Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-22
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Young Woman Has Desperate
Fight With Four Men.
WAS BOUND AND GAGGED
Escapes by Throwing Herself From
Second-Story Window.
PHYSICIANS SAY SHE MAY DIE
Injured Girl Gives Police the Names
of Two of the As
sailants.
SAY SHE MAY DIE
special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
PATERSON. n. J., November a.
Mamie Sullivan, a pretty fifteen-year-old
nurse girl, Is lying in critical condition
at the home OF her. parents today at
No. 80 Putname street, following an at
tack which was one of the most brutal
and cowardly that has come to light in
recent years in this city. The victim
is little more than a child, of slender
build, and it is due to her nerve that
the police today are close on the heels
of her assailants.
The little girl was on her way to the
railway station late last night to take
she has been employed in the home OF a
wealthy family. Her path led her down
River street and while she was passing
a deserted and fire-ruined building she
was suddenly halted by four young men.
There was no exchange of greetings, but
In an instant one of the men had seized
the girl in strong clasp and a handker-
chief was stuffed into her mouth. There
was no chance Of an outcry. The girl
was securely gagged and while she fought
and struggled to free herself from the
grip of the four men her strength was
exhausted. and she was carried to the
second floor of the old charred building,
safe from intrusion or interruption.
The assailants were not content with
gagging the girl and choking her into
semi-consciousness. They produced a
her back. Even bound and gagged the
weakened girl did not let up in her fight.
She in some way managed to force the
handkerchief from her mouth.
Denounces the Men.
Then she denounced the men, declaring
she knew each of them, and made 1t plain
that they would pay a heavy penalty for
their crime. Although her hands were
aged to gain her feet. And then began
fierce unequal struggle. The men were
unable to control the girl who now
fought like a young tigress. But her
strength was fast giving way. and she
knew it. Then it was that she found
death would be a welcome relief, and she
lunged toward the window that opened
on the street. She paused but a moment
On the sill, and, breaking free from the
grip of the men, hurled her body out into
space.
It looked like death as her body shot
were bound fast by the rope and she
could do nothing to break the fall. The
thud of the body striking the sidewalk
was enough to put to rout the four men
They looked out of the window and one
glance sent them scurrying away in the
darkness.
Pedestrians Stumble Over Body.
The young woman lay unconscious or
the sidewalk until passersby stumbled
over the body. The thongs were cut
away, and hasty examination showed
that the girls face had been horribly
bruised by the fall. Her front teeth had
been knocked out, and it was feared her
back had been broken and that she was
suffering from internal injuries. Neigh
bors came up who recognized the uncon-
scious form, and Mamie Sullivan was
lifted up and carried to the home Of her
parents. Physicians were hastily sum-
moned to the house. They are skeptical
on the question of whether the girl will
live.
In a moment of consciousness she was
able to give the police the names OF two
of her assailants and a faithful descrip-
ton of the others.
One of the men whom she names has
been recognized as sutton, who has been
frequent in his attentions to the girl and
lives near the Sullivan home.