The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-13
THUG CHOkES A WOMAN
The Latest Crime Committed a. CO
attic, by the Seattle Spirit

Seattle.-Mrs. Mary Osborn wac
roughly assaulted dragged to a va
cant lot and robbed by a cowar,3Iv
mug while waiting for a car at tho
corner of First avenue and Naroor
sIieet. Inc spot is in the heart of a
lnlchly settled residence district
whlch serves to aggravate the crime
only small sum from Mrs Osborne
but she was brutally choked bv tho
mug and nearly frightened our of her
wits
Mrs. Osborne had been visiting har
daughter on Queen Anne hill and was
ON her way to the home of another
daughter at the old Rainier hotel when
she met the highwayman.
While standing on the corner she
was seized by the throat by a thug
who caught her from behind. Chok-
ing her as he went, he carried the
screaming woman to a lot a short
distance away. There he took her boa
and purse. Mrs. Osborn cried ont
as loud as she could. Then he told her
to shut up or he would kill her.
She did not stop and he reached
O'ANtSi AAlS OooC III d Milo. ADOuT
this time people living in the neigh
horhoOd heard the cries and came to
Mrs. OsbOrn's assistance. She was
removed to the home of Mrs. Henriet-
te Gowell. No. Is West Mercer street.
Mrs. Osborne is still weak and ner-
VOus today from her struggle last
night, She is an elderly woman with
sllvery gray hair and lives at the old
Rainier hotel on Fifth avenue.
Despite the fact that the police be-
lieve the robbers purpose was rob-
berry. Mrs. Osborn and her friends
are convinced that the man had a
blacker purpose in his cOwardly heart
when he attacked his aged victim. and
Tor an hour a determined posse of
citizens secured the neighbOrhOOd or
the scene of the assault FOR some
trace Of the brute in human form.
Had he been captured there is but
title doubt that he would have been
the central figure in an impromptu
necktie party. Mrs Osborn insists
that she offered the man her purse
during the struggle and that he re-
fused it.
Mrs. Osborn gives a good descript-
| lon Of the man. She says he was
we'll dressed in a dark suit of clothing.
with white collar and cuffs and black
soft hat. His hands were hard and
he had the general appearance of a
working man.
The man, Mrs. Osborne says, kicked
her several times during the struggle
and used a great deal of vile language
and profanity.
! While O. NJ Galloway. lies at the
point of death Philip Miller. charged
with assaulting him. is held by the po-
lice pending developments Although
Miller was arrested on an assault and
battery warrant. he may be brought
before the court to answer more Sc
riOus charge Galloway was picked
up on First avenue south, near Jack
son street, night before last uncOn-
scious. Blood flowed from an ugly
cut in the back of his head. Since
that time Galloway has lain in a semi
stupOr. He does not remember how
he was assaulted.
Policeman Coleman investigated the
affair From evidence he gathered
he arrested Miller. A John Doe war
rant was issued by the prosecuting at
tOrney. 1t charges assault and bat
Jery. 1t is stated that he threw Gallo
way out from a saloon. 1t is thought
that the mans head struck on the
pavement.
Whether a man owes his first ale
glance in the matter of providing fl
nancial support and assistance to his
divorced wife or TO his second wife
is point of law which Judge Tallman
will be called upon to decide next Fri
day in the case of Effie Stolecher VS..
w. H. StOlecher. The plaintiff was
for time the wife of the defendant.
but was divorced in 1901. She now
brings an action to compel her former
husband to pay her the alimOny which
was awarded her in the divorce judg-
ment.
The defendant came into court this
morning to allege that the reason why
: he could not pay the alimCny due his
first wife is that he is married to a
second wife. and is unable to pay the
alimOny and at the same time to sup
port his second wife and child which
has been born to them.
Judge Tallman set Friday of this
week for a hearing Of the merits
of the case. and at that time the de-
PENDANT will be given an opportunity
to say what he is able to do in the
matter of assisting his first family
and the Judge will decide which fam
lily has the first call upon him for his
support.