The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-10
OAAaRAr7 OF 5oEme< Of ASSAULT

she thought there was cat in the house,
but moment later she heard her name
family called HurriedIy donniug a
wrapper. she traced the sounds to Mrs.
Dennis room. AS she reached the back
parlor door she heard Blrs. Dennis cali to
her:
May. don't you know me2y
Mrs Doyle tr5ed to open the door. but
it was locked, and groans we're the only
reply 10 her. request that she be admit
ted. Going to the room above. she awoke
Smith WinchelI. a carpenter. who went
downstairs and forced tae door TO the
room. Everything vas IL fetal darkness,
but when a light was made it revealed q
CHASTITY scene within the room.
Attacked while ia Bed.
The unfortunate woraEn Isy en- her bed.
apparently never having zeaeae5 from
the sIumber in which her sssziisne fs0nd
her The bed and her sarnezts we're
covered with blood and her right ear was
hanging by but a thread The rest OF the
room was apparently in perfect order,
nothing having been upset CT disturbed
II the front TaTlor the tep Of the
piano stool was found. t had ben uR-
screwed from the base ard several fresh
abrasions on II indicated that it was the
weapon that had been used by the in
truder.
How the Escape Was Made.
Nearby an open window, an overturned
flower pot showed the manner IL which, it
is thought, the intruder had made his es-
cape The Tact that this pot had fallen
outward on the balcony led the detec-
tives to believe that the window was
used as means of escape. II was the
only opening into the two rooms that was
unfastened, however, and unless the per-
son was secreted in the room it must
have been the means by which entrance
was secured. as well.
That the assailant was secreted in the
room seems improbable, in view of the
length OF time between the hour when
Mrs Dennis retired and the time when
the assault is believed to have been con-
mitted.
Charles Thomas, a roomer in the house,
was hastily despatched for q physician
and quickly returned WITH Dr. Atkinson,
~vho, seeing the serious nature Of the case,
sent for Dr. Hooe to assist him. Mrs
Dennis was vomiting blood, with which
her clothing was saturated. There vas
po7l of blood upon the floor near the bed
Beside the bed of Mrs. dennis. in the
open drawer of dresser, was a snail
pistol that apparently vas kept by The
modiste fer just such an emergency. This
had not been touched
Removed to the hospital.
Drs- Atkinson and Hoos4 4remaineds with
the woman the greater paFt of the morn
ing and only left to arraRge for her re-
movaI to Garfield Hospital This was
accomplished shortly before II O'Clock.
Mrs. Dennis wes at once carried t.3 the
operating room, where Dr. J. aord
Thompson. Drs. Atkinson and Hooe, and
House Physicians Davis and ReicheIder
had already assembled, No time was
lost in beginning the operation.
Nature of the Fracture.
It was found that the fracture over the
eye was about enc ana one-half inches in
length and extended upward and out
ward. The operation took nearly an hour
and half, and at its conclusion the physi-
CIGliS SLdtEO IAtdl N4AAAS SAaf5 Adu SIOt0 TIC
operation splendidly, her tchances of re-
eovery were but slight. sThey directed
that no one be permitted To see the suf-
ferer and placed special nurse to look
after her. Mrs Dennis Will not be dis
turbed for twenty-four hours unless there
is a decided collapse.
There are but few clues for the police
to work upon. The NEST important of
these is a bloody hand print upon piano
case that stood near the window where
the assaiIant made his escape. District
Chemist Hird was called upon to analyze
this print.
A significant feature Of the case is that
several Of the persons about the house
and in the neighborhood. expressed the
opinion that the assault vas the work OF
negroes. but refused to give their reasons
for their belief The detectives are more
inclined to the opinion that it was the
work Of some infuriated woman. and the
marks upon the piano. they claim, bear
out this theory.