<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0fNU4V_0vjLCs2M00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0fNU4V_0vjLCs2M00" width="363" height="755" ></figure>This story of a violent attack on two women on a frequently traveled street in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, comes from the pages of the Harrisburg Daily Independent, April 13, 1883:________________________________________DASTARDLY CONDUCTA Ruffian Named Rumberger Assaults a Woman at LykensThe Lykens Register of today says: An outrage was perpetrated last Sunday evening on our most frequented street such as we do not remember to have ever before been committed in this borough. Mrs. Frank Radel and Miss Elmira O’Neil were on their way home from a call on a sick friend, and when a few steps east of the drug store of Bralier and Company, on Main Street, they met four young men, one of whom committed a violent assault upon Mrs. Radel. Dr. Bralier, who had just stepped out of the drug store, found the lady reclining on the iron railing in front of “Squire Garman’s residence, almost prostrated and suffering from the shock, so much that she was unable to speak for the moment. Miss O’Neil stated what had happened, and after calling Office Neiffer, who was in the drug store, the doctor tendered his protection to the ladies and saw them safely home. The assaulting party was recognized as Amos Romberger, a young man who makes his home with his father, Henry Romberger, a short distance west of this borough, and has a watchmaker shop in Williamstown. The young ruffians ran down Filbert Street, pursued by Officer Neiffer, who, however, failed to take them. Romberger was arrested on Tuesday morning and taken before “Squire Ferree, on information lodged by Mr. Radel, who held him to $200 bail to answer at court, Mr. James Fennel becoming his surety.________________________________________Story from Newspapers.com.Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.</div></body>

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Lykens – Women Assaulted on Street, 1883

This story of a violent attack on two women on a frequently traveled street in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, comes from the pages of the Harrisburg Daily Independent, April 13, 1883:. ________________________________________. DASTARDLY CONDUCT. A Ruffian Named Rumberger Assaults a Woman at Lykens. The Lykens Register of today says: An...