Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-13
MAN HITS WOMAN
She LOSES RING
ENCOUNTER NEAR R0ADH0USE
AT CITY LIMITS
Well Dressed AutomobiIists, Acting as
II Under the Influence of liz
quor, Screen Identity.
Find Lost Diamond

One of the roadhouses just outside the
east city limits on Slauson avenue was,
according to the belief of the police, re-
sponsible for a vicious assault made by
an unidentified man upon a woman who
Is believed to be a member of one of
the most prominent families of Los An
geles.
The assault occurred Tuesday night
about 1880 o'clock at the corner Of
Moreta and Slauson avenues.
The persons concerned in the attack
are believed to have been members of
an automobile party which visited the
outside Inn earlier in the evening.
According to the statement Of the
barkeeper at the outside Inn the party
left the place about 10 O'Clock and all
seemed to be in good humor. Evidently
there was a quarrel, however, as the
man and woman who were concerned in
the assault did not enter the machine
but walked from the roadhouse at 400
East Slauson avenue to Moneta and
Slauson avenues, where the assault oc-
Cured.
David Pitt of 61S East Slauson ave-
nue. saw the assault and made the fol-
lowing statement:
II left the car at SIauson and Moneta
avenues to go to my home.
CAS- 1 stepped from the car noticed
a man and woman standing on the
northeast corner talking angrily
FeIIs Woman With Fist
'At first 1 paid no attention to the
quarrel, but when second later the
man struck the woman with his fist full
in the face went over to see what was
the trouble.
"The woman fell unconscious to the
street.
"The man seized her by the hand and
tried to help her up but she could not
stand.
"I noticed that the woman had a dia-
mond ring on the hand which the man
grabbed, but thought nothing of that.
"a few seconds later a car came and
the man swung on 1t and disappeared.
"Soon the woman recovered con-
sciousness and telephoned for cab
for her.
AFTER she had steadied herself bit
she said that she had been robbed of
diamond ring.
Then 1 thought of the man taking
her by the hand and told her of it. She
would say nothing beyond that 1t must
have fallen off her finger and she would
not believe that her companion had
taken it.
She was we'll dressed woman about
thirty years old, 1 should judge, and
she wore a fiat hat with an automobile
veil around it. She was dark COM
plected with rather red cheeks. Her
hair was black.
Men who were near by when the
two appeared at the corner told me
that they had been at the Outside Inn
drinking heavily and that both were
under the influence of liquor to a very
noticeable degree. I myself saw that
the woman was not able to take care
of herself and indeed she could hardly
walk.
''The blow which the man struck her
cut her cheek and the blood was flowing
freely.
''I do not remember what cab COM
pany it was that sent out a carriage
after her"
After the woman went down town in
the cab bystanderS searched for the
ring which the woman claimed to have
lost, but it was not until yesterday
when a Herald representative went to
the scene of the assault that the jewel
was found.
Ring Is Found
The ring is at present in the possess
sion of a man who can be found by
" lH6 dHu WHcII
ownership is proven 1t will be given
over.
1t is judged by the size of the stone
that the value thereof is not far from
$3.50 and may exceed that amount.
Shortly after the cars started run
ming yesterday morning a young man
went to the scene of the attack and
searched for the missing jewel He
stated that he was sent by the man
who committed the assault, but refused
to give either his name or the name of
the man who sent him.
A report of the loss of the Jewel was
made to the police and they worked in
the city on the case all day yesterday.
while Constable de la Monte endeav-
ored to ascertain the particulars of the
assault.
1t was stated by residents of that sec
ton of the city that assaults of a like
nature were of constant occurrence in