The Washington herald., 1907-09-30

promise, at the point Of the weapon, not
to attempt to inform any one Of what
had happened.
When he finally released me, the negro
said he was going back 10 my companion,
and that he intended TO kill him, if he
vas not already dead. and then rob him,
she continued.
The girl was greatly relieved when told
that Mullen. although wounded, had been
able 10 crawl through the woods and
make his way 20 the southern end OF
the Aqueduct Bridge, where he boarded
car and hurried 20 the Georgetown
University Hospital. There he was i'm
mediately placed In the emergency ward.
under the care of Dr. Joseph MuTrin, the
resident physician. His injuries although
of a serious nature are not regarded as
fatal. An operation will be performed to-
day to remove the bullet from the hip
and the other from the side OF his neck
where # lodged after cutting through
the lining of the mouth.
PoIsce Are Puzzled.
Notwithstanding that the girl gives the
description Of the negro, which exactly
fits a colored man who is known in Ross
Ism. and declares that her story of the
affair is true, several persons who were
with the posse last night, and members
Of the police. are completely puzzled.
From what was learned last night, the
/ parents of the Weiss girl have objected
| % Mulen's visits to the house. The young
man has been acquainted with the girl
since last May, and lately the couple be-
came engaged. They had intended to be
married on August 1, but because Of the
4 objection on the part Of the girls par
ents their plans were not carried out
/ Amelia Weiss acknowledged last night
/ that her father had only recently refused
! To allow Mullen to visit her at her home,
and that she had been meeting him at
/ appointed places in the vicinity Of the
/ bridge She said that last Saturday night
/ her father Chanced TO meet her with
Mullen in the vicinity Of her home and
ordered the young man 10 leave her.
/ That these parental objections were
shared by her brother Is not known, but
| the local police are Of the opinion that
/ the latter knows something Of the iden-
| tity of the man who did the shooting
/ In connection with this belief they dis
credit the story of the attack made upon
her, as told by the girl.
Brother Is Arrested.
The brother was arrested about II
o'clock last night by DR. ". 2. Hudson,
of 916 Nineteenth street. The physician
heard some one In the vestibule Of his
residence, and on investigating, found
that the man. apparently intoxicated
was attempting to stretch out, as if to
go to sleep. Being & special officer. Dr.
Hudson placed the man under arrest and
walked him TO the station house.
When the officials at the Third pre-
cinCt learned his name was Weiss, they
/ Immediately questioned him about the
alleged attack upon his sister and her
companion, and from the nature of the
mans answers, became impressed that
perhaps he knew something Of the
identity of the one who did the shooting
After much questioning he acknowledged
that the girl was his sister, but insisted
that he knew nothing CT the attack He
said that he had been at work all day as
a waiter. In a bundle he had was found
q walters coat and apron.
At Mullen's house. in Georgetown, last
night the members Of his family said that
until the story of the alleged attack had
/ been told 10 them during the evening.
they had known nothing Of the Young
mans engagement with the Weiss girl.
Mullen Not Certain.
When questioned at the hospital last
night by Attorney Mackey, Mullen said
ne could not tell whether II had been a
white OF colOred man who had attacked
him. as the man approached and hit him
from the rear.
At late hour last night, a number Of
the members of the posse We're stiIl on
the hunt for the negro, Notwithstanding
the conflicting features Of the affair de-
veloped by the local police They had sue
ceeded in learning the name of the negro
fitting the description given by the Weiss
girl, and were searching the vicinity of
the Aqueduct Bridge for him.