The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1908-01-15
CRIME WAVE
SWEEPING OVER
RHODE ISLAND

crime wave is sweeping through
Rhode Island.
Berinninr with the Eddy murder In
Greenville. there seems to have oeen =
rapidly increasing number or cases ol
robbery and assault added TO the police
hlotters dav bv day. cases OF burglary,
hold-ups on the highways and even III
tho streets OF Providence, the netropolis
az Rhodas Island. In several cases buriy
r1,ffians have entered houses in which de-
fcuceless women were alone ana ueihaHu-
ed money under threats OF horrible heeus.
Yesterday and last night aodeu iou, ,,'
moro cases OF assault TO the rapidly
lengtheninc list OF crimes which swell
the crime wave. In no one case or as
sault or robbery which has come win
the astonishing increase In crime In thl'
vicinity OF late has the pcrpetTator peeh
discovered UP to this time.
The town OF Smithheld has had ono
murder followed by other assaults WITH
in the past two weeks which have re-
duced the inhabitants of this place 10
state of intimidation. 1t would appear
that n citizen cannot walk upon lhe
streets after dark without running FISK
of being sandbagged or leave ms wire m u,
his home with the assurance that she WIZ
not be the object OF attack by some Oh
the brutal assailants now at large. There
were two such attacks yesterday, one IN
! the northern part OF the city near the
North Providence line and another III
New Village. Thornton.
| YESTERDAY afternoon about 315 O'Clock
while Mrs Josephine Fleming was ous-
| ily engaged in attending TO her house
hold tasks rough. burly looking strbh-
GER entered the house. Coming upon Mrs.
| Fleming unawares. he seized her by the
| throat choked her and threw her Vio-
llently against the stairs In the pack en-
| trv OF the house. The man, who appae-
entity was afraid Of someone else pelnS
In the house. then disappeared
| An unknown man entered the house ol
Mrs Fred Farrell on Pocasset avenue ~
tbe New Village, Thornton. yesterday
and gave her a vicious blow on the ston
ZACH which sent her groaning TO th
Iuoor. where she lay writing in pain whil'
the stranger ransacked the house 10
money. He secured the contents or
nurse which he found In bureau
drawer. II Is thought that Mrs. Fare
will recover.
on Spring street East Greenwich, las
evening Robert Price. a colored youth
who was carrying package througI
that street was set upon by two strang
ers one of whom hit him on the lead wit
a heavy club and knocked him down. ~
the victim OF the assault had no money
lupon his person, no booty was secure
I'm the attack.
since the dastardly murder Of Mis
Mary Eddy I'm Grecnville 10 days ago
nearly dozen violent assaults have beer
lcommitted the most important OF thcs
lbeine on Miss Esther Dean Browning II
Auburn; on William VI. Bahan In Green
willie: on Fred Jenkins In this city; oi
Lawrence Craphan In Centredale; oi
Michael McDoodo In Olneyvllle; the bur
glaries ut the homes or William II. Good
win and Frank r. Ballou on Christina
day and an attempted break ut the Hart
ford avenue car barns In Olneyvillc.
Such are the principal deeds in the lon'
lists of outrages to their persons and Z
Ithelr property which the people arc nov
lbeing subjected by the ever increasiui
numbers of criminals who At present IN
at these parts.