Girl Hit on Head Walking on Street

Article "Girl Hit on Head Walking on Street", Camden Courier-Post, December 23, 1957.
Camden Courier-Post, December 23, 1957
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Girl Hit on Head Walking on Street Miss Marcia Ruttenberg, 19, of 1457 Park blvd., was treated at Cooper Hospital for a head cut Sunday night after she was struck, she told police, by an assailant wielding a lug wrench. The hospital said she was released after treatment in which four stitches were required. Ptl. Arthur Jones said she reported she was walking near Magnolia and Wildwood aves. about 11.40 p. m. when a man asked directions, then struck her with the wrench. The assailant, described as a Negro in his early 20's and wearing a green jacket, fled when she screamed, she told Jones.

Miss Marcia Ruttenberg, 19, of 1457 Park blvd., was treated at Cooper Hospital for a head cut Sunday night after she was struck, she told police, by an assailant wielding a lug wrench.

The hospital said she was released after treatment in which four stitches were required. Ptl. Arthur Jones said she reported she was walking near Magnolia and Wildwood aves. about 11.40 p. m. when a man asked directions, then struck her with the wrench.

The assailant, described as a Negro in his early 20's and wearing a green jacket, fled when she screamed, she told Jones.

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