Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-10-21
MYSTERIOUSLY INJURED.
Senator Aldrich, of Rhode Island, Said
to Have Been Run Down by We
hicle-suspected of Being Victim of

Senator Aldr1ch, OF Rhode Island, SAID
to Have Been Run Down by We
hicle-suspected of Being Victim of
Thugs.
New York, Oct. Ex-senator Nelson
w. Aldrich, OF Rhode Island, republic
can leader in the United States Senate,
is slowly recovering today in his apart
ments, $40 Park avenue, from the eff
fects of u mysterious accident which be-
fell him last night at 6 o'clock. Sena-
tor Aldrich himself does not know how
he was injured, but believes he was
struck either by taxi-cab or an cleo
trio car.
Despite the optimistic reports given
by Senator Aldrich's family, it is I'M
derstood that for time grave alarm
was felt and that even now his condi-
ton is such as to cause some anxiety.
The main injuries are about the head,
it is declared. Senator Aldrich, with
his wife and son, Winthrop, has been
stopping at his New York apartment
for some time. Last evening, shortly
before 6 O'Clock, the senator, dressed
for dinner and decided to take stroll
while waiting for the other members OF
his family. Twenty minutes later he
staggered into the entrance OF the
apartment house. where he sank into
the arms of friends who happened to be
standing there.
The senator was rushed to his rooms
and physicians summoned. DR.. Dun
ham, of the Presbyterian Hospital, ar
| rived in few moments in an ambu-
lance. He was joined very shortly by
other physicians who spent consider.
able time in his apartments, one of
them remaining on duty all night.
| Early today it was declared by the
doctors that the senator's chief hurts
| were in the head and that he would be
able to be out in a few days, though
just how long he would be confined was
problematical. Senator Aarich told
them that while he was wtlking past
the corner of Madison avenue and 69th
street, a vehicle-he does not know
what sort-struck him.
Not single person has been found
who witnessed the accident.
That a fashionably dressed man, Of
striking personal appearance, could be
struck at this crowded corner and walk
alone through the streets with his cloth
| ing dishevelled and blood streaming
from his face, has added to the mystery
OF the accident. He was bleeding pro-
fusely from wound over his left eye
and another on the right temple, while
his right arm appeared to hang limp in
the torn sleeve of his frock coat.
Although members Of the senator's
family were willing to give out few OF
the details OF his injuries, endeavoring
as much as passible to minimize their
effect, it was significant that all the
employees of the apartment house had
been given orders that under no con-
ditiop were they to say one word re-
garding the accidentr
At police headquarters it was de-
clared that no report had been received
OF any accident at Madison avenue and
Goth street, and that if street Car or
automobile struck the Rhode Island
senator at this police, the police knew
nothing of it.
There are persistent rumors, as yet
unconfrmed, that Senator Aldrich may
have been the victim OF murderous
assault.
Later in the day the veil Of mystery
thrown about the case by the Aldrich
family was Increased to IN extent that
newspaper men were refused admittance
to the apartment house, and no phone
calls were answered.
DR.. H. Holbrook Curtis, the Al
drich family physician, added to the
mystery later in the morning by tell
ing of the senator's injuries, but re-
fusing positively to say how they were
sustained, other than that he had been
run down."
| The senator has cut over the
left eye brow, extending over the fore
head, and is badly bruised on the face
and head" said DR.. Curtis. There
are no internal injuries. He is suffer
ing slightly from shock, and will be
about in two days"
When asked whether the wound on
the head might have been caused by
an assault, DR.. Curtis refused to reply.