New-York tribune., 1911-02-18
BRICK THROUGH MISS
HELEN GOULD'S WINDOW
Thrown by a Tramp Who Asked.
for Charity at Door and Was
Refused, Police Think.
WOMAN STRUCK ON HEAD
Mrs. Scholes Was Sitting IN LII
brary When Missile Flew In,
and Man May Have Mistak-
en- Her for Miss Gould.

A niece of brick seven or eight pounus
in weight was thrown through one OF tie
library windows of the home OF MISS
ue,en Miller Gould, at No. $40 Fifth ave-
nue.. last night. The stone hit MIS- Eu-
ward Scholes at the base OF the SKULL
but an abundance of hair saved her from
serious injury. 1t made palnful pruise'
but Mrs. Schoes refused the offer OF a
noIiceman to call a doctor She sald
che might send for her own physician.
The police believe the stone was
thrown by a beggar whose plea for aims
had been refused at the door a few MIN
utes before the crash and that the brick
was intended to hit Miss Helen Gould.
The detectives and police of the East
51st street station were securing the
neighborhood for the tramp last night.
Miss Gould was at home at the time,
IN a room next To the library. She was
in the company of the two children Of
her brother. Frank j. Gould. Miss Gould
and the children rushed into the library
in alarm when they heard the crash, but
Mrs Scholes assured them that she was
not seriously injured.
Patrolman Miller was called in from
his beat and was told by the butler of
the incident of the beggar. The butler
told him, Miller said, that an unkempt
man. wearing a black slouch hat, lurched
UP TO the house at $40 o'clock last
night The man held on to the bell until
the butler opened the door and then
said that he wanted to see Miss Gould
The butter told him Miss Gould was
engaged The visitor, who was both
drunk and dirty said he was a friend
of Miss Gould, but the butler refused to
let him in.
Gown and out" and said Miss Gould
had helped him on other occasions He
began to tell a story about a starving
wife and children, but finished abruptly
with Il need the money" The butler
insisted that Miss Gould was busy, and
would not disturb her. but the man was
so persistent that the butler had to close
the door In his face. The man pu, his
foot I'm the door, but could not keep il
there.
AS he left the door the butler said he
heard the man curse Justify and saw him
turn around and shake his fist. 1t wos
perhaps five minutes later that the brick
flew through the window. The library
Is or the 4Ith street side of the house
and the broken window is the last one
Of three. Mrs. Scholes was sitting with
in a few feet OF the window reading by
The light OF a library lamp. A young
woman was also sitting in the library,
but we'll away from the window.
The police think that the tramp went
down 4Ith street a few Yards. where A
building is going up. They believe the
tramp got the brick there and hurled il
from the opposite side of the street. The
profile Of Mrs. Scholes. the police think
was believed by the tramp to be that OF
Miss Gould.
When Miller came i'm Mrs. Scholes
showed him the brick. and he wanted 10
take IL as evidence, but Mrs. Scholes
had regained her composure by that
time and said, smiingly. Il think III
keep that
IL was said at the house later that
Miss Gould was out. Who Mrs. Scholer
was could not be learned.