It appeared that this child was on her way to her aunt--her father was a grocer--with a tin of salmon that had been promised and forgotten (that was how she came to be out so late).

As she reached the corner by Barker's Lane a man had jumped at her and seized the tin.

(No; he had not used any other violence.) She had screamed at the top of her voice, and Mrs.Jennings' door had opened.

Then the man had run away.
"Had she seen the man clearly ?" No, she hadn't seen him at all; she had just seen that he was a man.

("Called himself one," put in a voice.) The witness here cast an indignant--almost vindictive--look at Frank.
Then a few corroborations were issued.