Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-25
NURSE FA|NTS
AS SHE F[EES
FROM SLAvERS
Young Woman, Picked Up in the
Street, Tells of Attack Made
Upon Her.

NEW YORK, Jan. 24.-The escape
of a young woman who asserted she
had been captured and held as a
white slave startled scores of persons
at Forty second street and Third ave-
nue. last evening when, as she ran,
she threw up her arms, screamed
and fell to the sidewalk.
When she had told her remarkable
story, upon being revived an hour
later in Fowler Hospital, the police
placed such reliance in her that sew
eral detectives were detailed to find
the place into which she said she had
been dragged from the street.
Miss Margaret Kennedy, an at
tractive graduate nurse. arrived in
this city two weeks ago from her
home at No. 461 North Genessee
street, Utica, N. Y, she said, with
letters from st. Joseph's Hospital,
which she expected would obtain a
position for her In n Madison avenue
institution She obtained a furnished
room in house at No. 265 Schermer-
horn street, Brooklyn, being referred
there by Utica friend.
Having worked steadily for several
years in st. Joseph's Hospital in Uti-
ca, she rested. seeing the city, until
Saturday, when she came to Man
haitian TO present letters to the Mad
ison avenue institution.
Seized by Man From Hallway.
II was early" she said, and stop
ped in at moving picture theater
When l left there / was very warm,
and decided to walk. l reached For
ty-second street, and was near Madi-
son or Lexington avenue, when / was
attacked. l had passed the Grand
Central Terminal, perhaps a block or
two, when suddenly a man leaped
from a hallway and grabbed me by
the throat
"As I screamed, or tried to scream,
the man who had grabbed me tight
ened his fingers about my neck and
another man struck a blow on my
head I was dragged upstairs, and
there, In a hallway, while | struggled
and fought them, a woman placed
cloth over my face l think it was
saturated with ether. / quickly lost
consciousness.
when my senses returned | was
in dark room and lying on bed.
| had absolutely no clothes on my
body. l was daZed, and lay there
long time trying to think what had
happened I heard persons walking
in rooms near me, and subdued
voices, but at first nothing was in
telligible. Finally l heard a woman
say: Never mind locking the door.
She's too weak to move even If she
does come to. She can't dress her
self
mastering all my strength. | left
the bed. My brain was dizzy and /
was very weak. In the dim light
through transom l found articles OF
my clothes scattered about the room
Also there were dresses and articles
of dress there belonging to other
women.
Il picked out mine as best / could
and dressed as quickly as possible and
made no sound. When | was ready
opened the door and then recog-
nized the hall in which | had strug-
gled and where the cloth had been
put over my face.
Runs From the House.
Creeping silently to the head of
the stairs, | lost my caution when
saw the street door open and ran
down as fast as l could and to the
sidewalk. Then | started to run as
fast as ! could. hoping to get far
away from the place before ! could
be overtaken. / felt my senses leav-
ing me as | ran
Dr. Baird and the other physicians
agreed with the detective that the
young woman had not been drinking
hn nj Toll nd 70 p
above the average who relate white
slave stories. They said there could
be no doubt of her responsibility and
sincerity