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Show MOB'S FURY MISPLACED Causes Death of Child That Might Have Been Saved. NEW YORK, Sept. 4. In attempting to Inlllct punishment on a motorman today (in angry crowd In Clifton strcot caused the death of a llttlo girl who otherwise would have escaped with a few slight bruises. In tho riot that followed several persons wero badly hurt, nnd polico re-serves re-serves hnd a hard fight to disperse tho The victim of the act was Anna Schrin-fchock. Schrin-fchock. two years old. With her father and another man she was being led across tho street when n crowded northbound car rolled the girl under the fender, where thc lay crying, but apparently uninjured. Before the motorman could slop from the platform nnd lift tho fender the crowd made a rush for him. and In the scramble iie was forced against tho controller, IH turning It around and putting on a full Instantly the car shot forward a dls-tanco dls-tanco of 200 feet and the child's body was ground to pieces. Tho sight of tho man-gled man-gled body added fury to the mob, and tho motorman was dragged from tho car ntm 1 nearly beaten to death. A policeman who' Interfered was disarmed and his uniform I lorn off. |