The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-01
ASSAULT CASE
STILL A MYS1EB
No Developments in theid
Up to Late Last Might /
OFFICERS LOOKING F0RclQ
injured Man Was Reported lss
IS Getting Along Niceiy-asai i
May Have Been a colored Nj
Known to the Police ~

There were no Developments tnx the
Mills assault case last nlshl GsAaNliiis
was reported as resting wen sthkSfoom,
no 6iS North Eighth Street, and The de-
tectives and police were ac1iFey e4gaSe
in working on the theories al thetN COM
snnnG. a search is being rrade a0r the
rat and shoes that were takta rom Mr..
Mills E7
Mr. Wade Hampton Mills IS sGatudent
at the Medical College of Niry2iRsin the
senior class He came here slouisa,
end is popular young feioF. Qn Sat
Irday night he was with ssfgaasfriends
Until shortly after midnish #At that
time he started 10 his roe on North
Eighth Street. but he did nc. ZACH there
until about 2 O'Clock. Then h was in a
faxed condition, and was SIfsTaNE from
R severe cut back of his ear. cut across
the forehead and a blow ORE his mouth
that ioosened and knocke5 cut several
seoth. 80
He was carried TO his ,Nn1sssnnd put
TO bed. DIR. A. 3. Greiner SasssuInmoned
and he was made as comfrtaDle as pos
sibie. No one has been sbwed 10 see
him except his most inmate friends.
and the only report that hs been given
out from the house is tht! Young Mills
says he was walking ont Eighth Street
al the hour mentioned. Nstling, when
he was suddenly set upo, and knocked
into insensihility. He lay r5nsfhe ground
nearly two hours and tils revived suf-
liciently to MAJ" he va: owly home.
TWO sTORLSs
This story varies litt from that of
persons living across IL street from
The entrance TO the ala "A party OF
Young men were on front steps
of that house until neart 1so'clocls sun
day morning, and they are positively
sure that no assault AS committed
across the street up to t4tas me.
Il is believed by the Ole that Mr..
Mills. in his half-conscioSs condition. was
mixed little in his t2essss and that he
did not reach this seen OF the assault
until shortly before . dock.
When he came TO hineu his hat and
Shoes We're gone. He ha MOI been drink
mig TO excess. ST
Tire case has proved u,ystery to the
police. il occurred wtlin a short dis
der was committed few weeks ago.
ara the marks on NJ SAnlls' lead are
like those that were fund on M. Clay
toms.
Lending out from theaTey atfrhich the
nssault was commt d ino Clay
Street. there is mall %cant lot.
through which the asaaant cnld easily
Rave made his escape 4
Directly across Clay Street firm :his va
eaHt lol is another all3 and aiding into
this alley is a small private tlley, COM
ing in from Seventh feet.
Near the mouth of this aey just off
Seventh Street, there is anoaer pool of
blood: and several sFa With show the
marks OF another assault
WHAT, LENA TfANTN SAW:
4 eolored woman i mes I ma Braxton,
living III. the lousoItn therear OF No
Tai Clay Street, did ovcrcs these spots
carly Sunday mornl lg. ne could not
account for them. HUT !: the route,
through alleys and lacros Clay Street.
leads directly to the lspot n the alley at
which point the Mills ass;Ilt is presumed
10 haze taken place, atheory is that
The assault Of Mills may have
been connected with the. blood spots IN
The Scyenth-Sreet allie. and along TINS
line the police VIII wor
The woman Braxton said yesterday
that about ten O'Clock saturday night a
negro man named -s.cob.' hit her n
The face with Il be- bottle near the
mouth of this alley al then ran away.
Sife said that this bio had nothing to do
with the blood stain in the alley
ANoTBERESSAU
Shortly after this asault c. L. Brown,
n well known neSm jantor at the LII
brary Building. WIFI on his way to his
home on North Mil, Street, was held
up near the cornerspf Turpin Street and
OF a SMALL um of money. He re-
sisted The assault land as result was
painfully cut OF tie head
lie describes his ~ailant as a yellow
negro, Young and slight
In connection With The hold-uns ana
following TIE description given nN
Grown, the negro ianitor, yellow negro,
known TO the police, was seen proving
around the streets not far from the
Second Station, about 4 o'clock Sunday
The report OF the Mills hold-up dad
Fot been made at that hour, nor had q
description Of the negro who assaulted
i}re"n been secured. Had this been so,
he negro would have been arrested
hen.
This negro. who is believed TO be the
nan. viii he looked Up, and unless lie
an give an account OF himself he will
BE taken in ,icharee.
ATa3EMPTED HoLD-UP.
Last niet3t about 80 o'clock young
pan iivirgj on Clay Street near Seventh
vent 10 a grocery store Moor Sixth and
lay to Ynake some purchases. As ae
,as retufning, and just before reaching
eyenth fSueet. he heard rapid walking
ehind him. and turned just III time to
&c two men coming down on him. One
as so fclose that he was reaching out tc
raSr Hthe young man. bit the latter
artedS on a run for his home, and then
he wa ,,l,n turned down Seventh Street
no disappeared.
One of the men was described as being
liiGH tall ana aitisr~ q very dark white
an or a light mula;to.
IlGEAES IF