Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-24
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Three Girls Rugged and Kissed
by CoIored Assailant.
EVADES HIS PURSUERS
Attacks First of Kind in Several
Years-Aldermen Favor High
School Building.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

ENANDRIA, Va, July 81. 1913.
BLACK Jack, the Hugger and Iisser.
made his appearance in this city early last
night and within less than an hour at
I tackled three young white women in the
southwestern section of the city, one of
whom ne succeeded in kissing. it is said,
and the two others he simply Rugged
| around the waist.
| The first report was made To the police
at $50 O'Clock and the two other reports
were received in quick succession there
after
According TO the police the names III
the young women who were attacked by
the man were given as Misses Cronll
Gaines and Davis.
Practically every policeman on duty
went out in search of the assailant An
excellent description of him has been OBJ
tanned and the police think they will be
able to apprehend him.
In each instance the man grabbed the
woman around the waist. Their outcries
caused him to run away.
Eludes Men and Boys.
\ large crowd of men and boys. at
tracted by the cries of one Of the
young women, Immediately started in
pursuit of the culprit, but in some UNI
explained manner he succeeded in elud-
ing capture. The search. however, was
kept UP for a considerable time.
According to the description given the
police the man is between eighteen and
twenty years old and was in has shirt
sleeves and is very black. He wore q
black siouch hat, it is stated.
Residents of the southwestern Sec
ton of the city were greatly alarmed
over the attacks on the young women
by the hugger, and had he been appre-
hended by the men and boys who
searched for him last night he un-
doubtediy would have been given Sc
we're treatment.
The attacks were the first Of the kind
| in this city for several years.
For High School Building.
The joint committee on finance and
schools Of the city council, at meeting
of the board of aldermen held last night
recommended the erection of high
school building at a cost Of $2S, 600, either
on the lot adjoining Lee School building
or the lot adjoining Washington School
building; on the site Of the old Hallowell
building, Washington and Wolfe streets,
or in some other location in the city that
will be acceptable to the city council and
the city school board. The report was
adopted by vote of to ,.
The report will now come before city
council for action at its meeting which
will be held August Il.
Newspaper May Suspend.
This afternoons issue of the Alex
andria Daily News. now in the hands of
Receivers Walter c. Foster and C. S.
Taylor Burke, may be the last issue of
that paper, for the receivers will ask
Judge Barley in the corpo: alton court to
enter decree permitting them to sus-
pend publication. Receiver Foster stated
today that this will be done, owing to the
fact that the paper is not making operat-
ing expenses.
The News. which is an afternoon news
paper. made its first appearance March
D. 1912.
An unusually large crowd today went to
Marshall Hall on the sixth annual excur-
sion of the Alexandria police department
Boy Scouts to Camp.
Plans have been completed by members
of Troop No. 1, Boy Scouts, for a camp
below Fredericksburg. They will be the
guests of Judge Alvin T. Embrey. They
will leave Monday in command of Scout
Commissioner Harry w. Rudd.
The funeral of Mrs. Jennie Cooper Daw-
son, who died Tuesday. will be held at
on Seminary Hill, west Of this city. Serv-
ices will be conducted by Rev Dr. S. A.
Wallis of the Episcopal Theological Semi
nary, and burial will be in Ivy Hill
cemetery.
The body of Miss Jennette NJ. Land
voigt. eighteen years old, who died in
Washington, will be brought here for
burial.
In the cruiser race at Colonial Beach
yesterday the Mingo, belonging to Cecil
Sherman Of this city won first, and the
Loving A. K of this city, carried off
second prize.