The Washington herald., 1908-08-21
JAB GIRL RIVAL,
WELDING HATPINS
Four FPenZied Women Are
Pulled Off by Police.
CHINATOWN IN 4 TUMULT
Man Arrested with AssaiIants In
vites Anna Allen to GO Summing
Paramour Is Fired with Jealousy.
Victim Has Fractured skull.

New York. Aug. 25.-Stabbed a score OF
. times with hatpins. welded by four WON
/ en-. one Of whom was enraged with jeal-
ousy. anna Allen. twenty-five years old,
Of 40 West Forty-seventh street. was
taken 10 Gouverneur Hospital early to
day in DYING condition
+ Three Of the women who had attacked
E her. and the man whose attention 10 her
T caused the attack. were arrested and held
. On a charge % assault
Several shots were fred in the fight
/ whichs sf0Ilowed the attack, and not until
I the reserves from three precincts were
called was the excitment ended The
I four women who attacked the other are
all well known n the Chinatown resort
as IS the man who was the cause OF the
/ trouble.
I The Allen woman. who IS pretty. has
not lived in the city long. and had never
. been in Chinatown before. Several days
ago she met John volerte, Of q Cherry
street. and hearing that she wished 10 go
Z through the Chinese quarter. volunteered
I 10 SHOW her all the resorts there The
young woman accepted eagerly. and ar
+ rangemenJs were made Tor the sighJsee-
ing trip
/ This reached the ears Of q woman TO
whom Touerre was formerly friendly.
she Goes in Search.
/ 1Iad6e-ed with jealousy. the woman
started out TO ind the couple. and II one
{ Of the resorts she visited found three
other women who had seen the two, and
2 offered 10 go with her. From one place
7 10 another the women went. IN each OF
{ them having drinks
Vouerte and the young woman whom
( he was plotting through the district had
! in the meantime gone 70 a restaurant.
I thereby escaping from the four for a
time After their meal they went 20
& one Of the resorts where the bartender
I told the man that the four were looking
/ fer him. and that 1t would be best fo-
him 10 get out OF Chinatown with the
young woman If he did not want 70 have
I any trouble
I voIlette laughed at the warning but
I sent q friend out 70 Try 20 locate the
/ four women. and II possible 10 keep them
away from him The man reported that
( the four had goue TO a saloon in PeI
I street. and were with several men well
I known in Chinatown. and that they were
all IN a bad mood. the women having
/ secured the promise Of aid from the men.
Set Watch at saloon
/ Hearing this, vouette and the Allen
/ woman decided II would be best for them
10 go uptown. but before going went 70
/ have a last drink in saloon in Chatham
[ square The women had also sent out a
man 10 watch the couple. and as soon as
the TWO entered the resort word Of it was
4 brought to them
/ The bartender and some OF the men in
/ the resort rushed st the struggling women
/ and VoIlette. and in a second they were
I on the sidewalk in front Of the place.
/ Here several men. friends Of Vollette,
! tried 10 stop the fight. and those who
/ had gone TO the resort with the women
/ tried 10 stop them Several shots were
fred. which brought Detectives Fitzpat-
rick. Finn. and Rockford. who were on
duty in Chinatown. to the scene.
Cannot Recover.
/ Dr.. weigold. Of Gouverneur Hospital.
who was called. found that tbs Allen
woman was suffering from many stab
{ wounds. all Of which came from the hat
{ pins, and that she also had sustained q
/ ing unconscious on the sidewalk She wiz
die. Vollette and the three women viii
{ be srraigned later IN the Tombs police
I court Detectives who are on the case
I say they know the identity OF the fourth
woman, who caused the fight, and viii
/ have her in custody within q few hours
I