The Washington times., 1907-07-22
GIRL ASSAULTED
At ELEVATOR DOOR
Negro ASSailant Makes Es-
cape Through Crowd
Rushing to Rescue.
Sister of Victim Tells What
Punishment She Thinks
Is Deserved.

NEW YORK, July 22-Accused of at
tacking a seventeen-year-old Austrian
girl in an elevator. Benjamin williams,
young West Indian negro, was arrest
ed at Z29 East Seventy-fifth street by
Detectives McAvoy and Stewart and
locked up at police headquarters.
The victim is Sadie Schaeher, who
lives with her sister Minnie in a small
apartment at 32S East Houston street.
She mas been in this country only nine
months. She had started out to seek
employment
Entering an elevator. she told the
negro attendant to stop at the fourth
floor. She was the only passenger. In
stead OF stopping at the fourth floor,
she says, the negro ran the elevator 10
the eighth floor. which Is vacant With
out a word, the girl declares. he seized
her in his arms, and. iamming his fist
into her face to stile her cries, threw
her TO the floor. Fortunately before she
tainted. the girl screamed several times
Many Heard Her Screams.
Hearing the girls screams, mon from
all the floors OF the building rushed TO
the elevator. but their signals met with
no response. Running the elevator from
Q.
the negro threw the door open and
dashed past half a dozen men who jid
not know what had happened
The girl was found on the floor of the
elevator unconscious. Her face and
neck were bruised as though an ATTEMPT
had been made to strangle her. She was
taken to an upper floor and rostoratives
were administered 1t was more than
an hour before she recovered conscious
ness
Two policemen hurried over from the
West Twentieth street station in ans
wer TO the alarm, but were too late
10 catch the negro. When the girl re-
covered somewhat, she was taken hOmA
and LETT in the care Of her sister. her
only relative. in the country With
tears streaming down her cheeks, she
described her experience.
he did not say word to me. but
JUST threw out his arms and grabbed
me, she said. II tried to scream. but
he struck me hard over the mouth and
told me he would kill me If / did not
keep quiet. 1 thought he really meant
to Kill me, and begged for mercy. he
Old not pay any attention to what I
said and threw me on the foor. Then
aged to scream once or twice.
heard lot OF bells ringing and that's
the last thing I remember until I woke
up with somebody standing over me and
TouTlng something into my mouth"
American Methods Grilled.
Have they caught him?" was the
first question Of the girls sister. IT'S
awful over here In your America. Every
day YOU read OF girls who have been
assaulted. and almost never of the cap
ture- Of the brutes who attack them
In my country such thing might hap
pen once in hundred years. perhaps,
but they would hang him, and over
here the most you do 10 such a man
is TO send him TO prison for a few
years
IF had him I'd pour kerosene over
him until he was thoroughly soaked
and then set him on fire, or I'd do
something that would keep him suffer
ing for a year and then kin him. Oh.
j. you could only know how I feel about
It. My little sister doesn't realize how
awful il is
The police caught the negro after an
all-day search. He is a heavily built
mulatto who shows plainly that much
of his blood Is white.