Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-14
SAYS SHE WAS DRUGGED
Knew Nothing After Drinking With
Men in a Hotel.
SAYS HOME IS IN BALTIMORE
Has No Idea Of How She Got Prom
That City to Washington
Suburb.

Drugged while in Baltimore hotel Sat.
urday night and removed from the hos
terry in cab. according TO her own
story, Miss Mary Douglass. who saws her
mother resides at 1134 West Hanover
street, Baltimore. Nd, was found wan
dering about the woods near Cattail Hill.
west Riverdale. Md. i'm a state of de-
iirium yesterday morning She was later
taken to Hyattsvilfe. where she recov-
cred. and is expected to be returned 10
her home in Baltimore this afternoon
HOW or when Miss Douglass reached
the vicinity of the Marylanad town In a.
mystery TO both herself and the Mary
land authorities. The last she remembers
was being placed In cab about O'Clock
Saturday night.
couple residing in Hyattsville were
driving to church about o'clock yester-
DAY morning, when they saw a girl hid
| ing in woods along the Baltimore pike
near Riverdale. She wore no hat or coat
| and her clothing was torn in shreds Her
hands, arms and legs were a mass Of
cuts which had been inflicted by the
briars, and her hair was disarranged
Whipping up his horse the driver went
TO the home of Constable Raybold and
| notified him of the strange actions of
| the woman. The constable went to the
| team, but after an hours search was un-
| able to locate her.
Running Wildly About.
Several hours later, however William
Britain. employed by L. w. Carlton OF
West Riverdale. was in the woods about
| quarter of a mile above his employers
place As he was walking through the
woods he was startled by the sudden ap-
pearance OF young woman who was
! running about in a wild manner. Britain
| went to the home Of his employer and he
and Mr.. Carlton went to the woods TO
look for the girl
The two men, after a diligent search
| finally located her in a dense under
growth: When Mr.. Carlton asked for
her name she replied that it was Chill
dress She also told him that her home
! was on South Gay street, but would not
say In what city. Later the girl said her
home was IN the woods and that she had
resided there for two days. Between the
questions asked by Carlton and Britain,
they say. the young woman appeared TO
address herself in rambling manner TO
+ tsse .ffYcy a9n underbrush in the woods.
Whf4e the two men were endeavor-
ing to persuade the girl to leave the
woods and accompany them to Hyatts-
Vi!ie, Robert Selby, milk dealer, re-
siding near Riverdale appeared on the
pike with his horse and buggy. The
woman told the men that she wanted
| to find some water. They told her to
get into the buggy and they would
take her to place where she could
| get drink.
Yields to Persuasion.
After some persuasion she finally got
into the buggy and Mr.. Selby took her
| to Hyattsville and turned her over to
| Constable Raybold. She was promptly
t<x;v,
| Constable Raybold learned from her
her name and address.
| Miss Douglass told the constable he
| says that her mother resided at 1884
| said she had been a resident Of that CITY
| for the last eighteen years. and that re-
Gently she had been employed by a
widower, who had two children, residing
| Baltimore. She said she took care of the
children and attended to the house
| duties.
Saturday morning, according to Miss
Douglass. young girl. whom she had
| met on several occasions called at her.
| place of employment with two young
men. whom she had never met before
They invited her to go out and have a
| good time, the constable says he was
told. and she consented to accompany
| them.
Complained Of Illness.
They visited hotel during the day. she
explained, and remained there until
shortly before Q O'clock She said she
complained of feeling III and one of tho
men got her something to drink After
drinking the liquid, according to her
story. she did not remember anything
| more, except that she was placed I'm a
| cab.
| When she finally recovered from the
| effects Of the drug at Hyattsville last
night the girl was greatly alarmed, and
| it was some time before her attendant
| was able to make her believe that she
| had been found I'm the woods near River
dale.
Miss Douglass told Constable Reybold
this morning that when she left her place
| Of employment she had two gold rings on
her hands. a brooch on her waist. sew
| eral dollars in her purse and about SIS
cents tied in a pocket handkerchief. All
| OF the articles and money, however were
missing when she was found yesterday
morning.
Constable Reybold this morning notified
the Baltimore police Of the finding of
the young woman Later she expressed
desire to go to her home in baltimore.