The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-12-05
ATTACK ON GIRL
REMAINS A MISTER
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counsel. To the charge, and aD-
parcnuy wishing to hush the case
up, Henry Allen, a married man,
paid a fine OF $50 and costs I'm
Police Court Thursday morning for
publicly attacking a young wO-
man. who refused TO divulge her
name TO the police, at Ninth and
Broad Streets last night. Attor-
ney Loyenstein represented Allen.
Upon the instant the case was
p called Mr.. Loyenstein hurried up
plead guilty"
"When a man pleads guilty to
q charge there Is usually some
thing more than is charged be-
hind it, Justice CrutchfieId ex-
planned. II am suspicious"
The young woman I'm the case
was not present i'm court Justice
Crutchfield was not disposed to go
into the case without the young
cept the plea OF guilt. A fine of
$50 was imposed on Allen.
'We are satisfied" Attorney
Lovenstein said.
Detective Sergeant John T..
Wiley testified that he and De-
tectives Gordon II. Smith and
Charles w. Atkinson were stand
ing in front OF the Richmond
Hotel about II O'Clock, when a
pedestrian hurried up to them
and explained that a white man
was attacking a young woman on
Broad Street When the Officers
reached the scene Allen had hold
of the young wOman's throat with
his left hand, while he fIOurished
n knife i'm his right. According
to Detective Wiley. the man was
threatening to cut her Cd
throat" Before the officers
hold upon the girl he seized a
feather muff that was about her
neck and tore it.
The girl. together with wo-
man companion, ran from the spot
northward along Ninth Street and
were pursued by Detective AtlSin-
son. They hurried into SQ41z
East Leigh Street, where, when
followed by the detective, they ad-
mitted they lived, but, when
questioned by Atkinson. refused to
give their names. Aliens victim is
about nineteen years old, and is
which she dropped i'm her fight,
bore the name Nell" This was
recovered by one of the officers
and returned TO her. The girl
would assign no reason for Aliens
conduct, nor would she prefer a
charge.
According to the police, the girl
had attended the performance at
the Bijou Theater. Allen, il ap-
pears, waited outside for her,
and, when she emerged, he fol-
lowed - Ninth and Broad, where
he stopped her. She turned and
81, 80
when he cIutched her first by the
wrist and afterwards by the
throat. The screams of the girl
attracted the attention of others,
who hurried up. Would-be res
cuers kept safe distance, how
ever, as Allen was brandishing the
knife in the air and daring any
one to come within reach of him.
IL was at this juncture that
thoughtful bystander remembered
having seen officers at Ninth and
Grace Streets, and went in quest
of them.
as TO what led Allen to make the
attack on the young woman.
Allen, after his arrest last night,
was hustled into the police patrol
and taken to the First station,
where he was locked mp for the
night. He had been drinking. His
counsel argued this in extenuation
before Justice Crutchfeld today.
Detective Wiley, I'm reply TO a
question from the lawyer, said that
the accused was "very much un-
der the influence of Vvhiskey.
a charge of being drunk and dis
orderly WRs entered aRainst him.
Justice Crutckfield this morning
was on the point OF changing the
charge to assault, when Allen pIed
guilty TO the first charge.
Allen lives In Fulton. He fs said
to have three children. His wife,
divorce.
The boarding house at which the
young woman is staying Ia conduct
ed by w. T.. Bass