The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-28
ATTACKS WOMAN
AFTER THEATRE
Broad Street Crowds Thrown
Into Excitement by Mans
Assault.
PRETTY YOUNG GIRL VICTIM
Henry Allen, Married Man,
Slapped Girl and Tried
TO Stab Her.

Crowds returning from the theatres
about IL o'clock last night We're thrown
into a high state of excitement at
Ninth and Broad Streets by the sis.i'
OF a weN-dressed white man. obvi-
ously under the influence or HquoF'
slapping the face of pretty young
cir ana tearing the feather run from
about her neck Keeling under the
mans blows, the girl screamed, drop
ned her hand bag and fled up Ninth
street toward Leigh, pursued by the
man and her woman companion.
Other men. attracted by the giris
screams. attempted to interfere with
the assailant, who promptly drew
knife and set upon the spectators. AS
the Mortified crowd dispersed. one man
ran hastily down to the hotel flch-
mond, where he had seen Detective
Sergeant John +. Wiley and Detectives
G. W. Atkinson and Gordon Smith
few minutes before. He found the
three officers, who ran full speed up
Ninth street to where struggling hg-
u!es could be seen near Leigh.
Threatened to Kill.
AS Detective Wiley approached the
figures, revolver in hand he saw the
man holding the girl by the throat ana
brandishinx a knife over her and heard
him say:
.Ill cut your d throat before
YOU get home.
Wiley and the two detectives seized
the man. who fought them until he ois-
coverey who they We're. while the TWO
Young women fed into the house at
sos ID East Leigh Street. Atkinson
followed them and nabbed the women
as they were about to enter the door.
Both were very much excited ana
terrified but resoluteiy refused to give
their names to the officers or to give
any explanation Of the extraordinary
scene in which they had just hsuFeu-
They admitted living at s04 l-2 East
Leigh Street, which is BOARDING
house kept BY w. f. Bass. but the
officers could not secure their names
last night.
While waiting for the patrol wagon
the man was willing enough to talk.
but the officers told him to be quiet.
At the First Police Station. where he
was locked Up for the night. he gave
his name as Henry Allen and his home
as Fulton. The charge entered against
him was drunk and disorderly. but
grayer charges will be pressed when
the case IS called in Police Cour. this
morning.
Man Is Married.
As Cor the girl who figured In the
affair, she will probably be brought
into court on a John Doe warrant. On
the silver hand bag. which she drop
ped when assaulted. was engraved the
name Nell" and this is all the IN
formation the police have to work upon
in establishing her identity. She Is
rather pretty, WELD ressed girl. of
about twenty-one years OF age. Her
face was bruised by Aliens blow ana
her feather neckpiece torn into several
pieces.
According to information gathered
bv the detectives, Allen is married
man Of about thirty-fve years OF age
with a wife and three children. 1t IS
said. however that his wife is now
suing for a divorce. Allen waited IN
front OF the Bijou Theatre, which
"Eelr' was attending with women
companion. until the performance was
over and followed the pair around the
corner of Ninth street.
Coming at the time IL did. the az
fair crestal Tremendous excitement
and attracted a crowd, which preserved
a respectful distance. however, until
the arrival Of the detectives. Allen
was locked UP In a cell without being
given an opportunity to tell his story