Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-01
A MYSTERIOUS CASE
WOMAN CLAIMS TO HAVE BEEN
ASSAULTED AND ROBBED.
Saws Man Stole Money After Using
Chloroform to Keep Her
Quiet.

case of alleged assault and roDDery
.,aimed the attention of the police last
night The circumstances were so much
out of the ordinary that Captain Boaro-
man acting SUPERINTENDENT of police, went
IN the Emergency Hospital with Detectives
Muller and Horne and assisted In the IN
vestieation. Mrs Earl Dickinson OF o]o
Delaware avenue northeast made the COM
plaint. She is the local agent OF Lewah
dos Cleaning and Dyeing Company OF BUS
ton The Office of the company Is III 'i'e No,o
RADIO building. and it was there Mrs. DicA
inson claims she was chlorotormeo anu
robbed of money and checks aggrega'ihs
S5l3 The affair, she reported oeeu'
about @ o'clock, just as she was cio9ine ~
office for the night. Frank EowaIus, h q
colored porter. reached the o.o ia that
o'clock because he had been tolo nc 10,
Mrs Dickinson wanted to see MIN upon on
important matter. There was no nsnI ~
the office when he reached there anu "he =,
Mrs. Dickinson did not RESPOND , VI o.. nros-
he made a light and found her lying pros,
trate upo nthe floor She was uhap,e y.
sneak An ambulance was summoned anu
she was hurried to the Emergency 1os
pital. She regained Gonsciot tSa resident
physician. said he was satisfied her cohui-
ton had not resulted from inhaling chloro
form. although Mrs. Dickinson said tnae
such was the case.
Chloroform and Cologne.
In the room in the Colorado building the
,,ouoe found four-once bottle containing
a mixture of chloroform and cologne. ~
handbag. that had been torn. and pocke'
hook were picked up in the office. and the
police also found two handkerchiefs there'
one evidently belonging to man.
Mrs. Dickinson related the story OF nes
experience as soon as her conoltion Voc
such that the doctors would permit hei
70 he interviewed She had bad case
OF hiccoughs when the detectives inter-
viewed her and had not recovered rIoni
them this morning. Her statement 10 them
was that she was in the office apouu "
close the davis business. In her handbag
she had the money, four $1OO piiiS anu
checks and some small change. Whieh Siie
was going to send to the home once ~
settlement of the months business. .,ie
handbag she left on the counter near inc
door while she went to the rear Oh INC
room to extinguish the light. just tHen,
she declared, man with sfhootI 90
entered, caught her about her waist Hnu
said: Hush, you jade! Inc slrahse ma
she said, then held to her nose hana,
kerchief saturated with chloroform, aEu
she knew nothing more until she regalheo
consciousness at the hospital.
The hand bag, pocket BOOK pottle anu ra
bandkercbiefs taken from the store are
held by the police for the purpose OF as
sisting them in the investigation OF the
case. This morning at police heaoquar .el .
IL was said the detectives had founo no
body who had seen or heard anything sus
pcious about the store III the Soioi a'o
building last night.
Mrs. Dickinson told the detectives she
had been an actress. Her husDanu, she
stated. is in an asylum in Philadelphia
The case is being further Investigated by
the detectives who hope they Will be apie
to solve the affair by tomorrow.