Show SOCIETY WOMEN FIGHT A BURGLAR PUT UP DESPERATE BATTLE WITH MAN WHO WIELDS A KNIFE GIRLS HAND NEARLY SEVERED Try to Save Mother Who Was Attacked At-tacked By Bandit and Struggle Bravely to Prevent EscapeTell Story at Trial of Accused Mlnuola L Testimony concerning concern-ing a battle between two society women wo-men mil a burglar was given in the BUnremo court here in tho trial ot John Lewis Doty a painter for burglary burg-lary Iur eny und assault The chief witnesses wero society women and tho general Interest In the trial caused many ieminent persons to gather in tho umrt room Among them were Mrs Adele S Townsend widow of Bookman Townsend whoso fine house in Old Mill road Oyster Bay not far from the home of Col Theodore Roosevelt was entered on tho morning of Juno 10 last Her two daughters Ada und Elizabeth and her niece Elizabeth L Hal soy of Media Pa also wero witnesses Ada Townsend and Miss Halsey testified tes-tified they engaged in a light with the burfjlar and prevented him from assaulting Mrs Townsend Tho encounter en-counter was fierce for in it Miss Townsend wits felled by a blow from an iron bar and Miss Halscy was stabbed in tho arm and her fingers wore almost severed as she grabbed the knlfo Her Injuries wero so great that sho was in the hospital for three months The testimony revealed tho fact that tho burglar on entering the house attempted to attack Mrs Townsend Town-send Doty who has done odd jobs in Oyster Bay homes for several years denied the charge Ho said he hat an alibi Ho was defended by John J Graham who sought to weaken tho testimony of society women by em phiislzlng a doubt on their part that they really recognized Doty HB the burglar District Attorney ones in his openIng open-Ing address explained that the burglar entered the house shortly after midnight mid-night He made his way to the roam of Mrs Townsend On that night Ada Townsend was occupying tho room with her mother Sho was awakened by a premonition of danger Colds said and saw a man dodge behind the door and afterward go to Mrs Town I I i t lull II r I i I Struggle with the Burglar sends bed Mrs Townsend was roused by her daughters screams and she herself yelled for help Miss Halsey the first witness jumped from the bed in her room across the hall and clad in her nightgown night-gown ran to Mrs Townsends room As sho entered she said she saw by the dim light a man on Mrs Town sends bed and struggling with both the matron and her daughter Ada Miss Townsend caught the burglar by the shoulders Miss Halsoy said but was Knocked to the ground by a blow from an Iron bar She made a second sec-ond effort to grab tho man but was knocked senseless Miss Halsey said sho then seized tho man but was knocked down His Ing to her knees she seized tho burglar burg-lar again Then tho burglar drew along a-long knife and plunged It Into her arm She caught the knife as he pulled it out she said and he drew the sharp blade through her fingers almost severing them She fought pluckily on and in tho scuffle managed to pull a mask from the burglars face She got a good look at tho intruder in-truder and she was positive the prisoner pris-oner was tho burglar She next received re-ceived aid from Elizabeth Townsend she said and the burglar finally broke away and jumping from a window fled Mrs Townsend had her head out of tho window and was calling loudly for aid The two Townsend girls gave almost al-most the same testimony as Miss Halley Hal-ley but they were not so positive about the Identification The two Miss Townsends thought the man looked like Doty Graham succeeded In weakenlnr their testimony somewhat some-what |