The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-04-26
YOUNG LADY TIED AND GAGGED,
MYSTERIOUS DAYLIGHT RAID UPON
CAPTAIN PARATER'S RESIDENCE.
His Daughter, Aged Sixteen. Caught
I'm the Garret. Tied and Gagged,
and Her Clothes Almost Cut
From iIcr-Escape or
the Burglar.

ming the residence OF Police-Captain j. H..
Parater was entered; his daughter, a
young lady Of sixteen, gagged, her hands
tied, and her clothing nearly cut from her.
She was saved from what worse fate might
have been in store for her by an accidental
occurrence which frightened the desperate
from the house.
PERSONAL.
Captain Parater is the officer in charge
OF the police force OF the Second or Middle
district OF the city. lie has been exceed
ingly vigorous and vigilant in his efforts to
apprehend the burglars who for four weeks
have been depredating upon private resi-
dences in this city.
His house was entered twice and robbed
once on Tuesday, and Tuesday night stones
were thrown at his windows, breaking two
panes OF glass. The repetition OF the out
rage in an exaggerated form yesterday was
designed, as he and his felow-policemen
believe. to east odium upon the force and
to show in what utter contempt the burglars
operating here hold them.
SITUATION OF THE HOUSE.
Captain Paratcr lives on the west side OF
Fifth street between Cary and Canal Going
down towards Canal il is the last residence
oil the right-hand side, and is one OF two
large tenements. Between it and Canal
street there is 4 big LOT used by Mr.. Truman
\. Parker as a lumber-y1rd. Mr.. Parker
has long lumber-house on the upper end
of this lot. Between that lumber-housc and
Ionfai, f.,.'. roc fbapa il n =, yllgt-
way about four feet wide.
The house is OF brick, old-fashioned, and
rOomy. The front yard is three or four
steps above the sidewalk.
The house is entered from the front
by steps leading from the front yard into
the porch: on the side by three or four
steps leading from the sidewalk and enter
ing the allcy-way; or from the rear 10y Il
public alley, upon which the lot abIlts.
The house has twelve rooms. and is four
stories high, or, 10 speak more properly,
consists OF basement, two floors above.
and garret floor.
The parlor is the front room above the
basement.
THE HOUSE GUARDED.
In view OF three former assaults upon
Captain Parater's peace and property, and
Of the fact that at this particular time his
duties nearly always require his absence
from hcme, policeman has been stationed
in the house for the protection OF the Ia
dies and children.
noGicer had stayed there until II o'clock
Yesterday morning. For several hours
afterwards there was none there. Between
4 and ) O'Clock i. VI. Policeman Walton
was on duty there. and was sitting in the
IarlOr. a youth OF about sixteen named
Eddie Walton. friend OF the family, was
also present in another room.
Mrs. Parater was in the basement, and
her husband was on duty.
There were some other persons in the
house, but II Is needless for the purposes OF
this story to locate them.
TIE GARRET-FLOoE.
At the hour named Miss Anne Parater,
4 young lady Of sixteen, and daughter OF
the Captain, passed through the parlor. cN-
changed some pleasantly with Policeman
Walton. and went TO the bathroom and
thence to the garret-floor, where her trunk
was, from which she proposed to get some
wearing apparel TO dress for the evening.
On this gaIrct-1oor there are three
rOoms-two fronting Fifth street, one
fronting the back yard. The doors OF all
three open into 4 small hall. \ window in
this hail looks down upon Parker's lum-
ber.hoIlse and yard. From this hall, also,
descend the only flight Of steps leading to
the lower part OF the house.
THE YOUNG LADY SEIZED AND GAGGED.
Miss Parater had been IN one OF the front
rooms, and was passing through the garret
hall into the back garret room, when she
was seized from behind, towel thrust into
her mouth. and her hands tied before her.
She further SAYS: was seized 50 suddenly
and was 80 much frightened | could not
speak if | had had the chance; but ! did
not have the slightest opportunity. The
man first crammed towel into my mouth.
Then he took towel and cut it into strings
and tied Il piece of [kindling1 wood in my
mouth. You can see heie where it cut my
lips and made them bleed [thc mark was
plainl. He had a razor in his hand, and
with it he cut and >lashed my dress all TO
pieces.
CUT THROUGH THE CORSET.
Portions Of the young lady's clothing
were shown the reporter. They were cut
and hacked badly. Her corset had too long
rents IN it, The extreme wonder is how
the razor failed to touch the skin.
Was il a white OF black man?
think. said Miss Parater. he was a black
man. | am sure he was; but | can hardly
saw that | saw him, was 80 badly fright
cned. There was mattress upon the hall.
floor. brought from one Of the bedrooms,
when or by whom do not know. This
he rippcd open also with the razor. and
threw me down upon it. He gathered it
upat the sides, and with great oath he
sWore that he meant to smother me.
A CRASH.
Now, while all this was going on upon
the garret (or iourih-story) ball, Policeman
Walton was quietly seated in the parlor-
that is, on the second fioor-the door be-
tween him and the hall open. All at once
he heard tremendous crash. Runnlng
ont of the front door and INTO the porch,
he saw in the alley-tlat Is, the four or
tiyc-foot alley between Captain Parater's
house and Parker's lumber-house-a win
dow.sosb. all smashed to pieces. Eddie
Walton. the youth heretofore referred TO,
unon the alarm. ran into the parlor, got 4
nistol tberefrom, and rushed up stairs until
he rot TO the gqrrct. There, he says, he
found Miss Parater lying on the mattress
near fbe hall window, q razor by her side,
and n handful Of. her own hair on
fine floor. her hands tied and the gag
In her mouth. Having removed the gag
from her mouth. she said "Untie me, Ed.,r
and be tben Ioosed her hands. Observing
y coIored man on 4 pile OF lumber in Par
ter,s ward. she shouted to him for help.
EJJ;o Walton said yesterday evening
that the knots were securely tied; but that
the Icons were not tight upon the wrists.
The string was OF shreds OF towel. [she
had cone upstairs with towel thrown
80. r.. .honlder1 The gag was tied he