New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-06
HARVARD STUDENTS
ROUTED BY WTR|OL
Charge Aged Husband Of Lodg-
ing House Keeper with
Throwing the Acid.
AN EARLY MORNING CALL
Had Arranged with a Young
Woman Ledger to Take an
Automobile Ride to
Providence.
AN EARLY MORNING CALL
LRx Telegraph to The rrihune !

Boston. June 5.-Showered with vitrlol
house on Massachusetts, avenue. in the
Back Bay district. talking with a pretty
manicure Cirl, whom they had invited 70
toin them I'm an automobile ride TO Prov
idence two Harvard students living at
Westmoreland Hall. on the Gold
Coast" narrowly escaped Disagreement
for life at o'clock Yesterday morning
one Of them. Donald n. Clark.
Junior. the son Of Holyoke physician,
suffered the destruction Of most Of his
clothing. his hands and arms were
burned and one entire side Of his neck
and part Of his face disfgured so badly
that. according to physicians, the scars
will remain with him for life.
In the city police court, to-day. war
rant was issued for the arrest Of Will
lam H. Grape. seventy-four years old.
on a charge Of having thrown the acid.
The lodging house where the affair took
place is conducted 10y his wife.
According to the story as it was re-
lated in the city police court Yesterday.
the front parlor bedroom is occupied by
three young women. Miss Evelyn Ward.
a manicure. employed in Newbury street.
and Miss Labelle Gordon and Miss
Florence Emmett
on Saturday night at Revere Beach.
Stoddard Hoffman, of New York. Har-
ward freshman. and Clark met Miss
Ward and Miss Gordon. Hoffman in
vited the young women to join in an
automobile ride. He had known them
since meeting Miss Ward at the New
bury street establishment. several
months ago. Miss Gordon declined to
Join the party and Miss Ward decided
TO remain with her chum.
According to Hoffman. before they
drove on he asked Miss Ward If she
would 20 for a ride II he called at the
house some time after midnight with
two more Of his college ChUms
She sssented. it is said. and At !
O'Clock in the morning. in 4 seven seat
sd touring car hired from Harvard
garage. Hoffman. with Clark and two
other students who had Joined the party.
stopped few doors away from the
house ON the opposite side Of the street
in order to avoid attracting attention
10 the lodging house.
They awakened Miss Ward with little
trouble and began discussing the ride.
At this iuncture Crapo is said 70 have
opened the door and told them they were
making too much noise and 10 90 away.
After the students refused 10 go. they
say. Grape went in, threatening 10 tele-
phone FOR the police.
The students then went away. but
Hoffman and Clark returned. When they
reached the house Grape is said to have
opened the door suddenly and accused
Clark ~ being trespasser. This was
denied by Clark Hoffman standing ST
the bottom Of the steps on the sidewalk
and>taking part I'm the conversation from
there
Then. # is charged by both Clark and
Hoffman. the aged man reached ont with
y large tumbler full Of vitriol or sui
phuric acid and threw it at them. Hoff
mans clothes were spattered with The
acid. holes being burned through and
soaring the skin wherever the liquid
Touched. Clark was blinded by the fumes
that arose from his burned face and
neck and his clothes were reduced 70
ashes and shreds i'm many places.