The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-10-13

On the only other plot on the block is the
house of Mr.. Waugh. He is machinist
at the Brooklyn navy yard. has owned
his home for tourt, on years and is pros
porous enough to keep an automobile.
at which he was tinkering in his garage
back oi the house when his daughter was
waylaiu
The entire episo-', the attack. the
carrying Of the u'v, 49,. :ous girl from the
sidewalk back into In" grass and weeds
fifty feet from the highway and the find
ing OF Miss Waugh 10y her mother after
the girl had recovered her senses and had
crawled TO the sidewalk consumed no
more than twenty minutes II was $50
o'clock when she alightcd from TN" car,
In which she was the only passenger.
and it was 8.55 o'clock when her mother,
strolling toward the car line to see II sh"
had been delayed, heard her calling
Mamma! Mammal"
And during this twenty minutes there
was almost a procession of police ana
railroad men down Fifth avenue past the
spot where everything took place. AZ
$50 o'clock Lieut.. Roche and Detective
Hennc started from tH" station house
three blocks up t'ilth avenue, walking
home to supper A. f;3, Inspector Mar
shall of the B X I left the corner 10y
the station house and sauntered down
Fifth avenue II -" that no cars sped too
fast along the stretch of open track i'm
this region of few houses. In ten minutes
he was at seventy ninth street He had
walked right Ivy the field OF goldenrod
and had helrd and seer nothing. AT
63s the policeman on post also ambled
down tn" line Al B:iJ ten minutes
before Mrs. Waugh found her daughter.
Bicycle Policeman John l.. sullivan also
quit the station house and whirred down
that same Fifth avenue.
None of these men heard whisper.
tslt.lrrInpdS
puzzled persons imaginablc when they
heard what mad been going on within
100 feet or 80 of their line q. travel The
reason of Cours" was that Miss Waugh
had made NJ outcry because ii hand
-an unusually big hand" she thought
later-w was over her mouth at the instant
Of the attack and that il was too dark
for anything to be- seen. There is a gas
street ligh, at She Eighty third street
corner. where she lett the car but al the
spot where sh" was beaten down there
was the blackness uf "A Bay Ridge night
before the moon comes up Ana there
was mist
There arc thre, telephone poles BESIDE
the sidewalk any one Of which would hide
q man IL he chose not 10 take advantage
Of perfect conccalmont IN the tail grass.
Miss Waugh was not robbed. Her un-
touched purse Wa, still i'll her right hand
when her mother came upon her. Later
police lanterns revealed her two low shoes.
which had slipped OIL in.o the grass as
che was ca ried by the man. farts of her
clothing were found in the trampled space
where she had been left. In the matted
weeds thera were no footprints. nor were
there anv in a1 area of clayey soil that
lies nearby.
If the suspected Fort Hamilton soldier
proves to be innocent there j. only one
possible lead that the police could see
yesterday. \ week ago Mr. Waugh had &c
order away from his house an Italian who
pretended To he a rag picker, but seemed
to he carrying no Gags He departed Sav-
ing his arms and cursing. Overlooking
no possible chance, detectives are hunting
for the rae picker.
p Chester Hayn. - young travelling mar
for a iewelier III Nassau street. who ha
been keeping company with Miss Waugh
for two years and who arrived at her home
after the assault with two tickets for the
theatre, called on her yesterday and was
the only person besides Or Livingston
and Capt Jacob Van Wagner of the De-
tective Bureau and the family who was
permitted to see her.
Miss Waugh is a graduate of Puh'ic
School l27 and of the Hefliev School. She
IL member of the Dutch Reforme q
Church at Eightieth street and Seconc
avenue. She il stcnographer. employed
by John S. Jenkins a lawyer. Of if5 Broad
way Manhattan