Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-24
Woman Forced to Death Un-
der Moving Car by Thugs.
LIFE CRUSHED OUT OF HER
Motorman Understands Murderous
Purpose Too Late to Stop.
BODY Is DRAGGED FIFTY FEET
Victim Struggles Vainly With Two
Men on Street at Midnight.
Assassins Escape.

NEW YORK. August ga woman was
robbed i'm full view OF an approaching
trolley car and thrown to her death under
the car by two men early this morning
at Goth street and Amsterdam avenue.
The purpose OF the assassins was COM
pretended by the motorman too late TO
allow him to stop the car. Both the per-
petrators made their escape.
Thomas King. who gave the police the
account. was the motorman. He was APP
preaching the Goth street corner at high
speed at 1910 o'clock this morning.
He saw as he drew near a brief scene
that seemed to be the end of a struggle.
Two men were wrestling with woman.
One had his arm crooked around her
throat. The other was tuggng viciously
at something that she would not let so
of.
Thrown Under Fender.
AS the car was almost upon them tie
woman gave single loud scream. The
men together seized her dragged her in
upon the track. almost with danger TO
themselves. and threw or struck her down
under the fender.
The motorman's hands were already at
the brake. But the car carried the wom-
ans body along by its momentum for
nearly fifty feet The wheels were
clamped and did not pass over her. But
she herself was rolled over and over and
so crushed that she WAS instantly killed.
King had yelled the alarm. but was too
much overcome by the fatality to pay any
further attention to the thugs. He ran
out down the front steps of the car aud
collapsed when he saw the dead woman.
Conductor Gives Chase.
The conductor. John Meehan, knew OF
nothing until he heard the woman's
scream. The next instant came the mo-
torman's cry Of alarm. and the. shock. that
threw him violently against the body Of
the car.
He caught himself and looked out over
the side of the platform. He then first
saw the two men responsible for the deed.
Both We're running east on the south
sidewalk of Goth street.
Meehan threw open his gate and dashed
after them. AS he did so he was con-
scious that one OF them disappeared in
some doorway not far down the block.
He ran on after the other. But this man
had already long start. and Meehan
soon lost heart and gave up.
Those on the car looked up Policeman
beat where the deed took place. Seret.
Ryle and Patrolmen Schneider and Tew-
hey joined him.
Boy Found by Police.
They searched the entrances of the
houses to half way down the block. not
withstanding that they found an open side
entrance with a woman's shopping bag
lying on the floor inside, at the very first
house.
The door. open at the time. led into
hallway with a staircase that ran past
several floors of dwelling quarters to the
roof. 1t would have been easy for the
fugitive to gain the roofs by this route.
and afterward make his way down at
leisure through the scuttle of some other
house.
The bag was a wreck. the handle torn
off. the opening OF the bag itself almost
wrenched apart. Inside the bag was
found the sum of SEQ in bills and small
change.
Both motorman and conductor We're
placed under arrest TO await the action
of the coroner. Detectives were sent out
to look for the two unknown men accused
of the womans death.