The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-03-20
SAYS He TOOK
BOOKER T. FOR
A PEEPING TOM
White Man Arraigned For As
sault on Negro Educator
Claims Latter Insu'ted His
Wife-Held in $1,5OO Bail
Washington Unable to Ap-
pear in Court
Especial from United Press,

New York, March 20-On a charge
of felonious assault on Booker T.
Washington, the negro orator, Albert
Ulrich, white, an employing carpen-
ter, was held by Magistrate Carroll,
in the West Side police court, in $500
bail for examination, tomorrow. DR..
Washington was unable to be pres
ent. his attorney, Wilmot H. Smith,
presenting a certificate signed by DR..
Botsford saying that Washington was
suffering to such an extent from his
injuries that it would be unwise for
him to leave his bed, today. Ulrich
was represented by Attorneys James
L. Moore and W. J. Gibson and
pleaded not guilty.
Ulrich insisted that he did not
know who Washington was and that
the famous negro educator spoke to
his wife as she passed through the
hallway of their home at II IL 63rd
street. last night. His wife and their
daughter will be witnesses in his de-
fense when the case comes up, to-
morrow afternoon.
Friends Of DR.. Washington were
present in large numbers to aid him
in prosecuting Ulrich when the case
was called. They say that there is no
question but that the educator was in
the house looking for D. c. Smith,
auditor Of Tuskogee Institute, when
the assault was committed. The doc
tor will produce the letter asking him
to look Smith up when Ulrich Is ar
raigned in court, according to Attor-
ney Smith. He also has subpoenaed
B.NH. Benton, who lives in the house
and his two daughters. to show that
the names on the bells in the West
63rd street houses. The attorney says
he will have half a dozen persons in
court to tell that Washington's mis-
sion in the neighborhood was inno-
cent and that the assault was unpro-
voked.
Ulrich insisted that Washington had
been lettering in the hallway of his
home, that he had spoken to his wife
and that he. mis- taking the founder Of
Tuskogee for '"Peeping Tom" had
beaten him. When Washington fled
through Central Park West, Ulrich
pursued him and beat him some more
before policeman finally took the
pair TO the police station.
tailed explanation of his presence in
the house of West 63rd street. He
said that he had ruin when attacked
by ulrich because he was a much
larger man than het and he feared
being murdered
Il hdQ gone TO tn1S mouse TO H1O
D. C. Smith, auditor of Tuskogee In
stitute." said Washington. "but I did
not recall the name of the family he
was visiting, neither was / quite sure
of the address. I was looking at the
names on the letter boxes when was
assaulted"
Mrs. Ulrich accompanied her. hus
band to court and said she would be
a witness in his defense. 81 can't un-
derstand why the charge against my
husband was entertained and his
charge against this man thrown out.
I am the cause of it all. The first
time I went out Of our house. last
night, this man Washington was in
the vestibule. Fifteen minutes later
1 came back and when I went out the
second time he addressed me. My
daughter told her father and.he Defend
ed me. 1t is strange that a man.
cannot protect his wife and daughter
from insult and keep out Of jail while
the negro who insulted them goes
free"
DR.. Washington said that he had
not spoken to Mrs. Ulrich at all. There
are no negroes living in the house in
which the assault was committed.