Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-02
CAPTURED BY FOUR BOYS
He Had Committed Similar Oifenses in
Other Cities.
YOUTH HEARD CRIES FOR HELP
Young Lady Is Very III From the
Cruel Treatment She Had
Received.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. May 2.-As the
result Of q battle she had with a colored
man while on her way to her home at
wenonah. N J.. from this city, last even
ing. Miss Dorothy Paris is today confined
to her bed and doctors consider her con-
dition serious. Her face and hands are
badly cut and her body Is mass OF
bruises.
Edward Gibson. her assailant. was this
morning arraigned before Justice Of the
Peace Williams at Woodbury., N. J.. where
he was taken after he was captured by
some boys who witnessed the attack last
night.
Miss Paris. who is nineteen years old and
very pretty, Is student at the Friends
Select School, this city. She had been visit
ing friend here and was returning to her
home about a quarter before o'clock on
trolley car. The colored man boarded
the same car at Woodbury.. Several times
the girl was annoyed by the mans glances.
When Miss Paris alighted from the car
Gibson did the same. The girls home IL
about a quarter Of mile from the trolley
line Miss Paris started across q vacant
lot for her home. Before she had gone
twenty yards she heard the sounds OF the
colored mans steps behind her She start
ed to rum but Gibson caught up to her,
and grasping her by the wrist dealt her a
blow on the side of the head. She tried
to wrest herself from his grasp and then
turned to battle with him.
Tried to stifle Cries.
Seizing her around the waist the man
threw her to the ground, and placing his
fingers around her throat tried to stifie her
cries. 1t was then that four boys who
had been playing near by came to her res
cue.
Jack W. Hollinger was the first to hear
the girls cries and saw the colored man
crouching over her PROSTATE form and
beating her about the face with his left
hand, while with his right he was clutch
ing at her throat.
Started to Run.
Seeing Hollinger and his friends, Glib
son jumped up and started to run For
a half mile he led a chase across country.
Making final sprint. Hollfnger caught up
with the colored man as he entered the
shadow of the woods. The colored man
lodged behind a tree. Hollineer dashed
after him and dealt him stunning blow
In the face. In doing this he nearly dis
abled his right arm. but grappied with the
.colored man. and held him till his friends
arrived. who attacked the tfiend,. fleruely
kicking and terribly beating him. az
:. Covered with blood. Gibson was. taken
back to the scene OF attack. The girl was
conscious. but was so overcome by the at.
tack that she was unable to walk A car.
rfage was summoned and she was driven
to her home.
Mayor Struck Him.
The prisoner was then taken TO the home
of Dr. Lawrence, mayor. Of Wenonah
who became SO enraged when he heard
the details of the attack that he struck
the man in the face. telling him to the
floor.
The colored man was put on the 1922
train and taken to the Woodbury. JAIL
Miss Paris was unable to be present al
the hearing before Justice Williams, and
Hollinger appeared against the prisoner
He told OF the capture OF the man, and DR.
Lawrence testified to the seriousness Of the
girls condition. ,s.;es, j..
Gibson has lived at Wenonah for five
years and has been arrested twice before
for attacking colored girls. He is employed
as a cook at Woodbury.