The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-19
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10 OEF DIAaOND EtRRGt0'


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Me- Retercs Kutsss n % Clo'ua street.
wearing IN her eafa her diHWonda = pfenNh'
ftum hef husl,aNi. started hutWe alohe ffott'
= tWfty IN tifst stfert ab0u' I " o'eioch
Yesterday mofhins. Thefe Nss hafdig
Rnvl,utiy In ihe s,t~eta, htN jtat ~ ehe
tsHehed titpt avehue she csuah, 4 htitnppe
n = man s,anIlNa In the shadow ~ the
elevated faiisav qhe thought he vas
Watching hrf and huffiad alune
Nr kutaet tished down FIRST avrn,'s
and tho man f1lluwed whenever abe
iouked hatk hc dodeed tohind M elsta'ed
railroad pillar. aha bethuteht her ~ the
lila muada and tufnrd into Houston street,
hotina to inee, spiue one IrfUfe she had
Rohe far the man p,lsri up clr~rf ahd then
rushed NJ her.
siie heard him coming and turned a little
biz The man had pulled nit n knlfe win =
o. lhch blade AZ he vent ~ the woiian
he ma,lp n lunge fot her ear, IN which she
thinks he had seen tho gleam ~ one ~ the
diamonds. II u was the mah's Intention To
cat III the ear lobe and secure the diamond,
NJ the policr beiieve n waa, he almost alto
ceeded. Tho knife went through her left
ear and made a cash four inches long across
her check. Hut II didn't sever the part
that had tho diamond In H.. That hung on
by n few ahreds,
The man, who had run past the woman,
turned TO come back at her. when Mrs.
4 .,s,f.. r,,l An,,,,tal Ntllar pf lHn Enat
Houston street rushed ~ just In time Co
catch her. She fell into his arms In dead
faint.
Policeman Torch and a private watch
man named Weir also heard the woman'S
scream. They were some distance away.
Az they started running for her they saw
n big, wicked looking Italian with a knife
In his hand run toward them, evidently
trying to reach the Bowery. The man
had IA queer hat on, something Of q cross
bet ween a high hat and a derby; he wore
corduroy trousers and a blue shirt.
As he came at the two men he started
making circles in the air with his knife.
Torch ducked the knife, and as he went by
gave him one behind the ear. He went
down like a log. Then they dragged him
to a drug store, where Mrs. Kupfer. who
had been revived, identified bin as her
dHE lhflt MIN we ''S 49,
hurried to Gouverneur Hospital, as she
had then lost a great dea OF blood.
Torch and Weir started with the man
for the station house. Their way led by
Little Hungary, a stopping place for East
Side Summing parties. Just az they got
in front Of 1t out from the place poured a
crowd Of those who linger there in order
to call themselves bohemians. Some one
had run into the place with the news of
the assault.
Men with silk hats and women in light
gowns crowded around the prisoner, and
soon the two policemen were having the
tim Of their lie. One man rushed in and
boldly tapped the prisoner on the back
with his fist. Another man who had come
out of the restaurant waved a bunch OF
bills in the air, and, according to the two
policemen, yelled
Give him to us. ] will give you 81 900
for him."
Some of the members of the party tried
to induce him to go back into the restaurant
when he exhibited his money in this care
less fashion. The last seen OF this man,
according to the two cops, he was still