New-York tribune., 1911-03-20
Then Man Who Charged Him
with Unlawful Entry Is Held
for Assault.
EDUCATOR IN HOSPITAL
CARPENTER Caused Detention OF
Head of Tuskegee Institute
Not Badly Hurt, He Is Able
to Go to Hotel.

| with unlawful entry. The cnaree was
| preferred by Albert Urich. carpenter
who lives at No. liz West 65d street.
TIrich said that ne found the man inside
the hallway on the first floor acting In
suspicious manner. After DR. Wasnins-
ton had been taken 10 the West bstn
street station and the lieutenant IN
charge had heard his side Of the case
the charge against him was dlsmiss"h
and charge OF assault was made
against J-lrch by DR.. 1ashington, VINO
| showed severe cuts on hi. scalp. wnicn
| he said had been inflicted by Ulricn'
Nothing was known Of the identity OK
rho prisoner until he was arfalsnen IN
the police station. when he produced ms
,ersonal visiting card and a pass on the
| Albany Day Line Of steamers Both
hore tho name of Booker r. Warrington
ue said he was teacher in Tuskegee
| Institute. had an office at NO ~ East
42d street. and was ffty-one years old.
| After the charge against him had beot
dismissed the educator was taken 10
Flower Hospital, where his wounds were
dressed by DR.. Wier the ambulance sur
seon II is not thought that the wounds
are Of a dangerous nature. although one
Of Mr.. Washington's ears was Spit ny q
blow.
| Story Of Assalant.
| According TO the story told By Clricn
AZ the police station. h was eating his
supper at 10 o'clock last night on t"e
first floor of me house 1T No. lll2 west
63d street. when his wife. who mad peeh
on. exercising her dog. came IN ana sal"
| she had seen a negro in the hai"'E'
T'lrich lives in the rear of the first hoor'
the front portion of the apartment beg
ocounied hv a family called Revett.
As soon as his wife had told HIM oi the
presence of the man Ulrich took the dog
with him and went into the nan. h'
saws he saw a negro peeking through tn'
LevhoIe of the Revett door. ana mat
whom the man saw he was watched ne
hastened out of the hall and Walk q
across the street. According to Ulrich'
the negro waited in dark corner ol u.e
street and presently returned 70 tne na'-
wav again peeking through inc KEY
hole.
I-Ir,ch said he continued to watch me
, man who went through the same per
forn,ance four times Then. according
r. the carpenter. he went up to the man
and asked him what he was dong 'her''
He got no answer. ne said. and inc hest"
rid 10 strike him. Il was then, he said,
that he struck the man several limos
with his fist until the negro hnaiy
broke from his grasp and started ~ '""
down the street.
I-,ricn chased him down Central PARK
West until he reached point near o-'
street. when Patrolman Tierney, of me
West sSth street station. caught him ~
he ran headlong into his arms
I-lrlch told Tierney the circumstances
under which he had found the man. and
soia he vould press a charge Of unlaw-
fuI entry against him. Al the station
house ne went over tho details ot IN"
caee again. and asked the lieutenant TO
hold the prisoner
Or. Washington Suffering.
While all this went on the man h'ln
as prisoner said nothing tie aN-
noared 10 be- suffering much pain from
his wounds. the blood running down ihe
side of his face. The iieut'nan' WY
struck by the appearance OF IN" negro
and SAW that he was man oi unusrsi
, refinement. when he started to ask
him for his side of the story the man
hordod him his visiting card and also
the steamer pass.
Or. washington then told the hou-
tenant :hat he had received a telegram
from f. G. Smith. auditor of the Tuske-
\ gee Institute. yesterday. saying he was
, going ~ he i'm this city to-day and ask
ing him 20 meet him at No liz West
s2d street. where a cousin of his lived.
Not knowing the house DR.. Washing
TON sa'a h. was busy looking at me
a name plates on the inside of the first hall
, when I'lrich came out. After he had
looked at all the names on one side ana
being sure of the address. Dr. WASH
: ;netor returned second time and was
l. then attacked by Ulrich. Thinking he
= vould be badly beaten. he said. he de-
s cided 10 escape and ran down the street.
l. While the ambulance surgeon was
D treating DR.. Washington. George Ahearn.
a clerk in the Hotel Lucerne, In VT
Q 7oth street. entered the station house 10
g make complaint and said tho prisoner
s WAS Booker r. Washington. He said he
{ had often met him and was sure of his
= identification
y DR.. Washington said just before he left
t thc hospital that he left the Hotel Man
haitian shortly after 10 o'clock yesterday
Il evening TO keep an appointment with a
n friend of his in West Gid street He
had rung the bell several times and,
falling To ge. a response. returned 10 the
street and walked mp and down for about
FIVE minutes. thinking that the friend he
|. sought might be asleep or visiting I'm an
other apartment.
He returned To the house after that
and rang the bell several times, all this
, time being in the vestibule and not IN
q the inner hall. As he Was standing
p. waiting for reply To his ring. he said
= a man came down the han. opened tn
$ door and attacked him. Believing thai
, he was about tn be robbed. DR.. Washing
ton said. he defended himself a. best n
could When he realized n was beins
: oVerrowered he ran Ia the street. callns
I. ,,,. holm