Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-15
MAY HAVEBEEN ROBBED
MISS BLEssIEa Or FHILADEL-
PHIA NOW IN HoarTTAI.



Miss Edna Pleasing former resident OF
Mexico. but who has been living at 1913
Mount Vernon street. Philadelphia. is under
treatment at the Casualty Hospital 1t was
reported last night that she had probably
been assaulted and robbed while in Armory
square. near Missouri avenue ard 9Th
street. but the physicians at the hospital
told Detectives Muller and Cornwell today
that they could find no evidence OF an as
sauit having been committed. No marks OF
violence they stated, were to be seen
Miss Blessing is Ill. however. and will prob
ably have to remain In the hospital sew
erai days. Miss Blessings handbag was
reported missing and 1t was found in the
park. The reason she gave for believing
she had been assaulted was that she had
q hemorrhage and that some blood flowed
from her nose. She is subject to hemor-
images of the stomach but upon prior oc-
casfons. she statec. the blood was expelled
only from her mouth. The young woman
explained that she came here from Phila-
deiphia yesterday and that her return
which she had In her handbag When the
handbag was found 1t was closed and the
contents did not show signs of having been
disturbed. the police say.
Miss Blessing first attracted attention
when she entered drug store near Penn
syivania avenue and It'll street and asked
Tor treatment Then the police were told
OF her condition and she was removed To
the hospital. At times she appeared to be
unconscious. This condition the physicians
said, was the result of weakness due to loss
OF blood The young woman told the de-
tect1yes and physicians at the hospital of
her visit to this city and of how she had
recovered consciousness in the park and
gone to drug store to be treated. She
stated that her brother. was married in
Philadelphia. yesterday, and that she came
from that city upon the train upon which
the bride and groom travelled The newly
married couple rode in a Pullman. she said,
while she rode in a day coach because
she did not want to 'butt In as she ex-
pressed it.
Due to Loss of Blood.
Miss Blessing alighted from the train in
Baltimore. and remained there more than
an hour. Then she purchased ticket and
came to this city. Her weakened condi-
ton, she stated was due to loss of blood
from hemorrhages. She had undergone six
operations, she said one of them having
been performed in a hospital in Wilkes
barre. Pa, and the last one In Philadelphia
In November of last year. AT that time she
remained In the hospital seventeen weeks
Miss Blessing explained that she reached
o'clock and met Mrs. Hibbs in the railroad
station. They conversed for few minutes
and then Miss Blessing walked as far as
7th street and Pennsylvania avenue with
MIS- i1iDDS anu SlOOQ lneTe until the latter
boarded street car and started toward
her home in South Washington. Mrs.
Hibbs heard nothing more about Miss
Blessing until the police called upon her.
Miss Blessing strolled back to the depot
and walked over to the park Just what,
| If anything, happened while she was in the
park she did not know, but when she re-
gained her senses she discovered that she
had had hemorrhage and was unable to
| find her handbag.
When she had fully recovered conscious
ness she made her way to a drug store
| Special Policeman Nicholas Miles searched
the park and found the missing handbag,
and turned ii over to the police An in
yestigation was made by the detectives and
the police of the sixth precinct, but they
failed to find anybody who had witnessed
any trouble had seen the woman lying
in the park. 1t was stated at the hospital
this afternoon that the condition of Miss
Blessing was improved somewhat.
Net Accidently at Depot.
Mrs. Hibbs told the detectives that she
| accidentally met Miss Blessing while in the
was pale and sekly looking that she was
almost afraid to leave her. Miss Blessing,
she added, told her that she had an en-
gagement, but that the party she was to
meet had not appeared Mrs. Hibbs added
that she had never seen the young woman
before, but that she felt sorry for her and
went out with her for a stroll in order that
she might get some fresh air. Miss Bless
ing showed Mrs. Hibbs according to the
latter, the contents of her handbag and
purse, but she saw no money In either OF
them. The stranger asked regarding hos
pitfalls in this city and about the time Mrs
Hibbs left her she said she was going to
take walk in the park. Mrs. Hibbs adj
vised her not to go in the park on account
of bar