The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-23
SCOUNDREL STILL AT LARGE
WHo ASsAULTEDM MISS RICHARDS
 oNHUMPHREK STREET.

Police Department Report That There
 is No Trace of Him, Although a
 Thorough Search is Being Made
 Statement by Professor Richards
 Police Test Tried-COIored Man Ar
 rested on Suspicion.
 The police officials stated yesterday that there were no new developments in the case of Miss Richards. daughter of Professor Richards. who was assault ed on Humphrey street last Thursday night The police and detective de- partments are making a diligent search for the scoundrel. but up to the present time he has not been arrested
 One could hardly turn corner in the upper end of the Eighth ward Saturday night without espying a policeman in citizens clothes. Not alone were the patrolmen doing duty, but Captain Brewer was out, too, supervising mat ters. It is stated that Captain Brewer has made up his mind to keep as many men as he can spare upon the streets in that vicinity in citizens clothes.
 An experiment was tried Saturday night and in the shadow of the tree at Orange street, at the distance where the man was seen on Bishop street, one was unable to distinguish white from black man. In the position where Policeman Ryan stood when he saw the man in the shadow it was impossi- ble to distinguish his features CT color. A dark shadow was cast over the mans face and one passer-by insisted that the man standing in the shadow was colored. He was policeman. and was not colored. This indicates that the description that the man was col- ored may be the illusion from the shadow.
 Professor Richards, the father of the girl who was assaulted was seen at his home. 227 Edwards street. He regretted that the young ladys name had become public, because of the notoriety He said that if it would help the ends of justice he would not hesitate at all in giving the name, but as her name could not aid in the capture of the lassailant he would, for her sake, have had the name kept from the public. Professor Richards said that his daugh- ters only injuries were the bruises about the face and that they were healing.
 | Of course 1t will be some time before Miss Richards recovers from the ner- l x,n,,u chpnly a1tbn,,ob ba, bruicoe x.,i1I have all disappeared in a week. Yes terday she was resting more comfort ably, having been able to secure some much-needed sleep.
 The servant girl Who was assisting Miss Richards when Mir. DeForest and Professor Kent arrived saw the man running across lots.
 Shortly after 10 o'clock Saturday night on Humphrey street Policeman Dippold arrested Samuel Blackson, a I young colored man of Chester, Pa. up- on charge of vagrancy. To Sergeant Mcbride at the Grand avenue station Blackson stated that he had been work 1 ing for three weeks upon a farm in Stamford. Then he said: T was stand ] ing near the town pump in the park and fine-looking colored gentleman came along. 1 asked him in which di- rectien the cheap lodging houses were located and he directed me to the place went. Of course I found the nice res 1 lidences, and no doubt that colored gem tleman surmised that by going out there would get into this cheap lodg- ing house" Blackson left Stamford at 10 o'clock Saturday morning.
 Blackson is held on a charge of va grancy, although the police state that he had nothing to do with the assault. The police are satisfied that he came to town Saturday, and that he came here from Stamford and previously from Pennsylvania
 The statement in a paper that the lady living on Bishop street who heard the cries for help and soon afterward saw a colored man passing by her house could identify the man is, the 
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