New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-14
Assaulted and Stabbed in
Revenge Plot Over
Death of Bulldog.
POLICE IN SEARCH
FOR CHORUS GIRL
Chauffeur Wanted in Alleged
Conspiracy Forced Her to
Wed. Letters Reveal.

\ story concerning the hiring OF gang
men TO beat up man for revenge Whic"
first became public through two anoily
nous lettc-s. one received by Arthur
Woods. secretary to Mayor Mitchell, ana
tho other by Detective Frank Cassassa'
WAS the subject OF investigation yesterday
by detectives of the West looth stre~'
police station. The detectives are search-
ing for a woman and chauffeur VINO
are supposed To he responsible FOR the
beating administered to Maurice Neat
ing q contractor. of No. 100 West lOith
street. on February - Efforts were also
made 70 substantiate charges of con-
spiracy.
The woman is said TO be fomer chorus
girl. whose life on Broadway attracted
considerable attention some years aso'
Since the supposed assault, II is salu' snc
was married to a chauffeur
The assault on the contractor II Was
said. was the result of the mysterious
death of a bulldog owned by the woman
who lived i'm the same house as hedtlhs'
at No 105 West 10ith street. According
TO Heating. some time in January the
dog was killed by either falling or Jump
ing from the roof of tho house.
4 woman. who at that time-January -
Iast-gave hcr name as Marie BroWn'
went to the police of the west lVoth
street police station and charged heatirs
with killing her dog. While an entry
was made OH the blotter, Heating was
not made a prisoner. The charge was
Withdrawn. The body Of the dog was
taken away by the Stephen Merritt buria'
Company. The police have learned since
that the dog fell from the roof.
Nothing further was heard of the al
fair until the night of February %, when
Heating was assaulted by two men III
Central Park West and lo4th street
Heating charges that while walking III
Central Park West two men jumped from
a taxicab. one held revolver 10 MS
head while the other slashed him win
knife. Both men escaped, one III the
taxicab and the other by scaling t"e
mark wall. After being attended by an
abundance surgeon, who found that the
slash in his neck was only a fraction or
an inch from the jugular vein. Heating re-
ported TO the police. The police were OF
the opinion that the assault was cdSe
OF mistaken identity.
The letters received by Secretary Noou
and Detective Cassassa gave details Vi
the dog incident and limited that an III
vestigation would solve the mystery VI
the assault and stabbng. The letter u
Cassassa explained that money was de-
manded of Heating for the lost dog, ana
because of his refusal to pay the woman
had hired assassins TO do him up.
THE gangsters were hired the letter
said "to mark Heating like rat.
After the assault, the alleged informant
goes on, the chauffeur who engaged inc
mel learned that the woman mad con-
siderable wealth. lie gave her the cholce'
II is said, of either marrying him or tax
ing the consequence of his making the
facts known to the police. They are SAID
to have been married on March ., ana arc
now honeymooning on Long Island.
Another version of the affair is that tho
men were 10 be paid 500 for their work.
but instead received only 500. According
to this story, boasts were made among
the gang that they made some easy
money for doing fellow up word or
which got to the police
TWO men charged with the crime were
arrested early yesterday morning on the
Cast side. They said they were Harry
Brissler. of No 1926 Dean street, Brook
lyn, and Stanley Norman. of No. i De
lancey street The men were arralgned
in the West Side police court and held i'll
s.. 900 by Magistrate Simms on the charge
Of felonious assault. Both men were
positively identified by Heating as the
men who had assaulted him. The pris-
oners are said by the police TO be MEM
bors of the "Dopey Benny" Fem gang.