Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-08-07
SLABS THUG
WITH HA TPLN
NEW YORK WOMAN PUTS AS
sAILANT TO FLIGHT
ANOTHER CRIME ADDED TO TER
RIBLE RECORD
Police Seem to Be Powerless to Cope
With Crime Wave-Many
Children Attacked
by Thugs
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. Gan attempt TO
assault a young woman early today on
west side street adds another case TO
the long list of attacks made on women
and children in the streets of New York.
Despite the vigilance of the police VINO
have been doing double duty to prevent
further spread of the crime wave tne
attack would have been successful hao II
NOT been for the desperate struggle or
Adelaide Wildrer. a trained nurse, who
fought her assailant with a hatpin anu
finally routed him.
Miss Wildrers screams brought the
police, who pursued the man to central
park, where he was captured. lie salo
his name was Pietro Daurio, an ltallan
peddler
Miss Wildrer was walking home early
today after attending a patient. Near
Manhattan avenue and One Hundred ana
Sixth street. an Italian accosted her,
When she repulsed him the Italian
knocked her down and, clutching her
throat with his hand, dragged her 10 the
stoop of an apartment house
Miss Wildrer managed to Withdraw
hatpin from her hat, and Jabolng her
assailant caused him to loosen his hold
upon her throat. Miss Wildrer screamed
for help, and the Italian fled Policemen
heard her cries and gave chase and found
the man hiding under clump OF trees.
He was dragged out by the police and
identified by Miss Wildrer. Daurio de-
clared that he was innocent
Mob Tries to Lynch Suspect
Led by woman who alternately in
Italian and broken English cried "Avenge
nv daughter" a reckless crowd OF 2OOO
persons tonight stormed the Fourteenth
street car barns of the Metropolitan
Street Railway company, where a police
man had sought refuge with seriously
pummeled prisoner.
Paul Sorgerate a Greek peddler, 30
years of age, had made the mistake,
SO IL is charged, of kissing Grace Josco,
an italian of II years. A shrill cry from
the girl and an impassioned appeal by
the mother put the foreigners of the
neighborhood in rage, and as the
Greek took to his heels a crowd pursued.
When a block had been covered Sor-
gerate stumbled and fell and the mob
was upon him and kicked him nearly
senseless. The Greek, a powerful man,
nevertheless gained his feet, only to be
knocked down again. By this time some
one had snatched clothesline from the
window of grocery store and the rioters
attempted to put a moose over the Of
1enuer nedu
Only the over-eagerness of each rioter
to have a hand in the lassooing saved
the peddlers neck. During the confusion
a policeman arrived and dubbed his way
to the endangered man.
Cheated of their man, the crowd vented
its fury on CASTOR Keriskel, an unoffend-
ing workman homeward bound. AS he
was passing the rioters he was pointed
out by a boy, at the same time yelling,
That's the mans friend. He was there
too" Keriskel was pounded until he
was unconscious. The police reserves
finally got the injured man and removed
him to a hospital.
Edward Pratt, a millwright. IS years
old, had a somewhat peculiar experience
late this afternoon in West Fifty-seventh
street. Nellie and Helen Farrell, each
about 10 years old, accused Pratt of i'm
proper remarks. He was rightly mauled
before being rescued from mob by the
police.