Evening star., 1897-07-27
BRUTALLY TREATED
An Assault on an Attractive Little
Girl.
DRAGGED BY Her HAIR
Large Crowd Gathers Near the
Scene.
CRIMINAL STILL AT LARGE

A crime horrible in Its nature and per-
| haps the most brutal one that has been
committed in the District since the mur-
| der of Elsie Kreglo, was committed yester-
day afternoon, in daylight, in the house of
| a young man named Patrick Carr. at No.
| 35 l. street northwest Mollie Robinson
| who is only eleven years DID, was the VIC
| tim. and the police are LOCKING frr ~o-"
| because the child's statement duplicates
| him. She is row in beti unoer the care OF
| DIR. Lochboehler, but the examination has
| not been of nature to determine the ex-
| tent of the girls injuries. The doctor says
| an attempt at least was made at fell
| onious assault. The affair created the most
| irtense excitement and attracted large
crowd. The police did not appear until the
| man wanted had made good his escape. and
| had had time to go long way from here
Mrs. Robinson. the mother of the child.
keeps small grocery and notion store in
what is known as Shows row." in the al
| ley In rear of the Carr house, but several
doors distant. Although they live in an
alley, Molie, the victim of the sad affair,
| Is pretty child and associated only with
nee children. Pat Carr, who is wanted by
the police, is about twenty years old and
does not bear the best reputation. A liz, ,
more than month ago his mother wo
Kept small store in the house where the
assault was committed. was burned to
death, and the son has since been there
icrd and master of the house He had a
small brother, and this boy, it is stated
was there when the innocent little child
| was dragged Into the house and so brutaliy
IRE ated. Carr has been arrested a number
or times for various offenses, and the police
hhoW MIN as a freight jumper and
| Growler rusher."
The Child's Story.
1t was between and 6 o'clock yesterday
| afternoon that Pat. Carr walked through
the alley that is called Logan place, He
mad been in the store of Mrs. Robin son
TWO or three times. and he had seen little
Moine on numerous occasions. Yesterday
she was playing with some little COM
panions in the alley when Carr. It is al
| ieseu came along and induced her TO ac-
company him to the rear of his house His
reason for wanting her to go was that he
wanted her to carry a milk bucket to her
| mother.
At first the innocent and unsuspec ting
httie> one was happy to think she could
assist ner mother to build up a trade and
she tripped along with the man all the
way 20 the back door of his house Bu.
when she reached the door something told
her she should not enter. and she hesitated
Carr. however. according to her story,
grabbed her by the arm and insisted that
.i'S Shouit accompany El1il- According TO
the statement of her mother, she made a
desperate resis tance, and in her frantic ef-
fort to get away her arm was scratched
rms violence was not ehougn for the
brute, and he grabbed her by the hall:
| In this way he dragged her in the house
ana the younger boy was driven out When
| the child made efforts to scream the as
| saiiant put his hand over her mouth and
| threatened to kill her if her outcry was
loud enough to attract attention. Words
| cannot tell of the terrible agony suffered
| by the child while she was being tortured
| In this way, and when her assaiant had
! finished his brutal work the poor little
victim was released to go home to her
mother.
She left the house by the back door, and
her piteous cries attracted an immense
crowd. The childS appearance made evil
dent the crime that had been committed,
and the excited crowd INDUCED in some
violent language, but the Ierson who had
committed the crime was not to be found.
Badly Hurt.
Mrs. Robinson was in her store all this
time. wholly ignorant of the mental and
physical sufferings her child was enduring.
and when she saw the crowd she left her
store and ran through the alley to ascer-
! tain what was the attraction.
MY child! Ny child.' she cried, as she
| saw the little one in SO pitiful a condition.
Her face as well as her clothing showed
signs OF desperate struggle. There were
marks of violence and blood stains on her
! face, while her clothing had been badly
torn. So frightful an object was she that
| her mother hardly recognized her at the
| first glance All this time the crowd was
| increasing, and perhaps hundred times
the inquiry Where are the police?" was
heard. But there was no policem IN there,
and Mrs. Robinson, almost frantic, went
hcme with her child.
Soon afterward DR.. Lochboehler was
summoned and he found the little sufferer
| in bed under her mothers care. The doc
| tor soon saw that the treatment the child
| had received had proved severe shock to
| her nervous system, as well to her body
| and head. In addition to the scratches
and bruises about her face and body some
Of her hair had been taken out by the
| roots. and this it is thought, was done
| by the child's being dragged.
Police Are Ignorant.
| All last night and today the neighbors
assembled on the sidewalks and about their
| fences and discussed the affair. Today the
police of the second precinct said they had
no information about the case although it
was stated at the second precinct station
| that they had heard of a rumor 10 the ef-
feet that such crime had been committed.
Precinct Detective Barnes and Detective
Boyd went out to make an investigation,
and despite the Importance OF the case
no report of it was made to headquarters.
and the detectives there were ignorant Of
the fact that such a heinouS crime had
been committed until told of 1t by a Star
reporter. 1t may happen that several
detectives will be detailed on the case when
it is too late, as was the case when Dorsey
Foultz murdered Charles Robinson.
The Foultz-Robirson murder was COM
mitted in this same police precinct, and
since then man named Tim Hurley
nearly killed an inoffensive young colored
man and escaped. Carr, as was the case
wit known