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Show MASQUERADING IN BLACK, TWO MAKE ATTACK ON GIRL Violet Bytheway Staggers Home Wi,th Story of Fearful Treatment Suit Lako City, Dec. 30. Gagged and bound, her clothing torn nnd her hair disheveled, Miss Violet Hythoway 1C years old, daughter of Hcnjnmln Hythoway, blacksmith of 305 West Seventh North street, stnggcred Into her homo snortly beforo 12 o'clock Inst night and recited a terrible story of having been attacked by two joung men, believed to bo whlto men masquerading mas-querading ns negroes their hands and faces being covered with lampblack Tho girl Is at St. Marks hospital, though not In a serious condition Leaving n Warm Springs street car at Sovcnth North street, Miss Hythoway Hytho-way proceeded directly toward her homo When sho arrived in front of a acant hoiibo at 31." West Seventh North street two dnrk-faced men sprnng upon her. Sho uttered but a fnlnt scream when ono of tho ns-snilants ns-snilants closed a powerful hnnd over her mouth, crowding her ngninst a fence is front ot the vncant house. Tho other leaped over tho fenco and tho two carried her Into tho house, the front door of which had been left open. D.etalls ot tho tcrriblo struggle that followed In a room In th houso were told by tho girl last night. When she finally was deserted by her assailants some time Inter, her clothing had been torn and sho bore ninny bruises. bruis-es. Until members of her family nnd neighbors discovered blotches ot inmpblnck on her face and black linger imprints on her clothing sho thought she has been attacked by negroes . Tho girl told Patrolman Harry Smith thnt one of her nssnllants wore a yellow cravanetto raincoat. Knter-lng Knter-lng tho vncant house In which the assault took place, ho discovered an overcoat button with threads still at tached of .itie slmllnr to buttons used H lu yellow raincoats. In tho room H where tho girl battled ngninst the H pair tho patrolman found hairpins nnd patches of clothing In muto evl- H donee of n tcrriblo struggle. H When Patrolman Smith hnd told the story of tho attack, patrolmen H wero dispatched to tho district. Tho H overcoat button forms one ot tho H principal clews thus fnr in the hands H of tho polico. Today tho polico will H cxiimlno tho clothing under the pow- B e-ful glnsses when efforts will bo H mndo to find lampblack finger prints. H |