The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-09
II A SERIOUS CONDITION
The Elder EieheIberger Suffering
From Skull Fracture.
The Son Albert Arrested In n Brick
yard This Morning After EvadinE
the Police All Night-Victim of the
Assault Conveyed TO the Hospi-
tai Details of the Quarrel.

George N. Eichelberger, ffty-one years
old, the painter, who was assaulted last
| night by his son. is. lying in Providence
Hospital In a critical condition. The
Eichelbergers live at 1921 Half Street
southwest, and about o'clock last night
the son Albert. also a painter. attacked
! his father with an ak, 1t is alleged. with
murderous intent.
At late hour he was in a stupor, and
was suffering considerably, with slight
chance for recovery. His skull is frac-
tured and he has deep cash in his scalp
Albert Eichelberger, the alleged assail-
ant. is a prisoner at No. station. He was
arrested about $50 O'Clock this morning,
/ after evading the police all night. The ar
rest was effected by Policeman Stewart
through the efforts of a colored man
named Hughes. Hughes found Eichelber-
ger wandering aimIessly about in a brick
/ yard n South Washington. and at once
| notified Stewart. Eicheiberger expressed
surprise when told of his assault on his
! father. He claimed to have no recollection
OF the affair, and said he remembered moth
ing of the OCCURRENCES of the night. after
he and his father reached their home.
They had been drinking freely. he sald-
| all the afternoon
Eichelberger will probably be brought
into the Police Court tomorrow morning
| and committed to jail to await the result
| of the injuries to his father He is now
/ charged with assault with intent to kill.
From what can be learned of the assault
! on the elder Eichelberger. 1t was the re
I suit of quarrel over the division OF GER
| tain money recently paid to the father
for house painting. The son, it is said,
| attempted TO force the father to give up
! a portion Of the money, and failing, Sc
! cured the ak and threatened his life
Eugene Fugitt, a neighbor, 1t is said
! when passing the EicheIberger home look
! ed through front window and saw Albert
| Efchelfberger welding the AK He also,
| it is said, saw the son strike the father a
| heavy blow in the head, and leaving the
| house disappear in the direction of ~
| Street
| The police knew nothing of the assault
| until some time after It occurred, when
| some one teiephoned to No. 4 Station to
| send the patrol wagon to Half and Pierce
! Streets southwest to get a man who was
| seriously injured, AS No. i patrol wagon
was out on a run the wagon from No. .
| station was despatched to the location de-
| scribed. In the meantime Policemen Stew
| art and ARdeFsn had arrived at the Eichel-
| berger home and seeing the serious cendi-
] toin Of ths Elder Eichelberger telephoned
| for the Emergency Hospital ambulance
/ NO patron wagon arrived HFst.
| EicheibergeT was lying in the front room
| Of his home in a pool Of blood. He was
| unconscious. and there was gaping wound
| in his head. he was sent at once to the
| hospital where an operation was performed
! to relieve he pressure of the fractured
skull on the brain.
4 search for Albert Eichelberger was
| then Instituted. Policemen Ais, Rhine
i hart, Stewart and Anderson were detailed
| from the Fourth precinct on the hunt for
| the fugitive. and Detectives Muller, Baur,
| Father, and Barbee were detailed from
| Headquarters TO assist in experimenting
| him. Despite their efforts, Eicbelberger
! could not be located last night.
| Albert EiGheIberger bears anything but
! an enviable reputation with the police.
/ His picture adorns the regues' gallery and
| he ony recently returned from the penI-
| tertiary where he and his brother. Will
| liam EichelbeTger. served FIVE years each
| for killing Henry Brckner on July IL 1894
| Previously. Albert Eichelberger had served
! a jail term for threatening TO kill his wife