The evening world., 1911-08-29
LuRED TO HOUSE,
GIRL ESCAPES AND
y BRINGS RAIDERS
Stenographer Says Five Men
Dragged Her Into Williams
burg Building.
POLICE MAKE ARRESTS.
Locked in Room After Attack,
She Opened a Window and
Jumped Out.
POLICE MAKE ARRESTS.

eobbiny hystericallS. and on the verge
Of collapse, a young woman rushed into
the Stage street police station. Williams
burg. about eco o'clock this morning.
Her knees gave way under her "a she
ciu:ched the railing for support. Lieut..
Jcd.!cka succeeded la composing her
and she told him she was Bertha
Steiner, a stenographer, nineteen years
old. living Mt No. AZ Fast Forty-sevcnth
street. Manhat;ap. and that she had Just
escaped from o house at No. 5ii Johnson
svenue, into which she had been
dragged by five men. who had robbed
her. ana taen attacked her.
She had fought them so desperately.
she said, that they had thrown her into
ii dark room IN the front OF the house
and locked the door on her. The win
dcws we're fastened. The men. with
irother woman. carcused in a room In
The rear. They came to the room IN
which she was a captive, ratified the
lock and howled threats at her.
She was lured to the house, she said.
by a young man whom she knew only
a. willie" and whom she had met
in Manhattan through a Irritation.
Willie" used to bow TO her as he
passed her on the street on her way
20 and from work. and finally they
made each others acquaintance. Last
night no invited her to him
to a dance in Williamsburg. and she
accepted. He brought her to Johnson
venue lined with tumble down frame
buildings. and started to lea her into
No. 5l4. a three-story frame building.
the most dilapidated on the block.
hEsiTATEo At DOOR AND WAS
FORCED INTO HOUSE.
rs this where the dance Is beins
held?" she inquired Of Willie. her sus-
picions being aroused. she says. by the
soualid appearance Of the place and the
fact that except for q single Jet flaring
in . rear room the whole house was In
darkness.
"Yes. this 10 the plr CO; come on in.'
while reassured her. she said. taking
her BY the hand.
But h refused to go in. and While,
still holding her hand. tried to over
como her objections.
A. they stood In front Of the house
arguing. she told the lieutenant. Ave
men rushed out. caught hold of her and
dragged her into tho hallway. One Of
the men. clapped his hand across her
mouth to prevent her from screaming
for help. She struggled against her
captors. but was soon overpowered. In
tho dark hallway. she said. the men
robbed her OF her purse. containing
about IS in change. a gold chain and
iocket and a bracelet.
They carried her into the rear room,
where the single light was burning.
and there they attacked her. but she
fought so hard. she said. that they
finally threw her int the dark front
room.
She covered in a corner while the
men caroused in tho other room. but
as they continued 10 rattle the door OF
the room IN which she was a prisoner
she began to grope about for a means
OF escape. The door leading TO the
street hall was locked. and the windows
fastened. But. by the use OF her hat
pms. She finally managed TO slip back
tho catch on one OF the windows. and
she dropped down a distance OF four
feet to tho area way. Then she climbed
over the area way aHd fled toward
BuShwick avenue, running n distance of
nearly half n mile until she saw the
green liGhts of a police station.
POLICE S.AlD HOUSE AND GET
SIX PRISONERS.