The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-05
MuIdorOus Attacks Made Upon Persons Accused of As-
 sauItS on Women
INDIAN PALMIST MORBID
 AND NEARLY LOSES SCALP
Young Italian is Victim of Mob Who Mistake Him for Criminal-Race War at Ball Game Adds to
 Troubles of Police,

New York, August 4.-Ano;her murder ons assault was added tonight to the po- lice record of recent crimes against de- fenseless women and girls Tonight's vic- tim was Miss Ellen Bulger a woman of middle age, who was attacked in her apartments in the Bronx, cruelty beaten and left in helpless state.
 The woman was removed to a hospital where It was found that her skull had ap- parently been fractured, her face and hands laeerated and her body otherwise bruised. There was evidence that tho woman had made courageous fight
 From what tho police were able to learn from her. she was surprised by smooth faced stranger, perhaps 40 years of age. He was coatless and wore an outing shirt and dark trousers. He escaped.
 Just before Miss Bulger was assaulted, George Itestner Russian charged with attempted assault upon an S-year-old girl, was set upon by crowd of men and all but killed The clothes were torn from his body and he was taken to a statioA house wrapped in a blanket.
 Indian PaImIst Accused
 
 Indian palmist, similarity accused, and only the timely intervention of police re- serves saved him from summary punish- ment.
 The fighting element among the whites and blacks in the vicinity of One Hundred and Fhirty-sixth street and Fifth avenue, lined up according to their race and ho. gan to settle d dispute. When the game ended fifty persons required medical aud and two will die. Several men fled and 1t took several policemen to settle the mob's differences.
 john McCue and Matthew Murtha rs- ceived fractured skulls and were removed 10 q hospital in a dying condition. The injuries of the others ranged from broken noses to serious razor cuts.
 The trouble star.sd at ball game, where white man and negro had made wager, and subsequently, qua. relied over the settlement and a general row followed. Every sort of weapon was used. and for blocks the constantly aug mented mob surged back and forth while the police reserves from eight precincts hammered away with their clubs. Occu- pants of homes along the line of battle hurled every piece of crockery or fLrni- ture that could be spared down upon the heads of the rioters without impartinlIty. Even women and children joined the
 
 controlled the situation.
 Victim of Mob. Louis Conconela, 21 years of age. was the victim of the blind fury of rioters tonight and will probably die of his injuries. He was innocent of wrong doing. but fell before a crowd deter mined to have revenge.
 Sadie Hamburger, aged 8, who was playing in the hallway of her tenement home In East Ninety-fifth street this afternoon, cried out that man had seized her. The child's father seized Keorge Kestner, n Russian bookb inder, by the throat. The excitement attract ed five hundred men and women. who fought with each other to get a chance at the Russian. Thirty policemen re- sponded to the call and rescued the man, bleeding from score of wounds, and his clothing torn from his back. The police wrapped the prisoner in q blanket and hurried him away.
 About the same time Hlo Saloda nearly lost his scalp In Forty fourth street He was accused of having of fered pennies to a girl of 2 years. The father wanted to know why. and Sa loda showed fight. He slashed about him with 4 penknfe and knocked down a policeman. A crowd of a thousand attempted to attack Saloda, but were
 
 the station.
 Louis Conconela was the victim of circumstances A man and wife quar- reled in one Hundred and Seventeenth street and their youthful daughter went out on the sidewalk and wept pass Ing boy slapped her and ran away. The girls cries and the running boy aroused the neighbors, who captured the boy The lad escaped and Conco- nela. who had outfooted the other pur- suers was taken by the mob for the girls assailant Overtaken at last. Coneonela was set upon. knocked down and kicked until nearly dead
 When John Bulger returned to his nat tonight according to the story he told the police, he found his mother lying unconscious on the floor. He re- vived her and she told him she had been assaulted by an Italian who had escaped.