The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-07
MORE NEAR GRIMES"
IN THE METROPOLIS
NEVER BEFORE HAS MOD VEN
GEANCE so FREQUENTLY
ATTENDED, ATTACKS.
(By the Associated Press. }

NEW YORK, Aug. 6.-More of
what has come to be known at police
headquarters as near crimes"
against girls, were accompanied by
"lynchings today. Out of the scores
of complaints reaching the police, a
half dozen demanded serious atten-
tion. Whether the number is extra
ordinary is disputed, but certain it is
that never before has mob vengeance
SO frequently attended attacks upon
children.
Led by woman who, alternately
in Italian and broken English, cried,
Avenge my daughter" reckless
crowd of 1000 persons tonight
stormed the Fourteenth street car
barns of the Metropolitan Street Rail-
way company, where policeman had
sought refuge with a seriously pum-
meled prisoner. Paul Sorgerate, a
Greek peddlar, 80 years old, had
made the mistake, it is charged, of
kissing Grace Josco, an Italian of IL
years. A shrill cry from the girl and
an impassioned appeal by the mother
put the foreigners of the neighbor-
hood into rage, and as the Greek
took to his heels, crowd pursued
him. When a block had been covered
Sorgerate stumbled and fell, and the
mob was upon him, and kicked him
nearly senseless. The Greek, pow
erful man, nevertheless gained his
feet, only to be knocked down again.
By this time some one had snatched
clothes line from the window of
grocery store and the rioters at
tempted to put a moose over the Of
tenders head. Only the over-eager-
ness of each riOter to have a hand in
the lassoing saved the peddler's neck.
During the confusion policeman ar
rived and dubbed his way to the en-
dangered man. For moment the
crowd fell back, and within that time
the officer had dragged his man to
the nearby car barns. Concealing his
prisoner in car the officer waited
assistance while the rioters threw
themselves against the doors in an
effort to force an entrance. Police
reserves stood off the mob while the
Greek was hustled into a patrol wa
gon. They passed through the crowd,
who cried xiii him. Lynch him."
but the policemen fought their way
to the nearest station house. Sorge-
rate was in bad shape, but it was
thought inadvisable to try and re-
move him to hospital His eyes
wereblackened, nose broken, scalp
torn, face lacerated and his body
black with bruises.
Cheated of their man, the crowd
vented its fury on CASTOR Keriskell
an unoffending workman, homeward
bound. AS he was pahsing the riot
ers he was pointed out by boy, at
the same time yelling, That's the
mans friend. He was there, too"
heriskell was pounded until he was
unconscious. The police finally got
the injured man and removed him to
the hospital.
Edward Pratt, a millwright, 46
years of age, had q somewhat pecu-
liar experience late this afternoon in
West 57th street. Nellie and Helen
Farrell, each about 10 years of age,
accused Pratt of improper remarks.
He was frightfully mauled before res
cued from a mob by the police.
There is not any crime wave,"
said Superintendent Jenkins of the
Society for the Prevention of Cruel
ty to Children, today. Il mean by
that that our statistics show no in
crease in the number of actual as
saults committed upon girls under 16
years. Our clerical force has just ex-
amined the records to make sure
whether there is or is not any war
rant for published assertions that
this phase of crime shows marked
increase.
1T Is very easy for mother or a
father to take alarm at perfectly in
nOcent careSS bestowed by n grown
person upon a child and to infer a
criminal motive.
"At this season there is always a
relative increase in the number of
assaults and attempted assaults up
on girls under 16 years of age. They
have not, however, increased relat-
lively to the increase of population.
There are about the same number to
date this month and last that there
were in July and August of 1906"