Show I INIGHT BRUTE ATTACKS GIRLS WIT KNifE l IN NIGHT AND DANGEROUSLY WOUNDS ON ONE OYSTER BAY L. L I. I It Jun 16 In In a a. midnight ht b battle in the secluded summer summerhome summerhome home homo of Mrs Beekman Townsend on the tho lonely Mill hill road a masked intruder intruder intruder in in- in- in armed with a sheath knife and an an iron bar beat down four women the solo occupants of the house who discovered dis the covered him prowling through h the rooms looms and slashed one of them so severely severely se so- verely that she may loso lose tho the use of one or both thumbs which were cut to the bone when she grasped rasped the keen weapon in an effort to save one of her friends The assailant then kicked over a a. night lamp and made mado his escape breaking breaking breaking break break- ing through a screen door which barred his way Miss Elizabeth L. L Horsley of Media Pa a guest at tho the house who suffered the sl slashes on her hands is at Nassau hospital at Mineola l where whore she underwent an au operation yesterday afternoon afternoon af at- performed in an effort to save to her tho the use of her thumbs Miss l Bessie Townsend the tho only one of the others to suffer serious injuries sustained cuts and bruises on her head caused by blows from the iron bar Mrs I Townsend and her daughter Ada are arc suffering nervous collapses The cries of the women attracted the attention of Alfred Copeland and David Malone who were returning home from froma a a. dance and they ran to tho house The women refused to admit them at first believing that they might be accomplices accomplices pIkes of their assailant but through h the window asked them t to get a physician physician cian as attempts to telephone from the house were useless |