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Show r t :Tm - -r - TOO ' .. V::::?rr!(c Thief Makes a i):rir.j Attempt at Rob-ury, Rob-ury, and Narrowly Escapes Lynching:. . ; ' -'- " , I : KEW.TOnic,,'jan. j.-i-Henry ''.Gooi. ' rnr.ii, 19 years oil. was arrested Just before be-fore jnlJn!c-ht charged with having at-, at-, atteiT;i,tc(l. to cut off a J'oung, woman's hand to obtain the diamonds displayed .1 ; .011 her' flrtfofa. The attack was made. I In. the , full , view of -scores of J merfy- f makers, including the woman's esoort X - Mi-s 'May' Matthews and Miss May ;LreTU started out with their escorts for an. nutomoliile rids, and later, went -to suvpix. " At 11 o'clock the fitartiwas mRde for home., Soon something went wronj with the. machine .and the two iren rot own to examine it. "-.Miss Lewis held a hand bag. which contained . a small amount of money. ! On the fingers fin-gers of Mis MaUhews's left hand glit-. terefl diamonds;worth, it is said, fully ' " JliJO. ; 1 ... ; ' ,Y. . Ca :Tden ' Assault. .' v '' I yuJilenly from the crowd sprang a young njan who, hefd in one hand a , knife with a lung'nud exceedingly keen Made. From Mlas IawIs he crabbed . the bax slie was carrying, and then. seizing 'Mips' Matthews by the fingers.! he drew his kni;e across her knuckles( cutting a dop gash. ' The young wo-' , man shrieked with fright and pain and h6r assailant, waiting. to make another , ' . effort to sever her hand-, brandished his knife in the faco of those who sprang to the reFcue ana .dashed west along Houston etrc'et. After a long chase be , wa captured, but did not surrender! - " vntil beaten Into subjection by a police-! . - . ; man, .' ;.. . .. . .. , . ; - , .' . ; Tlireats of lynching. ,: v- , ,', O The gmtral Impression was that an j .. attempt had been made to murder the . trirl, and had It not been for the pollce-" pollce-" p. an Into whose hands -Goodman fell, ' v ' - he would. have fared badly. The ofH-; ofH-; cer had to fight off the pursuers and at I , the same time prevent his prisoner from r stabbing him with the knife which had , ; , ben 'used on Miss Matthews's hands. . With much difficulty Goodman was ta-iken ta-iken to the station' house, where he said vm, j he Intended to cut1 off the' girl's hand ' r - for the rings she wore. t - , |