The evening world., 1904-03-01
GIRL LURED TO
FLAT AND BEATEN
Decoyed to Apartment, She Tells
the Police, and SavaaeIy At
tackled by Man Who ACcosted
Her in the Street.

with both eyes blackened and her face
and body q mass of bruises, Mary
Walsh. young girl. who says she
lives on Broad street. Newark. appeared
In the West Slse Court to-day and told
story OF assault. which for sheer
brutality surpasses anything that has
come to light in a police court in
this city in many a day.
David Fisher. twenty-six years old. a
bartender. of No. 2oI West Forty-sixth
street. was the man charged with the
assault. and in spite of the awful story
told by the girl. there were at least a
dozen politicians in the court room in
his behalf. endeavoring to get the girl
to withdraw her complaint.
Missed the Inst Train
Miss Walsh Is twcnty-one years old.
and yesterday she visited friends in
this city. She started for home late
last night. but on reaching Jersey City
found that she had missed the last New
ark train for several hours. so decided
to return and stay over night with a
young girl friend who lives in West
Forty-sixth street. She rode uptown
on an elevated train. got OFF at Forty
second street. walked to Broadway and
Forty-third street and stopped in
drug store to buy a toothbrush and
some tooth powder. She paid for these
things with a $50 bill, put the change in
her pocketbook and walked TO Forty
sixth street She says that she noticed
Fisher following her. but wasn't fright
ha a,a than
her friends home.
When she reached the fiat-house she
rang a bell and attempted to rouse her
friends by throwing small stones against
the window. While thus engaged, she
says. Fisher came UP and very politely
asked her whom she was looking for.
She named her friend, and she says
that Fisher told her the family had
moved across the street to No. 201 and
that he boarded there with them. He
offered to take her over. she says. and
she went with with him without the
slightest suspicion OF anything wrong.
Attack Hogan at Once.
He opened the door OF an apartment
with a key and she went In. once In
side. she says, he threw her down and
attempted to assault her. She fought
as hard as she could and tried to
scream for help. but the man put his
hand over her face and prevented any
outcry. When he saw that he could not
accomplish his purpose, Miss Walsh
says that Fisher let her get up and
then. grabbing small iron dumbbell,
attacked her again. lie hit her over
the head with II II number OF times.
then dropped it and punched her so that
she fell down again. Then he kicked
her about the body and finally dragged
her TO the door and threw her out in
the hall. He rified her pocketbook, she
says, and threw that after her.
The girl made her way to he street.
her face covered with l'looi There she
met Policeman Judge. to whom she told
her story. Judge went to Fishers fiat
and forced his way In. He found the
man hiding under a bed and all about
the apartment signs of the struggle
the girl had described. He locked
Fisher up and took care OF the girl for
the night,
To-day Miss Walsh was In court and
she was Immediately surrounded by
west side ward politicians. friends of
Fisher who tried to get her TO drop
the case. Miss Walsh said that she
would not drop It, The case will come
up for examination later.