The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-03-23
NEGRO LEADER is
BEATEN BY ANGRY
MAN IN new YORK
Famous Black Declares He Was
In Neighborhood Looking
for One of His College
Employees.

New York, March 21.-Booker l
T. Washington was not able to appeal
| in court today because of the injured
he received last night, according tC
the statement of his attorney and the
hearing of the charge against Albert
Ul-ich, carpenter. arrested last night
on his complaint of felonious assault
was postponed until tomorrow. Ulrich
was held in $1,000 bonds.
Ulrich, a white man, maintains to-
day that he was acting within his
rights when he pursued the negro ed
ucator for several blocks before
| policeman appeared. Ignorant of the
negro's identity, he declared that his
wife had complained to him OF a
negro she had met in the hallway of
! their fiat house in West Sixty-third
street.
| Mr.. Washington, who was sent to
| Flower hospital, where 16 stitches
were taken in his scalp, asserted that
| his mission to that neighborhood was
perfectly legitimate and that he had
| been made the innocent victim of an
atrocious assault
Attorney Smith, who represented Mr..
| Washington. told Magistrate Cornell
that his client had IL wounds and
! that one of the wounds had caused
a serious hemorrhage of the ear.
A short affidavit was then made by
| Policeman Tierney, who brought
Ulrich to court, and on this the pris-
oner was held in $1,000 bail. bond
was furnished for Ulrich's appearance
in court and he was released.
Story of the Educator.
| Mr.. Washington, who went to his
apartments at the Hotel Manhattan
after having his wounds dressed. told
| the police that he had received a let
ter from his secretary, saying that
d. c. Smith, auditor Of Tuskegee col
lege. of which Mr.. Washington is the
| head, was in New York city and de-
sired to see him.
| This letter said Mr.. Smith was
stopping with a cousin, giving the
name and address," said Mr.. WASH
ington. ION Sunday ! attended church
services twice. and, after speaking at
one church in evening, recalled the
letter concerning Mr.. Smith, and de-
cided to look him up. But discovered
that I had left the letter at the hotel,
but / thought I could recall the name
| as something like Moore, and the ad-
1 dress being in West Sixty third street.
went there and commenced to look
at the name plates on the letter boxes
seeking the name Of Mr.. Smiths
cousin. 1t was while thus engaged
| that / was attacked"
Ulrich Tells His Side.
| Ulrich, in an interview with his
4 lawyers and others in court today
said:
About 9 o'clock last night my wife
| went for a walk. We live on the
! ground floor of the house. No. liz
| West Sixty third st. When she re-
! turned she said she had seen q negro
in the hall, and that he spoke to her
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Ravette and Mrs
Knowles, friends Of ours, were in the
house at the time. ! went out ant
saw a man in the hall of the vesti-
bule door ahead OF me-"
Ulrich said he saw the negro re-
enter the hallway. and later saw him
bending down at my door. peerinl
through the keyhole."
Ulrich said he swung blow at his
jaw when he asked him what ht
| wanted and that he then went after
the negro, who fell twice in his ef-
forts to escape.
President Seth Low, of the board OF
trustees of the Tuskegee Normal and
Industrial institute, today gave out 9
statement bearing on the assault OF
Mr.. Washington. Mr.. Lows statement
was practically the same as the one
made by Mr.. washington. In conclu.
sion he said:
1.-The trustees of the Tuskegee in.
stitute have absolute confidence in DR.
Washington, and they will give hin
whatever support and aid he needs"
The statement Of DR.. Low was read
to District Attorney Whitman before Il
was made public.