The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-23
He CANES WOMAN
AND is ARRESTED
Then He Canes" Photographer
and Gets in More
Trouble.
STRANGE CASE IN NEW YORK
Defendant Vigorously Denies
That He Is Barrett,
the Artist.
Especial to The Times-Dlspatch.

H.
New York. September ga heavily
built siX-footer. who gave his name as
Edgar X. Smith" and his address as
"Des Moines." and who, the police say,
wears a hat marked with the Initials
20. II. B." inside, was arrested a lit
tie after o'clock this morning at the
corner OF Broadway and FIFTY fourth
Street Policeman Butler. of the West
forty-seventh Street Station. who
made the arrest, said that he found
smith and woman at the corner.
Smith had CAGE with which. by
ISLANDERS said, he had been beating the
woman. Smith and the woman were
locked UP ana were arraigned In the
West Side Police Cour: this morning
on charges OF disorderly conduct The
woman would not press complaint
against Smith and denied the assault.
Roth were discharged.
Canes photographer.
Immediately on leaving the court
Smith got into trouble again this time
with newspaper photographer. He
used mis- cane on the photographer, ac-
cording TO witnesses, and was rear
rested. He finally was held for epe-
cial sessions In $500 bail on the pho
'ograPher's complaint Tho police got
tho information that the man who
described himself as Smith had lives
AZ one time al the Galnsborouyh stu.
dos in West Fifty-ninth Street When
photograph Of the prisoner was
shown TO employees OF the studios 1,
was said to bear a likeness to George
r. Barrett who lived In subleasod
npartment in the studio building for
a time in the latter part Of las, year
Barrett moved from the Gains
borough 10 3ls West Fifty-seventh
Street There again Smiths photo
graph way said 10 be very like pho
N mi, ~
Jarrett is an artist whose present
home is in the Hereford Apartment
p $40 West Seventy-nlnth street. lie
Is we'll known in Christian science cir
fles. and formerly was an usher in
the First Church at Ninety-sixth
street and Central Park. West. Vigil
v. Strickler, leader of the church said
to-day tina; Mr.. Barrett no longer was
connected with the institution. Barrett
comes from Norfolk. Va His wife was
Miss Jennie L Gibson. of Boston
Smiths troubles began when Po-
liceman Butler heard woman scream
at the Broadway corner and ran up
Men who were nearby told him that
the man had been beating the woman
with a cane. Butler says ne found
smith bending over the woman and
grabbed him and threw him 10 one
side. The man. the policeman said.
protested that the officer was quitting
""''t ~ i'du no business to in
terferc, and that II was merely a
family affair, the woman being his
VIE. Butler paid no attention 10 the
protestations OF Smith or OF the wo
man, who said that tho man had no,
struck her. but took them both 70
tho station house
The man who gave his name AS
smith is about thirty-three years old.
Tho woman was a good LOOKING wo.
man, who said that she was Smiths
vic Both were charged with dis
orderly conduct. The pair spent the
night in cells. This morning when
they were arraIsned before Magistrate
"cQuade' both denied that Smith had
struck the woman
AS the woman would not make anv
complaint against the man accused of
atrlkinS her, he was DISCHARGED and
the woman WAS let go, too. Thev had
got only short way up the street
from the court when Smiths next
tronole came Two Photographers
stood by tho curb with cameras aimed
smith dropped the woman's arm. and.
according to the stories of witnesses
made for one OF them, striking hfn,
IN the face with his fist first and then
using MS cane on him. The other
photographer. having his machine all
ready, took a photograph OF the rum
'us and hustled off TO a dark room
Picture Evidence.
Meanwhile policemen and others
closed in on Smith and he ran. After
a chase OF several blocks he was can
'ured and brought back to the court
where the photographer made com
nlaint against him. BY the time the
case was called. the second photogra.
pher returned and handed up a print
from the negative he had made The
magistrate said that the picture was
sufficient evidence and held Smith"
who was still protesting, in $500 bail
for trial in Special Sessions. This
bail was furnished in cash this after
noon by man who gave his name MS
Marcel Clodio. and who declined to
give his address
The woman VINO described herself
as Mrs Smith" had disappeared when
the fracas with the photographer be-
gan. Smith was asked II he were not
George H. Barrett, the artist
He was vigorous in his denials. At
the Hereford apartment house inquir-
ers for Barrett were told that he was
in the country recuperating. He had
been away for some little time, it was
said Mrs. Barrett. however. was at
home tonight. Her brother, John
Gibson, of Boston. saw reporters on
behalf of his sister. He said that Mrs.
Barrett requested him to say that her
husband had informed her that ne
was not the man who had been ar
resHd. Statements accredited to Mrs.
Barrett had been printed in an evening
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