The Washington times., 1906-05-04
Mrs. Rosalie Moore At
tackled by Colored Foot
pad, But Managed to
Save Her Purse.
THE CITY IS AROUSED
TO NEED OF ACTION
Many Suspects Held for
the Assault Committed
Upon Mrs. Fields at
AnacOStia.

Another attack on a defenseless woman
and attempt to rob her was made by a
colored man on Ninth street, near G
street northwest, last night The woman
Is Mrs Rosalie Moore, OF 90 New York
avenue northwest, who succeeded in re-
Pelling her assailant's attack and sub
scquently tainted she was slightly
bruised about the throat. but suffered
no other i'll effects from the encounter.
and still has her handbag.
This is the fifth report OF its character
which has reached Major Sylvester and
Chief of Detectives Boardman since
Thursday night of last week. 1t is not
believed that one or two men have COM
mitted all the assaults or that there Is
an organized gang, but the police think
the last four attacks were made because
Of the report of the first.
Thus far one of the colored men has
been captured. arraisned in court and
rennanded to jail TO await trial on a
charge of assaulting and robbing Miss
EdeIe Arctander, OF 1918 Fourteenth
street northwest. who was inhumanly
beaten in Rock Greek Park a week ago
today The prisoner is Edward Hensley.
alias Shorter He has confessed and
pleaded guilty and SAYS when he left
the snacostia station yesterday morn
esilows or penitentiary. whichever the
law imposed upon him.
May Be the Right Man.
The suspect who is attracting most
attention from the police is John BiEgs.
colored about twenty-five years old.
who was arrested by Policemen Brown
and Foley. Of the >.snth precinct staten.
He is said to bear a close resemblance
TO the man who assaulted Mrs. Fields
yesterday morning. Sergeant Anderson.
in charge OF the AnacOstia district. says
Riggs has been partially identified by
Mrs. John Tuck. who lives on the Doug
las estate near Anacostia. Mrs. Tuck
says Biggs or his double called at her
home yesterday. a short time after Mrs.
Fields was assaulted. and asked for a
change of clothing, saying he was in a
hurry and wanted to 20 to a funeral in
better clothing than he was wearing
at the time.
Mrs Tuck told the man the police had
been to her house inquiring about some
one answering his description. and upon
hearing this the stranger ran out Of the
back door and disappeared in the woods
near Good Hope The police were soon
hot on the trail, and pursued it until
dark. Then they procured lanters, and,
. together with number of half-grOWn
boys and men living in the vicinity Of
Anacostia penetrated the forests leading
10 the Maryland boundary arresting
every cOlOred man they found.
Brown and Foley arrested Biggs while
he was endeavoring TO scramble into a
moving freight car near Benning. The
police say he does not give a good ac-
count OF himself Mrs. Fields will see
him this afternoon.
Not satisfied with the partial fdenti-
fication of Biggs, the police intend 10
keep on the trail of the man seen at the
Tuck home yesterday and arrest him If
BigEs proves an alibi Biggs SAYS he
was near big building with wall
around IL yesterday morning and some
one told him it was an insane asylum
This puts him in the neighborhood of
Mrs. Fields home.
Mrs. Fields Improved.
Mrs. Fields was much improved today.
although she still suffers the Ill effects
of the attack.
Detectives Cornwell, Trumbo. Horne.
and Flather of the Central Office and po-
lice OF the Anacostia station reached the
Field homestead a few moments after
the case was reported and got out on
the trail in a remarkably short time.
but the man evidently knew the terri
tory and had planned his escape neatly.
Mrs. Fields said today she saw the
man before she entered her home
After getting my child 1 went into
the house., she said. In the dining
room 1 saw the same man. about me-
dunn size. black. british face. and wear
ing brown suit and cap, leaning over
the drawers of the sideboard raosaclx-
ing them. I asked him what he want
ed, and he told me he was looking for
something to eat / ordered him ont
of the house and threatened to get a
policeman He struck me a vicious blow
in the mouth. cutting my lips badly.
Then he grabbed me by the throat and
bore me TO the floor. 1 held on TO nv
poeketbook, trying to hide it. I man.
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