Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-02
|QU|CK AND CHEAP LAW MRS. RAE THROWSAC|D
Taft Would Reform Admins Patent Examiner ATen Intend
traton of Justice. ed Victim, Receives Burns
HAS NO ABSOLUTE REMEDY INNOCENT BYSTANDER ALSO
Advantage Attack Made in Pres.
sultor. ence of Big Crowd
GREATEST EVIL Is IN DELAY CLIMAX MANY QUARRELS
Letters or Congratulaton Woman
John D.. nd
om-G Sends Assure Reen Handy
INNOCENT BYSTANDER ALSO
Sensational Attack Made in Pres.
ence of Big Crowd.
CLIMAX OF MANY QUARRELs
Woman Not Sorry-Says She Would
Have Shot Allen If Gun Had
Been Handy.

AS the elimination of quarrel last
evening, it is stated, in which articles Of
furniture were used as weapons, Mrs
Mary Rae. forty years old. of 2SO1 Sher-
man avenue northwest dashed a quantity
OF carbolic acid in the face Of James T.
Aiien who lives at the same address
AS result of the acid-throwing two
persons were severely. though not serious
ly, burned Mr.. Allen had one side of his
race blistered by TIE acid and Miss EfHe
Knott. fifteen years old. an innocent by-
sIanaer: living on :he Canal road near the
Chain bridge, was severely burned on
poth arms and on the left side of the
neck, 'no
The attack was made at the corner NJ
llth and Girard streets
FOLLOWING the sensational attack the
91 woman was arrested by Policeman Car
ron or the tenth precinct, taken to the
station house and later held at the house
of detention.
Allen Patent Examiner.
Mr.. Allen, on whom the attack was
made, is an examiner in the patent Of
fce Mrs. Rae is a clerk in the De-
artment of Commerce and Labor. She a
woman of excellent appearance, well
dressed and apparently we'll educated
and refined. To the police and newspaper
men she mentioned the names of some
81.
Il lost my temper" Mrs. Rae said. III
l had had a revolver ] probably would
have shot him. / am not sorry for what
have done"
Mrs Rae says that Mr.. Allen, the in
tended victim, is her half brother and
that he has been living in the same house
With her at intervals for about five years
at 2SOl Sherman avenue. But they have
not always lived in peace and harmony.
On many occasions, she says, quarrels
and disputes have arisen between them,
and the latest one was responsible for
the sensational incident Of last night.
After going to market the couple re-
turned to their Shernian avenue home
she says. late yesterday afternoon ant
she began to get dinner Soon a disput,
began and war of words followed. Thei
the quarrel became more serious.
Mr.. Allen seized dipper full OF water
she says, and dashed 1t over her. Sh,
returned the dose. using a basin. Thi
continued. the woman declares, until tn,
clothes of both were saturated Ther
Mr.. Allen quickly put on dry garments
and slipped out of the front door of the
house and Off to the car line.
Mrs. Rae had completely lost her tenn
per by that time. she says, and looked
for something with which she could do
harm. She found a bottle of carboliC
acid which had been in the house for
many years, and chased Allen.
With her kimono flying In the breeze.
she rushed quickly out onto Sherman
avenue and full block along Girard
street to 11th street. There. she found
him. the police say she threw the con-
tents of the bottle in his face. Some of
the acid was spattered over little Effie
Knott. who was standing by the curb near
Mr.. Allen.
Both Victims Suffer.
BY this time the car nearly reached
the corner. Mrs. Rae fled back to her
home on Sherman avenue, while Allen
and the little girl boarded the car. The
latter soon began. to suffer intensely from
the burns on her arms and neck and she
hurried to the Emergency Hospital
The doctors found that the injuries to
her arms and neck, while severe and ex-
tremey painful, were not serious. and
the victim was allowed to leave the In
stftution for her home after her wounds
had been dressed.
MIR. Allen went to the office of DR.. Ern-
est c. SeIlhausen, $40 G street northwest.
and asked for treatment. DIR. Sellhauser
told the police he found severe burns on
the left side of the face and bite on the
right cheek. Where Mr.. Allen went from
there. the police were unable to learn. He
is being hunted all over the city.
The sensational attack created excite
ment in the vicinity. News quickly
reached the police. and Policeman Carroll
was sent out Immediately to investigate.
He found Mrs Rae at her home and
arrested her. She was taken 10 the tenth
precinct station and later removed to the
house of detention.
When seen by a Star reporter at the
station Mrs. Rae talked cautiously of the
incident, declaring that it was the culmi-
nation of a series of quarrelS between
herself and her half-brother in recent
months.
Quarreled Many Times.
1--WE had been quarreling tonight be-
fore l threw the acid. just as we have
had trouble before" she said. When
he drinks he comes home in nervous
and quarrelsome condition. and then We
have trouble. The same thing happened
tonight, and 1 could not stand it any
longer.
I'VE went to market and he returned
on the car with me. carrying the bas-
ket. After we arrived home | began to
prepare dinner. Then dispute arose.
but / don't know what about. He
threw some water on me, and l was not
going to take 1t all, so l threw some on
him. Then he put on some dry clothes
and left the house.
when / saw him go out of the door
determined that he should not come back
to make any more quarrels with me. So
picked up bottle of carbolic acid which
have had in the house for some time
and started after him with it. When 1
got near him at 18th and Glrard Streets
l threw it at him.
You lost your temper, did you?" Mrs
Rae was asked
''Oh. yes, l lost my temper all right
she replied.
And you took the first thing you could
get your hands on?'
'Yes. / suppose if there had been a re-
volver there | would have shot him. she
stated. g.
N'But now you are sorry for what you
have done?"
mo. | am not sorry she said.
Would Not Give Names.
In regard to her own family Mrs. Rae
was reticent in giving names She said
that her husband now dead, was John
J. Rae, a former associate with Frank
Bennett i'm the hotel business in this city;