New-York tribune., 1907-08-03
VEST POINT STIRREDUP
rCT-NC UOH4N ATTACKED
trmu Post Fears VdCe of Crime Is
M0ling North.

The colony Of Uncle Sans subjects at West
poin- has been thrown into ftrraent OF excitement
br Two attacks occurring within ten days Of each
othe- recently. and similar tc the outTaEes now Of
sr-r frequency n greater New York that they
attract public attention only as instances Of what
Is being commonly referred 10 IN the newspapers
rs 'the wave Of crime"
Just after midnight Of the morning Of Saturday,
Iulv - A7anson Il. Shaw, the station agent OF
,te West Shore Railroad at West Point, shot
5r the head while asleep q bench in the station.
ONLY lare the afternoon before Shaw had received
instructions At Kingston report at once at West
point and -ake charge Of the station He had
new 6lled the place before About 1889 o'clock
that night DE placed his coat a pillow
bench about ten inches below the level of one of
the windows in the station and went TO sleep.
WHEN Shaw came 10 his senses. about two hours
later. he found himself the floor and weak from
the loss OF blood He had evidently tumbled
unconscious To tie AOor after being shot by some
on from outside Of the window above his head
SLlw took a glance around. but signs Of
-u-ruGers presence, and then telegraphed 10
tie terminal Of the West Shore at Hoboken. A
telephone call brought a doctor from the post hos
Tftai the Mllitar- Academy. who discovered that
Shaw had been s in the back Of the head. Shaw
is stin IN the hos Tai :ut his condition is not yet
such as to allow Tie surgeons TO attempt TO remove
the bullet
A close examination Of the station showed that
nothing had been stolen and failed TO reveal an
att rpt AZ robbery. Shaw is unable account for
the attack him. and neither the railroad officials
nor The people at West Point can suggest a motive
for
The second visitation Of the rough handlers"
which has set West Point to worrying lest the
wave q crime sweeping north, last Mon
day rizht What makes the West Pointers more
fearful is that the attack similar TO those
- almost daily occurrence in this city \ Miss
waterman the victim Of this outrage j
--7- os which she has since been confined 70 her
fe5 Mss Waterman had been visiting the family
NJ Lieutenant Colonel Strong. AT the Point. The
horse be occupies Is at the foot Of steep eTbank
-nert Mss Waterman sleeping in rear
chamber on TIE floor level with the foot OF
+ta e-rha- k-ne--. About 1915 o'clock last Monday
morning she was awakened by receiving terrific
hlox ir the sace from a mans fist. Though her
face wzs streaming with blood she TO the win
dow 5ust tirne 70 see man running as tast
as he could III the LiI the back OF the house
When the a-he- OCCUPANTS were aroused and the
aT7-- given trace OF Miss Wateruan's assailanr
couIs be found Medical assistance had TO be sum
rno1e6 70 stop the flow Of blood from the young
zo1a-fs rostris and since then one Of her eyes
has become ha5lv swollen and discolored Inc
1-r-eE States attorney has been informed Of the
case and several Secret Service agents have been
e57- q West Point
Tb1 attack On Miss Waterman. coupled with the
aiding Of crimes Of SIMILAR character IN the New
York newspapers, has made the west FolIi.e-S F9
fearful Cf what may happen Il the perpetrators
s-a not ap0rehended. The whole population -
arc ed al this apparent incursion into the iederal
E-ver r-enr's own territory Of the strong-arIIled
f--gsle. The surprf sing thing about the matter Is
that t-e two attacks could have been conlInltted
within such short period ana in territory that Is
supposed 10 be carefully guarded at all hours of
the Gay and night TO prevent the entrance OF IN
desirable persons. In Miss Waternan's case. the
young woman Is Of opinion that there were at least
men engaged in the attack Tor she does f'I
believe that sufficient time elapsed after the strlk-
.-g q the blow 70 enable her sssailant 10 get so
far 1-p the euhankmeut as tie spot, where she
caught sight Of him