The Detroit times., 1908-08-24
FOOTPADs MURDER
WOMAN; HURL HER
UNDER CAR
ArRocious CRIME PsRPETRAT.
60 IN NEW yoRk ~ HIGHWAY.
MEN AhesRsp AT VICTIMS Re.
slsTAhcE.

NEW YORK, Aug 2t-Two high
wAymAn bent On robbiss . wsndress
ed woman ut Niaetisth-st and Am
sterdam-avs. at 1875 q. N. today, be
came % inflriated when she scream
cd and tined " nSht. that they drag
gsd her from tAs stdswalk and hurled
her In The path Of . trolley ear As
the cor cr,AAhsd the life out OF her
they escaped.
The woman who appeared 10 be
about IS ysAry sld was seea walking
fas, through Ninsty.drstsi., sppar'
rLly coming from the subway station
NJ Ninety.arst-st and Broadway. In
her right hand abe carried . rsticuls
and she sesAAd TO be hurrying home.
She turned ~ AnstsrdAm-ats ana
vas walking past . vacant let IN
closed BY q fence tsn feet high. As
abe reschsd the corner, two men
ssrsus sai a. hsr oss seized her
hand oa8 and tried 70 wrest It ffetR
her grasp wAile his companion teat
her in The taet.
Fishts or Hsr Assaiiants.
Tho woman fought the men on and
screamed unLil the nan behind began
choking her. sui shs tough with
her free hand. holding the eaS with
the other
The woman was seen struggling and
heard screaming by some men al
Eixhty .ninth-st. AZ drst they oehey.
I'd the men and women were engaged
Ia horse play.
An Amstsrdsm,avs. car came whiz
Eins down the gfads between NINETEEN
and Ninety-seeonA-sts. in charge OF
Motorman Thomas King end Conduc'
for John xsehAn King saw the strug'
gle on the sidewalk and saw the men
drss the woman over the curbins.
Just ~ his car got almost opposite
them. one OF the men seized the WON
an by the shoulders while the second
man, having forced the hand bag from
her, seized her wrist and pulled her
forward.
As the car came upon the trio. the
Two men lifted the woman from the
around and hurled her across the
tracks. The fender passed over the
woman and abe wAs caught under the
guard. The ear could not DO stopped.
such Vas is momsntnm until IL had
reached Eghty.ntnth-st. The woman
xAs then fast under the wheels.
Chase the Mvrdsrsrs.
Conductor MsshAA Aad several pas
sengers bad Witnessed the murder.
They sprang from the car and when
the two men began TO run est through
Ninstieth.st. the conductor and the
passengers followed One Of the men
Yves seen to enter the rear door Of 4
ssloon ut the southeast corner. When
Msehan tried TO set into The place,
the door wss locked.
tue second man continued 10 run
and was seen TO enter the stable OF
Philip Wagner Z Sons. between Am.
xterdam aud Coiumbussvss. Several
men ran into the stable and then
waited the arrival Of the police.
When the woman Was attacked. Po-
hcemsn stanton, Ryan, Suyder and
Toohey, Of the West One HundYsdth.
ut. station, heard her screams and
were running toward Ninetieth-st.
when the car crushsd out her life
They followed the conductor aud pas.
sengers and ar the rear entrance OF
rhe ssfoou they beat IN the deef-z--
Find the AsEsuIs.
At Tho entrance they found the w0
man's reticuls. II contained $3.50 and
a handkerchief, on which was the In
itisl, H" The handkerchief was not
cheap, and the initial was hand-sm-
broidered No one wsz found In the
saloon and when the police reserves
came. they surrounded the block.
On entering the stable. the police
found several OF the passengers talk.
inx With a man who later said ne was
John Dunn, % years old. OF 51+ West
Twentieth-st
Arrested Alleged 9tshlemsn.
A policeman ssissd Dunn and de-
manded that be explain hts presence
In the stable.
I'm employed hare" said Dunn.
Il have not left the stable tonight and
tsyent seen o stranger enter"
Dunn had been told Of the murder
on Amsterdam-avs. He said:
Il know absolutely nothing about
this; ! only wish ] did
The police took Dunn to the station
house and locked him up on suspicion.
A search OF every house on the block
was then made. No suspicious per
500 was found.
AL this while the body OF the muir
dered woman was pinned under the
car while men strained TO lift II from
the trucks. A wrecking car was call
ed aud The body released after hall
An hour. The police then arrested
Notormsn King. who had collapsed
and made . technical charge OF
homicide against him. Conductor
Meehan was also held - = witness
mas absolutely nothing about
the woman by which abe could be
Identified except the letter. H" on
her handkerchief Her clothes were
clean and well made. and the sugges
ton was made that she was q trained
nurse.
She was stockily built, about I'VE
feet, four inches tall. weighing about
100 pounds and had dark hair and
complexion.