The evening world., 1905-12-26
TRIED TO HANG
NEGRO BRUTE
TO LAMPPOST
He Had Attacked Young
Girl on Her Way
Home at Night.
SCREAMED AN ALARM
Small Boys Scattered for Ai(
and Angry Crowd Quick
ly Gathered.
SCREAMED AN ALARM.

For weeks 30 residents Of the neigh.
borhood say a lot Of young negroes
have been lurking In West Eleventh
street Just east Of Sixth avenue, insult.
ing unprotected white girls who passed
and once or twice even laying OBTAINING
hands Upon them, Growing moro dar.
Ing, ono OF the gang, a light yellow mu-
latto, tried to crag pretty Elizabeth VIII
ler0Ucher into blind alley last night.
Her screams and struggles saved her
for they brought a crowd. The crowd
wtrted to hang the negro to lamp
post, and uhey might have done II II a
policeman hadn't been big and strong
an: willing
Had a Hail Holiday.
Miss Willenbuchsr Is employed as a
house maid by John II. Dye, a wel.to.
do real estate operator who lives In the
Larchmont, at Nos q and 20 West
Eleventh street, She Is as pretty as a
Christmas doll, with the faxen hair,
china blue eyes and plump pink cheeks
Of tho typical German madchen. Yes
erday she got half holiday and went
uptown to visit friends. 1t was late
when she turned out u Sixth avenue
on her way home.
As she passed the house at No. %
West Eleventh street one Of two me-
groes who we're standing IN dark
doorway suddenly darted upon her.
Clappng one hand across her mouth
he ,rled to drag her into a little bricked
passageway leading to a rear tenement.
She managed to get her mouth Tree
and gave one cry for aid after another,
all the while nghting desperately.
Scattered an Alarm.
A dozen boys, all little fellows, we're
grouped in an areaway nearby 100
small to tackle the negro, they ran
in every direction. seeking reinforce
ments one Of them told a cabman
who whipped up his horse and drove
down Sixth avenue until he found Po'
liceman Boyland, OF the Mercer Street
Station.
Boyland responded at a gallop. He
found the girl with torn clothing and
bruised lips, lying In faint, while boys
and men secured the neighborhood fol-
the negro, The negro had released his
victim and fed when he saw grown mel
approaching.
In the cellar OF No. 80 somebody spieC
a man crouched in corner. They
yanked him out. lie was white" ne.
gro ana whJer than usual through fear
Il didn't do It," he yelled as they
/ dragged him forh.
! Lets lynch lin" crlec some one.
: BOyland clung t. the negro, cutting a
sWatn with MS nightS,ick, out the angry
crowd, disregImng the blows, close,t
/ IN and began dragging the prisoner TO a
| lamp-post. A big fellow had produced a
| rope from somewhere anC tied a moose
| In 1t, At the sight OF this the negro &
| knees failed him. He wiltel into shiv-
~ ing heap, The men plmmelled and
kicked htm.
BoyIand alternately raped the curb
ing for aid and the heads OF the men
acing MOB When II looked as If he
would be overpowered reserves arrived
and drove on the men.
Got His In Stati on.House.
At the station the negro regained his
nerve and fought vclously. He got
such a drubbinR then that he was most
ly bandages when he came into Jeffer-
son Market Court to-day as prisoner.
lie said he was William McKline a
walter, twenty-three years old, lie
wouldn't tell his address.
After Miss Willenbucher recovered her
senses her employer took her To the
station, There she positively Identified
McKline as her assalant. She did the
same thing again to-day in court. Nc
ltline denied his guilt, but Magistrate
Barlow held him In 500 for attempted
assault.