WOMAN ASSAULTED BY MAN WITH KNIFE; HAS BEEN ARRESTED.
Item
- Title
- WOMAN ASSAULTED BY MAN WITH KNIFE; HAS BEEN ARRESTED.
- Source
- Perth Amboy Evening News (NJ)
- Date
- 1903-10-03
- page
- 1
- Identifier
- https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85035720/1903-10-03/ed-2/?sp=1&q=%22Assault%22+%22Assaulted%22+%22Assaults%22&r=0.332,0.251,0.867,0.402,0
- Crime
- Assault
- Subject
- Slashed , family , attacked , adult
- Gender of alleged offender
- Male alleged offender
- Gender of alleged victim
- Female alleged victim
- Law enforcement involved
- Police
- Stage of the Legal System
- Arraignment
- Location
-
In state
Perth Amboy - Length of story
- 341
- Description
- WOMAN ASSAULTED BY MAN WITH KNIFE; HAS BEEN ARRESTED. Police Summoned to North AMboy – Man Said to be Her Husband…Met Her in the Woods as She was Going to Work – Her Cries Scared him off and help Arrived – Said to have Bad Record…Is now Awaiting a Hearing. Mrs. John Takac, who lives in North Amboy, near the Woodbridge junction, was attacked in the woods between her home this morning while on her way to work in the local cigar factory. The assailant is said to be her husband and the police arrested him this morning. The woman was slashed in the face twice with a knife. She was carried to her home where she lies in a delirious condition. A telephone message from the railroad tower summoned the police to the scene. The woman , it is said, does not live with her husband. She started to work about 6 o’clock this morning and was met in a lonely place in the woods. The woman called for help when assaulted and this scared the man away. Some of her friends hurried to her assistance and she was taken back home. An effort was then made to get medical assistance. In the meantime the husband returned to the house and fearing that he would do more harm, the police were summoned. At the sight of them the husband fled. He was employed at the American Smelting and Refining Company’s plant and the police went there in the hope of getting him. The man was evidently watching them, for when they left the house, he returned. A News reporter found him there later, but he could not speak English and he refused to talk through an interpreter. From a woman who lived in the house it was learned that the man was supposed to be living with several different women that a few days before the one who was attacked took him to task. The prisoner is now held in the lockup awaiting a hearing. It is thought the woman’s injuries are not serious.
