Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-10
A MIDNIGHT INTRUDER.
The Room Of Mrs. Reese Evans an
Her Daughter Invaded.

The police Of the South Washington precinct
are completely at sea regarding an affair which
occurred in that section OF the city at an early
hour yesterday morning. Sergeant Smith and
Ofhcer Hutchinson were sitting at the station
house door about 1880 o'clock when they
heard screams and cries of help" in the d.
rection Of F street. They went in the direc-
ton OF the sound and found Mrs. Reese Evans.
an aged widow, and her daughter, Miss Bessie
Evans, badly frightened because all intrude.
had been in their room and had attempted to
use chloroform on them. r7 %.
OCCUPANTS OF THE HOUSE.
Mrs. Evans is the widow of the late Reese
Evans, the contractor and builder, who for
many years kept stone yard on LIST street near
the foot of Capitol Hill. She and her daughter
i've AT Ola r street. and rent the rear room on
the second foor to Charles Kuhn, a fireman in
No. company, and his WIFE, Mrs. Kuhn was
down the river. and her husband was alone in
the room that night He returned home Tues
day night between II and II o'clock, being of
duty.
MANS HAND OVER HER MOUTH.
Mrs. Evans was awakened by feeling a mans
hand over her mouth, and says that for a
moment she was unable to scream or make anv
outcry. The only thing for her to do was to
oAo" ASAt, anu TIE brave Ola lazy Instead OF
falnting attempted to pull the in.ruder's hand
on her mouth, and il SO doing her hand and
face were scratched.
THE DAUGHTER GRABS THE INTRUDER.
This aroused the daughter, and when she
awoke the man was still Mt the bedside. She
grabbed Mt the intruder, she says, and caught
him by the shoulder. She SAYS that he WAS a
large man and she does not think he was a
negro. although she could not tell exactly
whether he was white colored. The man.
Miss Bessie saws was in his undershirt and
she grabbed him by the arm, tearing what she
SAYS was gauze undershir:. In the excite.
ment neither Mrs. Evans nor the daughter
could tell which way
THE INTRUDER LEFT THE HoUs-.
When the police arrived they found the
house securely fastened except that the second.
story windows were open. On the floor near
the foot of the bed, in which Mrs. Evans and
her daughter had been sleeping. were found
several pieces of raw cotton similar to some
packed away In closet in the house The
cotton had been saturated with chloroform
and some OF the fluid had also been poured on
the floor.
FIREMAN KUHN.
Mr.. Kuhn, who says he WAS aroused by the
screams of the women did not hear any one
in the house. How the man got out of the
mouse ia what puzzles the police. He could
not have left by the back alley without being
discovered, rs an old colored woman, who
could not sleep OIL account Of the warm
weather, was sitting at her window at the
time.
Sergeant Barry made further investigation
OF the case today and, although some Of the
neighbors think that Mrs. Evans and her
daughter only imagined that there was q man
in the house, he is satisfied that some one was
there and that chloroforln Was used.
Nothing was stolen from the house. alth ough
Mrs. Evans money and other valuabIes were
In the room where she and her daughter were
sleeping.