Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-13
Daring Act Of Two Rufians on the
Conduit Road.
A YOUNG LADY BRUTALLY TREATED
Her Escort Twice Knocked Down
and Seriously Injured.
ROUGHS FRIGHTENED AWAY

| assault last evening, between IL and II
| o'clock, on the Conduit road. between
| Cabin John bridge and Glen Echo. The
| assailants were two white men, who were
| in a buggy. and whose names are I'M
| known. The victim was Miss Mabel Dunn.
| 4 pretty young lady not quite eighteen
| years of age, who lives at 1413 3Jth street.
The men were prevented from carrying
/ out their purpose by the appearance of
| several bicycle riders coming down the
road. They jumped into their buggy. whip
| ped up the horse and drove into the city
| at a break-neck speed.
| Miss Dunn was accompanied by Fred
erick Wilson, u young man about twenty
| six years of age who boards with the
family of the young lady. The two had
ridden up to Cabin Johns bridge early in
the evening and met several other friends
| who came up on the cars. When the
| crowd broke up. those who came up on ne
| cars boarded a downtown train, while
| Miss Dunn and Mr.. Wilson started 20 ride
| their wheels down. They had not gotten
| three squares from the bridge. when the
assault was attempted, there being turn
| in the road at this point. which is quite
| dark. Before leaving the bridge the two
noticed a number of young men around the
place. particularly two who looked rather
tough, and who were in buggy
Lamp Required Attention.
As the turn in the read above mentioned
| was reached MIR. Wilson dismo-nted to light
| his lamp He was some distance from
the young lady, and while engaged with
his lamp the buggy containing the two
| men in question passed by. The hat of
| one IF the occupants of the vehicle was
either thrown odt or dropped out Think
| ing it to be the latter Mr.. Wilson picked
up the hat and handed IL to the man. VINO,
1 nod
out On the ground. The cyclist proceeded
| to light his lamp when he heard Miss Dunn
scream.
Rushing over to the place he found the
man whose hat had blown off with lis
arm around the young lady. With nothing
but thought for her safety in mind he
jumped ON the ruffian and was administer
| ing sound thrashing, when he was struck
on the head ard knocked to the ground.
He attempted to rise and was struck
| second time ard became unconscious.
How long he remained he does not
know, but when he recovered conscious
| ness the brutes had gone The young lady
| was quite badly bruised in the scullie. Her
| shirt waist was nearly torn off, and her
clothes were more or less disarranged.
while she sustained several bruises. Her
wrists were badly discolored where she had
been held, and there was large bruise on
| her hips, which was evidently caused by
a kick.
Scared by Wheelmen.
Several wheelmen who happened to come
along had scared the assailants away. They
succeeded in restoring Mr.. Wilson to con-
| sciousness, and then a trip was made back
to Cabin John bridge to see if any one
knew the two men in the carriage. On the
return trip Mr. Wilson so weak that
| he fell off his wheel His coat he had
given to the young lady to replace the tat
| tered shirt waist.
| Tne bicyclists who assisted the couple
were two young men. between twenty and
| twenty-one years old each, who live some
| where in the northeast. Their names could
| not be ascertained. 1t was 4 O'Clock in
the morning when the party reached the
| Canal road at the Aqueduct bridge. One of
| the young men rode uo to the station of
| the seventh precinct and got the patrol
wagon to convey Mr.. Wilson to the Emerg-
| ercy Hospital, while the ether escorted the
| young lady to her home.
! good description of the two men in the
! buggy was secured by Mr.. Wilson. Both
| were well dressed, though somewhat sporty
| looking. One was dark, about five feet
| ten inches in height and between twenty
eight and thirty years old. He was the
! man who assaulted Mr.. Wilson. His COM
| panion was light complexioned and about
| twenty-one years of age. He wore a brown
| fedora hat, which fell out of the carriage.
| He was party to the assault on the young
| lady. Both the men We're drunk.
Heard Pistol Shots.
A Star reporter saw Mr.. Wilson today and
| secured his version of the affair, which
! is practically the same as given above.
| He remembers having heard couple OF
| pistol shots about the time he was struck
in the head, and he lost consciousness un-
| der the firm belief that he was shot in
the head. One of the wounds was in the
| back of the head near the crown, and
the other a short distance above the fore
head en- the left side of the head. He
| thought, and SO did his companion, that
| the bullet had passed through his brain,
| and when the call was made for the patrol
wagon to convey the man to the hospital
| the police were informed that the man
| had been shot.
At the hospital. however, after a careful
| investigation, the doctors found that the
| wound had been caused by some blunt in
| strument, most likely a blackjack. The
| injuries were dressed and the young man
| sent to his home in a carriage. His bicycle
| had been carried to the station house when
| the call was made for the patrol. and at
noon today Mr.. Wilson went after his
| wheel himself. The local police will not be
| able to do anything in the matter, because
| the assault occurred at a point beyond