Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-31
GIRL BLEEDING AND BRUISED
Mysterious Affair Related by a
Resident in the Vicinity
OF Operations.
Tribune Reporter and Young Lady
Have q similar Exciting Expert
rnCc ON sunday Night

\ mysterious individual with u ma
MIA tu heat M Young men and women
Ia Liberty park after dark Is creating
somewhat Of a manic In the ncirhbor-
hood. ON sunday night a Tribune re-
horter who was escOrtine Young
lady Ia her home was surprised to sec
shadow sneaking on them behind
the trees. The next minute there was
a most strenuous fight. The younq
lndN ran screaming across the mark.
while the reporter after a most lively
~ minutes. sent the unknown ss-aiI-
ant living In an opposite direction.
About month ago Grace Clark and
her escort were badly beaten up and
last night a similar case occurred.
No steps have been taken to catch
the fellow by the police and residents
~ the vicinity are talking Of institut.
Ing patrol of their own.
= young man and woman. who have
refused to divulge their Identify. were
the victims of an assault in Liberty
ratk shortly after n O'Clock last night.
| Do which the young fellow was knocked
'i'' 'nsibllity and the girl was se-
D w
! io'' ana head. From the little given
/ Que about the attack. tho agsaiIant IL
/ 7Hiu tp have been a. hold-up imam but
| with IN" refusal of the Young man ana
/ woman Co report Che assault 10 the No.
| h," on to give their Identity 90 those
| WIZ" saw tho latter part off the midnight
l tutH. the "details of the case nrn moi
/ made public
Joseph g. cutler or TIE IdesI Meat
| a. 'd''rr COM aur, and lrsidina az gsi
| smith Fast street. Was standing st
| lhe CORNER OF Ninth South and Seventh
tast streets after "a O'Clock last night
/ waiting for a. homeNard hound .tr
when De noticed "a voune man g.sll-ire
along the west side of the park nud
acting ln nervous manner While ola
| serving him. MI cutler heard the
| screams OF woman and. looking down
| the street saw young girl runnine
| our or thc park almost opposite Rel
mont avenue and followed by Il man.
| who when the street was reached.
! broke and ran iu am opposite direction.
| When Mr. cutler hurried 20 the Young
| woman he found her bleeding al mo
| mouth and from both cheeks, and her
| face showing the marks Of blows The
! young man of the nervous mien Joined
! the group ana 10 was learned that thew
| had been together ana the victims OF
! the assault. while the ass4ilant had
| boon the man who ram
MIR CUTLERs STORY.
an Cutters story Of the affair Is.
The young folks would not give their
names. saying that they did not want
the thing to appear In the papers. ana
AN ] could learn or them was that ths
girl lived on sixth South brtwo--
Fourth and Firth East streets Tho eiri
was badly beaten mp and the Young
fellow had been badly struck too Fr9r6
lot D.. I'D -
one OF tnc park benches when "a man
whom th' girl described as being
youngtsh looking and dark completed.
came up 20 them from out the shadows
and stopped in front OF the young man
on tho bench with the command
Throw up your hands" The eIrT4
companion had replied What DO won
mean when the unknown man with
out another word struck blow that
sent the young fellow backward on the
bench and knocked him unconscious.
The girl said she got up and started o.
run when the stranger or highwayman.
chased after her In the darkness the
girl had stumbled and fell into a small
ditch and before she could get up the
pursuer pinned her TO the ground ana
began beating her about tho face when
Doe ala permit her To- rise and she ran
out Of the park he followed her until
they reached the street Her com
pauion. the man I first saw on the edge
az the park. had found himself alone
when ne recovered consciousness and
while looking FOR the girl was appar-
entity fearful 90 re-cntCr tho park Tho
girl was bleeding prufusely and 7 walk
ga with Thorn as FAR as Fifth East, but
they would not permit me 90 accom-
uauy them home
At police headquarters n1 report M
the AFFAIR from the principals had been
received 700 until noon