Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-17
Aged Woman Knocked Down
by Colored Man.
PURPOSE OF ROBBERY
THE ASSAILANT USED A PIECE
OF GAS PIPE. @a ~
Victim Conveyed to Casualty Hospital
Surgeons Report She is Not
Dangerously injured.

Detective Michael Muller and the police
of the ninth precinct were sent out early
this morning with instructions to do their
best to catch a colored man who is alleged
to have committed a serious assault on
Mrs Eva Eckman about 8 o'clock this
morning The attack was made with a
piece OF gas pipe in the store of Mrs. Eek
man, No. 1104 street northeast Mrs
Eckman is seventy-one years old and the
police were of the opinion that the blows
inflicted would prove fatal, but when she
reached the Casualty Hospital the surgeons
discovered that she had sustained only a
scalp wound There was no evidence of a
fracture of the skull, although the elderly
woman was suffering from shock and VIII
proba bly have to remain in the hospital
several days.
Mrs Eckman keeps a small variety store
at the number mentioned, school children
being among her patrons. She lives alone
In the house, and there was nobody with
her this morning when her colored assault
ant called. In the room at the rear OF the
store the aged woman does her cooking ana
eats her meals This morning she opened
her store shortly before o'clock and had
made preparations for getting breakfast.
When the colored man entered the store
Mrs. Eckman was engaged IN the rear
room. preparing ner early morning iiedi
She went from her living room to the store
and the man asked for pie. When the
storekeeper handed him the pie he request
ed that she get him cup of coffee. .
Il haven't made any coffee this morning,
she Informed him; and she added, 81
don't serve it.
Dealt Severe Blow.
Just then the colored man, who evidently
wanted to get an opportunity to knock her
down, spoke to her in an abrupt way, say
ing: .
Your meats burning. e..
When the woman turned about to see to
her breakfast she was dealt severe blow
on the back of her head with a piece Of
gas pipe that had evidently been carried
there for that purpose.
So severe was the blow that Mrs. Eckman
was knocked down. She screamed muir
der and police, hoping to summon assist
ance in time to save her life. fearing the
attack would be continued. Her assallaht
whose purpose was robbery, grabbed some
bedding and threw over his victims head
in an effort to quiet her. He did not sue
coed and fearing he might be captured he
left the store in a hurry without taxing
anything. =.
A colored man working on an ice wagon
pursued the woman's assailant down 18th
street until he jumped over fence and dls-
appeared. Mrs. Eckman, although painfully
injured and extremely weak HaHaSeu "
get up and go to the rear room. where she
got her police whistle and blew 1t. A num-
Der of people were attracted to her store,
among them members of the police force,
and the wounded woman was cared for by a
physician until she was removed to the
Casualty Hospital. reaching there shortly
after O'clock. Drs. Freeman and Har-
rington were at the hospital. They eX-
amined the injury 10 the head and. as stat
ed found that the skull had not been in
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