| Show U WOMEN I 1 PUT UP BATTLE WITH MA WAD WIELDS A KNIFE GIRLS HAND NEARLY SEVERED SEVERE try to save mother who waa was at by bandit and struggle bravely gravely to prevent escape tell story at trial of accused Al lueola L I 1 testimony concern ing A battle beaw bet een two society wo men well an and d a burglar as given in tha the supreme court here la in the trial of john lewis doty a painter for liny lary larceny and aSsa assault elt the chiat witnessed witnesses ft aare era society women and nod tho the general interest lute reat in ja the trial caused many persona persons to cither gither in the court room among then them were ere sirs airs adele 3 S townsend widow of Be eltman townsend whose whoso fine bouse house in old mill road oyster bay daye not far flom bom the home of col theodore roosevelt was entered on the morning of june 10 last her two daughters ada and elizab elizabeth and her niece elizabeth L halsey ot of media pa also were nere witnesses ada townsend and alias allas halacy halsey tea lined they engaged in a ith the burglar and prevented him from faulting mrs airs Towns euil the en witter was fierce for in it 11 allm was felled by a blew from an iron bar and alias ll halsey alser wa was stabbed in tho the aria ap and 4 her finger were almost severed as ehe she grabbed the knife her injuries were eo so great that she he waa vas in the hospital for three thren months the testimony revealed tha the fact that the burglar on entering the house attempted to attack mra airs town end send doty who has done odd jobs in fix ovater bay dar homes for several yearn years denied the chare charre he lie eald said ho he had an alibi he ile was defended br by john J T graham raham who sought to weaken the testimony ot of society women bv b emphasizing pha sizing a doubt on their part that tho th really recognized doty as the burglar district attorney colea coles in bla his opening address explained that the burglar entered the house shortly after mid night he made hie his wa to the room of mrs townsend on that night ada townsend end was occupying the room her mother she was Awa awakened kene by a premonition of danger colee coles said and saw a man dodge behind the door and afterward go to mra aira town St rustle with the like burglar sends bed mrs afro townsend waa was roused by her daughters screams and she the herself yelled tor for help miss halsey the alist witness jumped from the bed in her room across the hall and clad in her night gown ran to mrs alm townsends Town room As she entered ehe she said ehe she saw b by y the dim light a man on mrs urs town bends sends bed and struggling with both the matron and her daughter ada miss 1 townsend caught the burglar by the shoulders miss atlas hal halsey sey said but wits wa knocked to the ground by A blow from an iron bar she made mide a abc bad effort to grab the man but waa knocked senseless mise halsey aid said she then seized the man but was knocked down ills ris ing to her knees she seized the burg tar lar again then the burglar drew a ions long knife and plunged it into her arm she caught the knife as he pulled it out she said and be he drew the sharp blade through her fingers almost severing them she fought pluckily on and in the s scuffle ualle managed to pull put a mask from the burglar burglars face she got a good look at the ia in ruder and she waa was positive the pris onar was the burglar she next re calved aid id from LIl elizabeth townsend she he said and the burglar finally broke away and mud jumping from a window fled fied mr urs townsend had her bead head out of the window and was calling loudly adly for aid the two townsend Town jend girl girls gae gave 0 most tho the same testimony as miss hal at y but they were not so positive about the identification the two mise thought the man looked like doy doly graham succeeded lo 10 weakening weaken inc their testimony som what A |
