The herald., 1897-02-23
WENT ON THE WARPATH
Wallace Maxey BrutaIIy Attacks q
Young Girl
With Q Companion He Tears Up Things ON
Main Street-ResIsts an officer and
Attempts to Escape

"A pcCulldr case OF assault, the rnOtlVe
for which can only be ascribed to brain
crazed with liquor or spirit of innate
cussedness, occurred last night about
$3.50 o'clock. when two young men. named
Wallace Maxey and James A. Dugas,
deliberately set upon and maltreated
couple of women for no apparent rea-
son. The fellows first made their ap-
where they entered the room Of Grace
Walsh. who was lying sick in bed, at
tended by a male nurse A quarrel was
quickly started, the woman dragged
from bed. and a revolver thrust in her
face. with the threat to kill her, while
the nurse was slugged and kicked into
a corner of the room A terrible COM
motion was created, the other inhabi-
tants of the house frightened out Of
their wits. but after cleaning out the
room the assailants left before the po-
lice could respond to a telephone mes
sage, which had been sent to headQuar.
ters.
A few minutes later tho same men
made an attack upon girl of 16, named
Lena Miller, who, with her little BROTH
er. Mike, II years old, was passing
along Seventh street on their way home
at 519 East First street. A brother Of
the children keeps saloon at Seventh
and Spring streets, where they had
been 10 carry a puppy, which they want
reached the middle of the block ON Sew
enth street, between Spring and Main
streets, when two young men jumped
from the shadow of an alleyway, one
grasping Lena by the throat, the other
picking her brother up and carrying
him off some little distance, despite his
struggles.
Meanwhile the girl had escaped from
the grasp of her assailant and ran off
down Main street, shrielSing at the top
Of her ypice. pursued closely by the
young tngh. The second man at this
let go ot&he boy. who ran after his sis
ter's asatilant and pelted him with
stones. Midway in the block on Main.
between Sixth and Seventh the girl was
overtaken and struck violently several
times by her pursuer. Seeing nothing
else to do, little Mike started to run
back to his brothers saloon for help,
battered-up nurse, who had started
from the Walsh woman's house on q
search for the two young toughs.
In few breathless words Long was
informed of the situation, and started
on a run, coming in sight in time to see
Maxey wiping the sidewalk with the
girl, who was screaming so as to be
heard blocks away. Just before the Off
Ger reached him, Maxey raised the girl
clear off the ground and threw her
bodily on top Of hedge in front Of
yard. On being informed that he was
under arrest, Maxey couldn't see it
that way, and q second fight was pre-
cipitated, in which Long used his billy
instead Of his fists, and put an eye on his
prisoner which will require several days
to heal. The handcuffs were snapped on
his wrists, but still he wanted to fight.
A large crowd had by this time gath
cred, attracted by the girls screams.
and a number who had witnessed the
latter part of the affray were disposed
to handle the prisoner roughly, being
only restrained by the presence of the
officer. The girl had meanwhile seized
the opportunity to escape, and as Long
turned to look for her Maxey made a
break for liberty, handcuffed as he was,
and ran like deer down Main to Fifth,
thence to Los Angeles street, before he
was again overhauled and sent to Jail,
Shortly after his arrival Dugas put in
an appearance at the Jail, and asked
what the bail for his friend would be-
Instead of getting him out he was es-
corted to the Walsh woman's room and
by her identified as one of the men who
had assaulted her and the nurse. Back
to Jail he was taken, searched and locked
up, despite his protests. A charge of
disturbing the peace was placed against
both Maxey and Dugas but may be later
changed to one more serious. Both had
been drinking, but were not in what
would be called drunken condition.
Maxey is well known about the city, be-
ing an expert swimmer and high diver,
and has heretofore borne good reputa-
finn o1cO hainpr n 10,
pearance. Neither offered any explana-
ton of their actions, but will have a
chance today to tell their story in court.