Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-10

Boston, Mass-Mrs, Ella Brausard,
% years old of 100 Saratoga street,
East Boston, the wife of Charles
Brausard, was brutally attacked by
Jack the Shipper" on the doorsteps
of her home a few minutes after 6
o'clock, Wednesday night,
The man grabbed her by her right
arm, severely wrenching 1t, clipped
Off about Is inches of her blonde hair,
then seized her and threw her into the
main hallway a distance of about 10
feet, and as she lay unconscious there
he threw at her the tresses which he
had clipped from her head.
1t was the most daring visit that the
shipper" has made to East Boston,
the other victims being Miss TrainOr
and Miss McRae, the former of Chel-
sea street and the latter OF Falcon
street. About o'clock at night it was
reported that young woman had been
attacked on Saratoga street, the 9th
er side of the railroad crossing, but
| the report could not pc verified. In
| this instance it was stated that the
shipper had chased the girl with pair
of scissors in his hand, but she man
aged to elude him by going into the
rear entrance of a neighbOrs home.
Mrs. Brausard, her husband and two
children were about to partake of their
evening meal and Mrs. Brausard put
| ,;I hav
to a bakery at the corner of Saratoga
and Brooks streets to procure some
milk. The shop is about 100 feet from
her home. She was at the store a
minute or so, and Immediately came
back to her house. There are about
a dozen stairs leading to the front
door with a narrow landing just out
side the door.
One corner of this landing is very
dark and in this spot the shipper had
secreted himself. Mrs. Brausard is
positive he was not there when she
left the house.
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| door she was grabbed by the right arm
and given a pull around, which
wrenched her arm. The man pulled
the cape from her head, and like a
flash clipped about 10 inches OF her
hair, which was done up in a loop.
MIRO. DrH"sard screamed and fell
| outside the door in faint. the door
was then partly opened, and her as
sailant picked her up, threw her in
| the doorway to the foot of the main
stairway, and tossed the hair he had
! MI. Brausard had heard the scream
OF his wife. and he rushed to their
apartments on the middle floor and
found her lying at the foot of the
stairway. He picked her up, and af-
ter she revived and explained what
had happened he rushed out in the
hope that he might find some trace of
the shipper but without success.
For some time after the assault Mrs.
Brausard was in hysterical condi-
ton. he stated that while it was a
sad loss to part with so much of her
hair, that was nothing to the fright
which she received.
1t was learned from the young wO-
man at the bakers shop that a strange
man had been seen about the vicinity
for some minutes previous to the as
sault. The presumption is that he
observed Mrs. Brausard leaving the
house, and seeing that she had only
the cape thrown over her head, knew
she would return in few minutes and
he lay in wait for her.
The attack on Mrs. Brausard be-
came generally known about the dis
trict, and girls and young women were
noticed going through the streets care
| fully guarding their hair
Mrs. Brausard was unable to fur
nish any description of her assailant.