Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1897-09-17
Outrageous Assault.

ihere WAS caring attempt at criminal
! assault Sunday night, between II and IL
o'clock, on the Conduit road, between Cabin
John bridge and Glen Echo The assail.
ants were two white men, who were in q
buggy, and whose names are unknown
The victim was Miss Mabel Dunn, pretty
young lady not quite eighteen years of age,
who lives at 1413 35th street, Washington
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, whipped up the
horse and drove into the city at break
neck speed.
Miss Dunn was accompanied by Fred.
erick Wilson, young about twenty-six
years of age, who boards with the family of
the young lady. The two had ridden up to
Cabin John 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 the cars boarded down.
town train, while Miss Dunn and Mr.. Will
\ son started to 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 number of young men around
the place, particularly two who looked rather
tough, and who were in buggy.
| As the turn in the road above mentioned
was reached Mr.. Wilson dismounted 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 ques-
ton passed by. The hat of one of the oc.
cupants OF the vehicle was either thrown
out or dropped out, Thinking it to be the
latter Mr.. Wilson picked up the hat and
handed it to the man, who, instead OF re-
naming in the buggy, jumped 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 his arm
around the young lady. With nothing but
a thought for her safety in mind he jumped
on the ruffian and was administering a
sound thrashing, when he was struck on
the head and knocked to the ground. He
attempted to rise and was struck second
time and became unconscious.
How long he remained so he does not
know, but when he recovered consciousness
the brutes had gone. The young lady was
quite badly bruised in the scutfle 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 a large bruise on her hips,
which was evidently caused by kick.
Several wheelmen who happened to come
along had scared the assailants away. They
succeeded in restoring Mr.. Wilson to con.
sciousness, and then 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 was SO weak that he
fell off his wheel His coat he had given to
the young lady to replace the tattered shirt
waist.
| The bicyclists who assisted the couple
were two young men, between twenty and
twenty-one years old each, who live some.
where in the northeast part of Washington.
Their names could not be ascertained. Ii
was o'clock in the morning when the
party reached the Canal road at the Aque
duct bridge, Georgetown. One of the young
men rode up to the station of the seventh
precinct and got the patrol wagon to con,
vey Mr.. Wilson to the Emergency Hospital,
while the other escorted the young lady to
her home.
A 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 i've feet ten
inches in height and between twenty eight
and thirty years old. He was the man who
assaulted Mr.. Wilson. His companion was
light complexioned aud about twenty -one
years of age He wore brown fedora hat,
| which fell out of the carriage. He was a
party to the assault on the young lady -
Both men were drunk.