The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-27
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Nomnn says Nine Men Attacked Her.
Il, tho police court at West New Brighton,
S,,,.n Island. yesterday n five-year-old
oiI Identified a six foot Polack as the man
sLo lai assaulted her on Thursday in the
v,ol4 near he's home. An angry crowd
r.l,eI the man with stones when he left the
cour, m he custody Of two policemen. and
h,I If not been for the quick action Of the
cors ,he fellow probably would rave been
seriously hurt.
On thursday night Annie F~owkowski.
,be G,c-yrar-old daughter Of an employee
n, an oilcIoth factory Mt L~inoleunville.
,s, bcr home 10 meet her father as be came
from he factory TO walk home with him,
an she vas in the habit Of doing every night.
For somp reason the father was delayed
srl he child got tired Of waiting and
.,ar,ei home alone. As she walked along
Pennsylvania avenue she was overtaken by
Joseph l~oewiak. who lives near the Fow-
Lows. home and who was a friend Of the
,irI's father and worked in the same factory.
Yoewiak knew the little girl well inc when
he fali her that he would take her home
she ~confdinEIy put her hand in his and
slsrtei to walk along the road with him.
Syplcr time came and the little girl had
not been heard rom. Her mother became
rrehtered and sent the father to the hon
If the Pole 10 see IL the child was there. az
the mother had seen the Nv together coming
along Inc avenue. Yoewiak said that he had
not seen the child. Mrs. Fowkowski, then
thoroughly alarmed, ran to a telephone
AMI called up police headquarters. Five
mounted men were sent out at once from the
New Dorp station house which is the nearest
10 the ~Fowkowski home.
BEFORE the police came, however. the
mother heard the cry Of a child at the door
snd when she opened il the little girl fell
The mother what had happened. There
have been two other attacks on children
in that vicinity in the last week, and the
nelghborhood has been in a state bordering
on terror for it's children.
Or. W. u. Chapman OF l1e Hetberton
avenue. Port Richmond, was sent for. He
found the child in a precarious, condition.
A brief examination confirmed the fear
NJ the mother. IL was some time before
the mother and doctor could get the child's
story from her. and by that time the police
had arrived. =
According to the child's story when she
mot Yoewiak he asked her where she was
70 ne. and when she told him that she was
gong nome he told her that il she woul go
with him he would buy some candy for her.
ne Ctlli0 TedullY COUSSDUcu anu tHS TWO
started down Pennsylvania avenue, There
y no candy store on the avenue, but the
nan told her that he knew where there
wac one. About a quarter OF q mile from a
grocery store near the Fowkowsk home
the man led her of from the road and into a
dump Of bushes and there assaulted her.
There is no sidewalk at this part Of the
road. and both sides are lined with woods
b Policeman Falkenberg and Lieut.. Wilson
vent % the home Of the Pole and found
hrn in he'd. He again said that he had not
seen the child, but was arrested and taken
10 New Dnrp for the night. as the child
was not in "A condition To see him at the
time. The news of the assault and the
arrest of Yoewiak spread quickly, n the
police transferred the man TO the station
house at Stapleton.
Yesterday morning the man ives taken
10 the police court at West New Brighton
TO he arraigned before Magistrate Croak.
YOewiak WAS standing in the enclosure
'or prisoners with several other men when
the child was carried into court in the arms
of her father. When she was set down
the little girl went over 10 the big Pole and
said;
You are a bad man to hurt me-"
The child's words were barely out Of her
mouth when threats were made by those
in the room to lynch the Pole. These
treats became a cry when the news reached
the crowd outside that the child had identi-
6e'l her assailant. Women began TO cry
and men swore vengeance, ana when wilson
left the court room with his prisoner after
the Magistrate had adjourned the case
for a further hearing the crowd made a
rush to get at Yoewiak. Police Captain
(iorman. who was in the courtroom, heard
the shouts and went to the assistance Of
Nilsson, and the two were able to get their
'nan in a patrol wagon M away. although
they we're followed by a volley of stones
and dirt.
Noewiak was taken 10 Mulberry street.
where he was photographer n then re-
.lrned to the Staten Island Jail under a
strong guard.
Or. Chapman said last night that the little
g,r's condition was serious.
The police are investigating the story
iot1 hv Virginia Ida Bsrish. the seventeen
,. ar-old daughter Of Lawrence Barish. a
'rrher living with his family at 40 East
,iovontv-ninth street. The girl wandered
from her home on Saturday afternoon and
was found apparently insane on the beach
Il North Beach, T.. l.. on "Wednesday morn
iug She told of having been assaulted by
ina men who left her with man injuries
Tnl hut few clothes IN the woods back Of
North Beach. The story has not been
certified. The girl il now in the Kings
county Insane Asylum and has not been
a.