The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1901-08-29
ANNOYED GIRLS ON A CAR.
Two Men Charged With Disordcrly
Conduct and Assault.

After having, IL is alleged. followed and
| made insulting remarks to two young
| ladies from Seventh Street and Pennsyl-
| vania Avenue northwest to Eighth and l
| Streets southeast on a Capital Traction
| car shortly after . O'Clock last night.
| two men, who gave the names of James
| Green and Henry Wilson, were last night
arrested by Sergeant Kaucher. of the
| Fifth precinct and Policemen Edwards
and Donovan. charged with having as
saulted one of the young ladies and with
| having acted In a disorderly manner on
| the street car.
| From the statement given out by the
police of the Fifth precinct last night. the
| men, both of whom II is believed. gave
| fictitious names at the stationhouse, ac-
costed Miss Beatrice Hill. a seventeen
| year-old girl residing al Gil Virginia Ave
nue. southeast. and companion named
Miss Willie Walters. at the transfer sta
ton. corner Seventh Street and Pennsyl-
vania Avenue northwest The Walters
girl is stranger in the city and both
girls had started out early in the evening
to take a car ridesi Upon being approach
ed by the two men at Seventh Street
where they were waiting for a car east
both girls walked away. The men, it is
alleged. followed them, and while doing
SO made several insulting proposals to
them. When the Georgetown car arrived
at the transfer station Miss Fiji. accom-
panied by her friend, boarded il and they
We're quickly followed by the two men,
who, 1t is said, still continued to annoy
the young ladies'
When the girls were seated in the car
one OF the mashers." who gavs the name
OF Green. sat down next to Miss Walters
ana began to nudge her in the side with
ms ms eiDow. sun Keeping up his objection
meantime, was standing on the rear plat
form waiting Tor passenger to alight
VINO occupied the seat next to Miss Hill
w men the car reached the corner of
fheh,h ana Streets southeast the pas
senger alighted. and just as the car start
ca the other nasher' made a wild dash
ROB me seat next to Miss Hill
badly frightened by the two mems rowdy
actions and the Hill girl, unable to con-
troi ner nerves any longer. made a leap
anu landed in the street with terrific
force while the car was still in motion
Inc conductor at once brought his train
to standstill and willing hands assisted
the girl, who was found to have been
painfully injured about her body as the
result of the fall
Sergeant kaucher, who noticed the ac-
cident, lost no time in arriving upon the
scene, and assisted the injured young
lauy to nearby drugstore. where her in
juries were dressed. In the meantime a
passenger on the car who had observed
the cause of the trouble told Sergeant
haucher about the two men and the po-
hceman. Immediately placed both under
arrest, despite their protests. The patrol
wagon was called and after securing the
names of the two young ladies' Kaucher
escorted the men to the stationhouse
Once there the sergeant charged both
men with having acted in a disorderly
manner on street car and also with
having assaulted Miss HILL
1t is said that neither of The men is
known in the Southeast section, but they
are believed to be railroad conductors.
The police are endeavoring to secure
their correct names
No end of complaints have been received
lately by the police officials regarding
the rowdy actions of ''mashers' aboard
street cars. especially during the hot
weather, when immense crowds journey
to the nearby pleasure resorts. The 9TH
er passengers on the car were pleased
with Sergeant Kauch's actions and ex-
pressed a willingness to appear in court
against the two men this morning.