New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-14
ARREST IN ASSAULT CASE
Austrian. Apparently Demented,
Caught at Fort Hamilton.
GIRL SHOWS IMPROVEMENT
Gives New Clew, with Story OF
Man with Peaked Cap Also
Borne Out by Athlete.

After a chase man. who answers the
description given by Miss Agnes Waugh,
the stenographer who was assaulted on
WEDNESDAYS within two hundred feet Of her
home. at No 43S SD street. Dyker Heights.
as she vas returning from work. was ar
rested late last night at 18th street ard
Shore Road. The prisoner said he was Paul
Kranisky an Austrian having no homo.
He was locked up IN the Fort Hamilton
station "a a suspicious person. He told
the police he did not know how he hap
pened to he ir Brooklyn. as he had left
Job In Aisonia. Conn. 10 return TO his old
home IN Austria. ringngS IN his ears indi-
eating that his relatives were calling him.
Hiss Waugh was considerably improved
Yesterday. but was not yet sufficiently re-
covered 70 give a coherent account Of the
attack on her
She added TO ner previous statement the
fact that the man wore A peaked cap.
This much. she said, she had discovered in
A non1entary period Of consciousness after
she was dragged into the field. She was
recovering from the first choking. and tried
to scream. but her assailant chOked her
again. and she knew nothing more after
that until her mother found her.
The knowledge that the man wore
peaked cap. however, gave the police a
fresh clew TO work on. with the story OF
Michael Spring. OF No. SIS 8+th street.
Spring is a Marathon runner and coach for
the athletic team Of the 14th Regiment. He
was standing ar S4th street and Fifth ave-
nue. on Wednesday night and saw the car
stop from which Miss Waugh alighted. He
stood al the corner for fifteen minutes after
that with his five bulldogs. but told the
police that he heard no sound Of a struggle.
Yesterday. when Spring heard OF the
peaked cap. he told the police his own eN-
periences with a man who wore a cap or
that description. A few months ago spring
lived in 72d street Brooklyn. and while
there had a quarrel with a man living IN
the same house After Spring moved 70
saith street he says. his former neignnor
came down and searched out the house INTO
which he had moved.
Since then he has frequently been IN the
neighborhood with one or more companions.
declaring that ne was going 20 get
SpriDg. Sometimes he would come alone.
and on one occasion he hid in the bushes
near Springs house and jumped out az
Young ElrI WHO WIS Ndrr.ll-f 'rtA
occasions he has been seen hiding behind
large signboard and also hiding behind
telegraph posts. II was on account OF this
man that Spring got his stable Of bulldogs,
and he never goes out after dark without
them
This man is said 10 wear peaked cap
and as the point at which Miss waugh
was attacked is only a little more than
block from Spring house the police are
looking for him
BENJAMIN Putnam. the soldier who was
arrested on Thursday and charged with
stealing a pair OF trousers from comrade'
was discharged yesterday and allowed 10
resume his journey 20 Portland. captain
Phisterer. who Is in command az Fort
Hamilton in the absence Of Colonel White
said Yesterday he was sure none Of the
men ar the fort was concerned in the as
sault as none OF them had returned 70 the
fort drunk or in "A bad condition on
Wednesday night. The police still cling 70
the theory that a soldier was the assailant
Of Miss Waugh.