A|CHWAyMAN
Attacks Rich Manufacturers
Wife in a Dark and Lonely
Street-She Tells Of the
Struggle with Robber.

Another assault and robbery has been
added to the long list OF crimes that
has terrorlzed the women liyilg in the
vicinity of One Hundred and Forty
second street and Broadway. MIS-. Sopaia
Frankfurt is the latest victim, and she
Is the fifteenth woman who has been at
tackled and robbed In the nsigahorho1d
within the past two years.
The police seem DoUerless to prevent
the crimes and the men residing IN the
vicinity are planning 'he organization of
a vigilance committee for the protection
of their wives. mothers, sisters I'M
daughters.
The aeighborhood is dark and partic-
ularly we'll suited TO the purposes of the
criminals who have made it their
stamping ground since the work on the
subway was begun at One Hundred and
Forty.secopd street and Broadway. The
police protection is inadequate and wom-
eli have reached the stage where they
are afraid to go out after nlghtfall.
n attack on Mrs. Frankfurt was
particularly atroclous, but bears a sim
ilarity IN many respects TO numerous
other hold-ups phat have occurred In tae
same neiEA1orhuod.
Mrs. Frankfurt is the wife of Solomon
Frankfmrt; a skirt mahutacturef r IiTins
second street. Sho is pretty. twenty
years old md Is the mother or a four
m%onths-old child. When soon by an
Evening World reporter TODAY she tod
the following story uf the hold-up:
y had been warned about the dangers
OF being ON the street in the %nnigholr-
rood OF NV house. but paid little at
tention to them. / had been out shop.
ptng Yesterday afternoon II returned
home on an Amsterdam avenue var. To
Hamilton place. Then comes Broadway.
which is terribly cut M and in the
greatest disorder. ON the corner is a
vacant lot. Then comes the row of
houses. of which mine is the third.
''Nyhen passing Hamilton place l no.
ticed tho shadow Of a man.. | then
duickcncd my pace and odssed a foot-
bridge over the tunnel excavation. The
lamp OH tho corner of the street was
unlighted. 1t always is in that condi-
tion. While passinS tle frs. house l
1t from blowing off. My left hand. in
which was a large automobile bag, was
csad to hold up my dress.
TIL m la who was following me came
the right shoulder and swung me
round. He had no assistant. as was
irst reported. ] struggled. with him
until ! became weak and he .snatched
the automobile bag from my hand. In
II were two purses containing $l.50 in
change and u $40 bill.
at seemed to me that lust as the
man rok away 1 heard my baby cry
ing. ! then ran to the house. beat
against the basement door and wps adj
mittcd by my mother, who had the
child in her arms.
'"rhe man was about five feet eight
inches tall. had a heavy black mus
tache and wore a black derby hat. lie
also wore q gray overcoat of medium
length. I was very nervous when adj
mitted into the house and my mother
sent at once for a doctor. My husband
reported the matter to the police at
once"
Mr.. Frankfurt said to-day. that he got
no satisfaction from the police of the
One Hundred and ~Twenty-tifth street
station when he made his report.
The police think that the highway
men operated with n negro. n they
are now searching for both men.