The times., 1897-09-14
.RUFFIANLY lssAILANTs
Fred. Wilson and Mabel Dunn
Assaulted While Wheeling.
RETURNING FROM CABIN JOHN
1t Was Late at Night When the At
tack Was Made Wilson Badly
Hurt and the Young Woman Re
ceived Bruises Friends Came to
the Rescue.

Miss Mabel TuBn and Frederick WILSON,,
Of Georgetown, were brufaay assaulted
a 81 early hour yesterday morning while
riding on their wheels from Cabin John
place ON ltie Conduit Ioad between Cabin
JOHN Bridge and Glen Echs. Miss Dunn
is a very attractive young woman about
eighteen years sibl and resides AT M.
l413 ThirtYfatE street northwest. The
men who assaulted her and Mr. WILSON
were Two hea.Iy dressed young white
snrn. wha were intoxICated and rode III a
buggy, and hose names a ne uH4lngwn-
Mr Frederick Wilson is a weH-known
young man, OF Geurgs.tawn. VINO boards
with the family of Miss Dunn. MF. VIII
son and Miss Dunn toae spin ther
wheels up ths eondmt road as far ~
CsbiI John early IN tire evening ana met
several frier-as. wiz had gone up on the
cars and TwaHesf taeir arrival Late IN
Che evening Mr. Wilson and Miss Dunn
started for the city their wtes,s, while
their friends boarded train Tor George
town.
When Mr.. Wilson reached a. point On the
Cabin John he disluoanred Co light his
lamp, which had suddenly become ex-
fineuished. While he was thi.s engaegsf
a buggy containing two wel-dressed
looking nleH passed by him. TIE taller
OF the occupants of the. vehicle either
tnrew out ur d;opped his hat.
Mr.. Wilson was leaning over his bicycle
and saw the nat Gali near hiua. lie picked
Q nm a -
buggy. who mumbled several inconerenC
words. Nj. Wilson, thinking lie was being
thanked fol what he had done proceed
ell tclieht his lamp. lie had hardly struck
a match when he was alaSned TO hear
Miss Dunn Srream. She had gone several
PAGES ahead of AiIn on the highway. He
rushed over las the place aua fuanG the
young woman struggling 10 free herself
from the embraces OF the man wEos. hat
Wilson had picked up on the road. VIII
son Instantly fell unon the fellow. and
vas rapidly giving hitn severe punishment.
His cumpaIiou in the wagon seeing this
sprang cut and struck Wilson d heavy
blow on the head VITA the butt Jf 4 re-
volver ur s,4Ine dali apoR. knaeking hiuf
down Young Wilson tried To rise, but
was rendered unconscious by second
INV on t-ic DICK OF TIE uttttl-
He laid on the road for about an hour
before he r.gained consciousness.
Miss Dunn was handled very brulauy
in the scuffle- Her shirt-wats5 was t8rn
almost into shreds, and her other EAR
ments more OF less ruined She sustained
several severe bruises on her arm, whi.h
was discolor ed from the wrist 20 tie
slaUulder. she also received a large bruise
I 9n her lips which looked very much Ike
/ the imprint Of a shoe,
Whlc tie roughs had her in their grasp
! Several wheelmeE happened. very forl.I-
nately, - tome that way, and scared the
/ ruffians off. They rpnderpd every assist
] ance possible to Miss Dunn and Mr. Wls.,a,
/ and finally succeeded in restoring the la.t..r
/ 70 consciousness. The whs.eluleu rode back
10 Cabin John Bridge with Mr.. Wilson
aud Miss Dunn for the purpose OF letra-
ing who the assailants were.
During uhe return Mr. Wilson became 81
wea4; thaf he feH from his wheel whrn near
the a AquetlHCt Bridge. One OF the young;
( Vghealuen escorted Miss Dunn 10 her home
and rode UP 10 the Seventh precinct police
station and had the patrol wagon sent
up TIE Canal 70 AL tn convey MF, Wilson
| 10 the Emergency Hospital. This was
about o cICck in the morning.
Mr. Wilson was seen by reporter at
| the office OF the Crescent Bicycle NCom-
| pany, at th,. corner OF Ninth and streets
northwest, az which place he is employed
as a o!erk.
/ He slid that he Remembered very dis
/ tinctIy having heard several pistol shots
] when he vas felied 90 the ground, and he
| thought that he had been shot He dis
played tw" ugly round wounds. one 0u
tie back Of the head and the other above
| the forehead on the left side. LaEoring
under this belief when the Seventh pre-
cinCt patuUl wagon was summoned, the
police were told that the man had been shot
The physician al the Emergency Hospi
tai, after careful examination had been
made, found that the gashes had been
| caused by Sui,ie dull instrument.
MT. Wilson saw both men ia the
buggy full in the face several times,
aHc was able to give very good
description Of them. They were well
dressed he said, and locked Ike sport
ing men" The man that assaulted Mr.
Wilson was dark about 3 feet inches
high, and about twenty-nine years of
age. The second man was Eght- com
plexcntd, and about twenty-ope years
Of age, and wore light fedora hat.