The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-08-13

NEW YORK, july 2I.-By tar the
worst period in the wave of crimes a.
gainst women and children in this city
was reached yesterday. No fewer than
six cases of this character were made
public. Two of them we're of atrocious
character The notable instances re-
ported were:
Virginia Ida Barrigh, seventeen years
old of No. 40 East 10th street, kept
prisoner three days near North Beach,
l.. l., by band of men and terribly
ill-treated. She fled at night and is
insane in the Kings County Asylum.
Annie Fowkowsk, five years old OF
Linoleumville, S. l., found unconscious
and dying in the hallway of her home
by her mother. Joseph Macwyak is
under arrest mob tried to lynch
him.
Angelina Santangel, thirteen years
old, of 10S Cherry street, kept
prisoner three days in a tenement
house. Pasquale Morale is under ar
rest charged with abduction.
Ellen O'Shea, five years old, of 12l
East SSth street, attacked by man i'll
hallway. Jacob Neuman, tifty-two
years old, is under arrest.
Peter Corteres of 2021 Bird avenue,
under arrest charged with attempting
to entice twelve-year-old Goldie Gar
man of No 215 East seth street into
his home
Katie Teitschler, eight years old, OF
No 949 East 18th street, is missing and
is supposed to have been abducted.
Mother is in critical condition.
Exceeding in it's details and disas-
trous effects any of the numerous at
tacks upon women and girls in this
city recently is the experience of Vir-
ginia Ida Barrigh, a pretty, delicate
girl who resides with her parents at
No 40 East 18th street
In the power of nine brutal men for
three days she was beaten and misused
in such manner that she is now in the
Kings County Insane Asylum a maniac.
Her body is covered with bruises and
scars.
Mentally incapacitated from telling
connected story of her terrible expert
ence, there are certain portions Of her
ordeal that can only be surmised.
She became separated from her
brother and sister Saturday afternoon
in the park at the foot of East seth
street. She was not heard of again
until Wednesday morning at o'clock
when she ran down the hill, and ham
mered wildly at the door of the Vic
toria Hotel at North Beach, Long
Island, beseeching the proprietor to
protect her, as she was pursued by
band of men.
When she appeared at the Victoria
Hotel her clothing was torn to shfgds
and covered with mud and dirt. She
was a mass of bruises and scars from
head to foot, and her mind was evil
IDENTIFY completely unbalanced. Frank
Cavallo, proprietor of the Victoria Ho-
tel, gave her a room for the balance Of
the night
Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock
Captain Calalgan, of the beach police
force, who is also deputy sheriff, was
driving along the beach road when he
saw woman run out to the end of the
coal pier and plunge into the water,
which at that point is about fifteen feet
deep.
Thinking it was case of suicide, the
captain whipped up his horse and start
ed toward the pier. Before he could
reach the scene, however, the girl
swan ashore and started running
down the beach. Callagan pursued,
but ii was not until she had run about
1000 feet and clambered upon the
boulevard that he overlook her.
The girl who proved to be Miss Bar
RICH, was clad only in thin under
vest and short petticoat. The cap
tain wrapped her in his buggy robe,
and asked her what she was doing.
81 have been having swim" she
replied, with a vacant smile and began
humming the air of popular tune.
Questioned by the captain she told
him the story of her experience, which
she afterward repeated to the officials
at the Queens county Jail At times
she would answer quite nationally, but
often her replies were at random. FIRE.
quently she stopped in the middle of
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